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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 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3499a6824c7b032dc84fbb0370e4a98d

SHA-1:
f41c06364bdeec3d2104d0570c456df51ee64718

SHA-256:
397be9c1d2abc7f274b06e8a37a8121a7b533c1ec46e412132409be0cb4703d9

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/24/2024 1:58:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3398

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of player_setup(1).exe (Adware)
2014.9.10.2

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3487

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7054

Norman
Malware
11.20140729

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.F
14.7.29.14

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
31208

File size:
1.1 MB (1,143,864 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:
6/12/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, L=Guia De Isora, S=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:
01438AF7C5B708CB0E497C84D028BF72

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/29/2014 1:50:33 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+m9G36xN9G36xttgFVIRT2uvHEQbtCzAKkAjL8QAU9qDQtno3Y/:+L5xWkKk4CzXgmeC

Entry address:
0x4011

Entry point:
E8, 17, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 0F, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, DA, 2E, 00, 00, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 07, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, C4, 2E, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 57, 8B, 7B, 08, 33, 3D, 20, A2, 41, 00, C6, 45, FF, 00, C7, 45, F4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 07, 8D, 73, 10, 83, F8, FE, 74, 0D, 8B, 4F, 04, 03, CE, 33, 0C, 30, E8, BD, F3, FF, FF, 8B, 4F, 0C, 8B, 47, 08, 03, CE, 33, 0C...
 
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Code size:
52 KB (53,248 bytes)

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