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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 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.ctxxqp.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0787ca457a084cff9e248d018e4038d8

SHA-1:
da7d9497bfef56c1e4923ea5ae4ff8c17ea4a7c3

SHA-256:
fb09ffd2a1741a42e011951099e6bf7150d39f9a34b0fe76ebd0bb9443bc1688

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/6/2024 8:34:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.4
819

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2014.11.08

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3297

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.4
1.0.20.1555

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10689

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AntiAV.LGC!tr
11/7/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-07-11_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13943

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2978

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6953

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.F
14.11.7.21

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

File size:
958.5 KB (981,464 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update S.L., O=Plugin Update S.L., 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:
0E923B9CF60DA59FC3A43A87A8071FC2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/7/2014 7:27:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:y9+z4WWD6/G3a72nsZTHZROn7MjX/C++u0+jJhkCaN:y9+z4Witq7IGZRO7oXD0+1hwN

Entry address:
0x136F6

Entry point:
E8, BD, 79, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, C0, 10, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 18, 49, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, C2, 7B, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3892

Code size:
172.5 KB (176,640 bytes)

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

http://www.ctxxqp.com/file.php?geo=US&dv1=US_a208_pc_2014-11-07-16&clickid=1415391558

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