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setup.exe

PLUGIN UPDATE S.L

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 S.L 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 ttb.1r2qzosuf.com.
Publisher:
PLUGIN UPDATE S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
709738d7bb0dcedae51b946ad6e1d675

SHA-1:
c701e303e4abab215c68ef06bed9de52d9a0f378

SHA-256:
78e33deb1a44e94c99c5c6677b9060cf026d8ce7d1cdb697f8127777ea358717

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 is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 10:23:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.17.15

File size:
542.9 KB (555,968 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PLUGIN UPDATE S.L

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 11:14:26 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 11:14:26 AM

Subject:
CN=PLUGIN UPDATE S.L, O=PLUGIN UPDATE S.L, L=GUIA DE ISORA, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
079EA58C1A6ED1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/1/2015 5:34:28 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:QLuIc4IslQfZ+Py0w42yytoRFaO+TBPIWUpk75z:QLuKIuQfZ+PyZ4HTPaO+BIWU8

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, C0, AD, 5A, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, DA, FA, 69, C4, 2B, 0C, FD, 10, 21, B8, BE, BF, 26, D2, 10, 48, 75, 90, 9E, D5, E7, CE, 58, 7C, C1, 79, 6D, E9, 07, 0C, 44, EF, B3, 0A, C9, 36, 3B, 50, E9, B6, 06, 16, BF, 1C, 5B, 3A, 52, 49, D5, A6, F8, 41, D5, 4D, 5D, B2, 8E, CC, ED, 84, FB, F4, 22, F5, 0C, F2, B2, 8A, F9, 74, 4D, 82, CE, A5, 90, 4B, 23, AC, 29, 37, 56, 45, C3, BA, 0F, C2, 58, EB, 40, 29, F1, 71, E9...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1010.5 KB (1,034,752 bytes)

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

http://ttb.1r2qzosuf.com/download/request/.../4vEoIKcf?__tc=1428266165.43&lpsl=8beee11706f913f31804348ba6e9a9d9&expire=1428352554&slp=www.nwfileds.com&pub_id=P50611887&ce_cid=w6ljxYqY28_fkRrpv2wd5FiyFKMAIdj7edxUucdo5gKOcX6AMFLiSU6mmKvDpMKaWdEp89zM4zGjHwsJDgPQPK2KrzA3XpCb2Ik5RnJsW4BFx6BF3uwH-AFWiPdhYgqkHmGZAt6dUFzhfwMroKIug85EEeXR3mBXL6Ol_ce-WWKhs7IpeFx_XEgwe_JinXBXHOYxDipEf7b_nL2nOcJ-i-PKv1K1SO7X0nx-Xy1W1JXFhnURgilb1VNfTka589MgXyEh3SA3pAfCDBKMDld89xeD-CwzRIQU3xbZN3WQGEHHSEMh9U3MF5ubRdkWL8w5CsYYtoR5UgIKt88Xt1k4CUXCs6U8If2bwbSEW4wsMSBc4RXpq-y46X-NxesnU79z7i1Kwh-vRY-L3NSYBIefMIRfzJWPOu9xdQ&fileName=Setup

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