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setup.exe

SetupWizard

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 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 jvupdatr.com.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

Plugin Update S.L. (signed and verified)

Product:

SetupWizard

Description:

Setup Wizard

Version:

3.4.5.2

MD5:

ab1f75938f7e9618eef78262e9405f22

SHA-1:

f1b737d410ef9c474163c343fed67c32958b0386

SHA-256:

a0713ac6b762f9b3b2137e4c0bdc5cab6bb0408ca219d658b96d3a9a549f0ea6

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:

11/24/2024 12:00:34 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Softpulse.PluginUp.Bundler (M)

16.5.20.7

File size:

960.5 KB (983,520 bytes)

Product version:

3.4.5.2

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 S.L.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/7/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

10/8/2015 7:59:59 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:

11/28/2014 7:52:44 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:Kob9GXioEE6FY5fQ5emJYeXOxXzF6oHU9gfM:KohGXiBE6FY1ps656tgk

Entry address:

0x118E6

Entry point:

B8, 30, F2, 56, 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, 2A, FB, B6, 3A, 1C, 64, E5, 8A, D4, C7, FD, 61, 8E, E7, E8, E9, B4, 0A, 4C, 91, E3, 22, 20, 39, CE, 45, CE, CE, D5, D6, F9, 25, BA, 89, 97, 3F, 4A, 32, 73, 92, 1D, B4, B7, 8A, F2, 3B, 40, A1, 0F, E4, 3F, D9, FE, 2B, 6B, B2, B7, A5, 26, 45, CE, 8D, E0, 84, 93, B3, 69, C6, 53, 90, 23, 6D, D5, 49, CE, 85, 4B, 61, DE, F6, 6E, 89, 8A, CA, BC, 33, 93, 9E, E5, F0, CE, 8F, 6E... 
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Entropy:

7.9777

Packer / compiler:

PECompact v2

Code size:

155 KB (158,720 bytes)

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

http://jvupdatr.com/.../out.php?sxid=d05ip2733360

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