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setup.exe

SetupWizard

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 www.papiba.com.
Publisher:
TODO: <Nombre de la compañía>  (signed by Plugin Update SL)

Product:
SetupWizard

Description:
Setup Wizard

Version:
3.4.5.2

MD5:
78e1cf9b9ed34b1258fca75c43680a3d

SHA-1:
ca3d46373a22c46ad749f1ce9dbf2347b8e3fc61

SHA-256:
2119be0c2f61d3b2b60ca6df78377fb1eb2fc9824d37954968cc2483588866c4

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:
11/7/2024 8:55:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUp.Bundler (M)
16.6.24.18

File size:
1.1 MB (1,182,992 bytes)

Product version:
3.4.5.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
SetupWizard.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/23/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/24/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
23D0DE494A0B1445D561131B4AEDA90C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/27/2014 10:53:42 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:d1yzyHosj4ouFrAoVacwTcA5Mc5A+qUhPO+IJ3564hGBRwFnLcQ:2zuko0AoVasASc50UBOZJ3Izw5LcQ

Entry address:
0x16EA40

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 80, 45, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 90, FA, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8400

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,142,784 bytes)

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

http://www.papiba.com/down/flash/.../down.php?sid=477&dv1=ad470-us&kw1=ad470-us-qyc&uuid=5d8414e7-35a0-4592-41be-24b95fcf7752&dv3=5d8414e7-35a0-4592-41be-24b95fcf7752

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