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java_installer.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 java_installer.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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Oracle Java Runtime but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
eda045f980c8b72e683ee3e2f9865f99

SHA-1:
5dfa1b9bc2f73af90b1cf9e9cb6cca220068662b

SHA-256:
7870adc700aa19d023332f96fac0b7205cf9aa20638c5fbaeedf13aa1400ec3d

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 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:
5/4/2024 6:25:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PluginUpdateSL.O
14.10.31.21

File size:
1.5 MB (1,583,304 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/11/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/12/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:
8/22/2014 9:02:36 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:9PEzeDWtazKrcVWv+FjisSOZYjmOdXQ+ARZoQWnQUwMlds0VwI/9Mr:1IwwImsMqQA57oQWcGdsyG

Entry address:
0x9A5F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 98, A1, 48, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, 08, B3, 48, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Entropy:
7.6090

Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

The file java_installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://kyle.mxp4037.com/83Fwfe5kOCfr7HNHmLxmokrtAurj9wXa6BLh6DOTse3vVw8ub3Rx0dHX8_JX_sHIxM7wXyrZZxaFhFqdBIdWFIkMxS3cK209cL_l0SXJcG0?sbb=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

http://ttb.newallsoft.com/download/request/.../pf51jgCo?PubID=79_3811_3027&ClickID=6788442775

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