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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.ultimagno.com.
Publisher:
PLUGIN UPDATE SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5ce085df44c5a87194ffb187f078a2d8

SHA-1:
d5ce5ea1e8384ba2ab0db3370e1b33fc347ee272

SHA-256:
15bcdafe32ec1ad99bdca1d9b424d7232c8f132e5ad17e8ceb641968aa5f6770

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:
12/24/2024 3:28:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.10.11

File size:
587 KB (601,056 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:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/12/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/12/2016 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=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
6A96B10625A440E58FC64DBD383A43DA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/27/2015 5:59:16 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1E03CF

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.8962

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,366,528 bytes)

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

http://admin.ultimagno.com/vHWyLmiY1BTmAaVFs4ALfMzF26KSLqLQ8O3zes05VpQVrXCfXaTKqygThUYnW_KOep_tLt1nu77eKKoduEhbC0B1tIM1ellg0aVch7wvVV5fmy5NdShFYfGoD1Se_iCckXtJ0f78cBBoz99ZiEUHNkurn5LStm3uxsA5IY2JdA31xgiqvEZMdkLOechxbJNp03JX5RNIbV36ERFgIpp3hHFnhrIbGljAYvsez7-vyQdFtG-sUa_ojnXl4xgyZmk-6BOqLXwqclpROimyr7uT5NdF5zk5GjvRTc9ZH25vfkB-wUkLM2iGWapcHYMbONaP2T5jzT6rvfZX7Btj_12NJ-bJgTSIUDZIOKZ6FNh81aXyjT6SeiSAZbmD2cKpSOCnQyEoDwMzAHHK3icjJFYSpA

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