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setup.exe

PLUGIN UPDATE SL

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe by PLUGIN UPDATE SL has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.playerfilemagno.com.
Publisher:
PLUGIN UPDATE SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2e56c06313cf152eb3b18dfcf4a0f1d0

SHA-1:
bcdafed0ffdba0045c48e2e7dae9df677255fc49

SHA-256:
458d21f0753a2e55ed97666faa1d27cbe0379667caf247106deb503cead867c9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/29/2024 2:01:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PLUGINUP.Bundler (M)
16.6.16.8

File size:
586 KB (600,080 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PLUGIN UPDATE SL

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/20/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/20/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PLUGIN UPDATE SL, O=PLUGIN UPDATE SL, L=GUIA DE ISORA, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6F8446D02E4D8F276D50C2DF19B10E72

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/22/2016 2:09:42 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:m9H03JmPgSGGzsoOf1bId8uQHNiVMnSthLo2gXn:8mmPgFQvIId1h6nSjLs

Entry address:
0x1A23CF

Entry point:
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,104,384 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://admin.playerfilemagno.com/rTpsb5uQVVK4prsI7jubgI_eCV396fDyZHf3OQEFq18NLeH6qiTbInxO_TsPPfHniNnlqsKw-MqojrGWm2mhf4cF00wybLNpq-p3Sf7aV2rSkXLgxH2ttGG_AT1TFY9r9pKtoB57hWZP4c678ys7rRVfxpuBJ3Vvn9vCr4uH2mr9iPhm22yBb_rVXHJXX6zpFofCrSetjX3M1Fr7mw1mj1YlF_dVA3Wnz-0Ai0kG5kvGofjdk4MNasCejooCnuHhRjNyfotVBNLHYuGKn6AiA2x5fidA_OJuSCEF8eizvSESEIFfVCRkxl2C8uzRd5GeuBYCdxabkd021zeyY756pKLcCNj-2W-TliiyBC69Gx8dEF_FSCEfo_3ohNozDvAGMI2ElVb1B9zk4g_T3mL3pmGHpIurZap-kE9RSPKjfenHqdYUv4ww4Od9tenQQL4g_PL4NX9_7B8Krbbzmm8jT_8ge3sMSdn_SUmmQTcTW_o

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