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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.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ec60f814c0b625766707d3e134f65ebb

SHA-1:
d3a91d27491d688de46c874edc5ff2e5d0fc78b9

SHA-256:
1f3bfca8baadb19c9c5a7f71e136abd746922be61e8927ef29b747e66700e2a1

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 4:46:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.13.11

File size:
921.7 KB (943,832 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 SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 4:59:59 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=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 12:53:32 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x136E6

Entry point:
B8, 20, 00, 59, 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, 0A, AA, D6, 0E, 73, 01, 06, CB, 1E, D6, B9, 79, EA, 5C, BB, D6, 26, 54, 8E, 2D, E6, 28, 13, 35, 02, C0, E8, 5C, C7, 06, 34, E8, 70, FD, 1C, 85, 40, 08, 73, 51, E0, 62, C9, E2, 5F, 05, 0E, D6, 03, 98, 68, 81, 78, F0, 76, F5, AE, 2E, 94, 91, E3, 1A, 64, D0, 43, 3B, 00, A0, 3D, 4D, 77, 96, 9C, 18, 38, 29, D1, 45, 78, AF, D4, BA, A2, BD, 39, C4, 61, A4, E2, FC, FD, 60, 52...
 
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Entropy:
7.9765

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
172.5 KB (176,640 bytes)

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