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setup.exe

Video Plugin software 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 Video Plugin software 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 6lhqdwm.41hys0rbwb.com.
Publisher:
Video Plugin software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
81132e28f551225943a0bb289fb6bb77

SHA-1:
d682fc26149d048ba30d649238b246d29b82688a

SHA-256:
5c3de42dd2ae0616663e2487a4b00965eacee0c0e83b4e40f523701d3452a0ca

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:
11/26/2024 10:40:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.VideoPlu.Bundler (M)
16.3.31.19

File size:
877.1 KB (898,176 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Video Plugin software SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/28/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/29/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Video Plugin software SL, O=Video Plugin software 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:
188D6F880CEBB210A9FC776063917998

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/21/2015 2:20:37 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Xy9VfTOAoq3kSJv/xOjM+ttUu4iBGmAcnIB9Th2Kfr1d4wvZGQ8rZIrlDTmEkoRb:CvTOAZkSJQjXtNw59l2KHhx0rZJ4dSo

Entry address:
0x9E56

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 52, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 6F, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, A0, 41, 42, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 14, 53, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 3E, 54, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, FD, 04, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 4C, 2B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, 4B, 3C, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.8653  (probably packed)

Code size:
107 KB (109,568 bytes)

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

http://6lhqdwm.41hys0rbwb.com/eAZ2IW3JyO8b6q4SUSVcpFJ2CaGHQ9-oRQAieUkoDgTlDX3rPRCmuN_eExIh8JcxkhMb7vk0lVzdF6NhvJtf9QMa6XhuXTg5Yd_TpeT9EZdsEO6JdTjbbMRQoyhYKpVI?sbb=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