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miftah.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 miftah.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.dllfiledit.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b50e055b8291ab1fe4f3a86057e4d397

SHA-1:
ce9ef5257d26e31658510641dcdd3dbfebbbe4c0

SHA-256:
f28740c22899945bf4ca0fe6b5c20abf022c93903af21f8b718e9f7e66932226

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:
5/14/2024 7:50:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUp.Bundler (M)
16.6.29.2

File size:
558.7 KB (572,136 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/23/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/24/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
0A60DA2AFE7F48EEC6717049FBCE860B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/24/2015 10:33:45 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8fs6pGicM+Zvba+rAAxCZhKv54WDDLZ1KyCNjJ9AP4p7PRyPfE8J/B67:0s6cLMUba+rLCZe4WDHLpChwPwRyPlxc

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 90, 4D, 5E, 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, 23, B8, 7B, BC, 6B, 53, 09, 31, 7F, B3, 5A, 69, 81, FA, D0, 20, AF, 01, DC, ED, AD, E4, 61, 50, D7, 0E, 08, 33, 9C, 49, 3E, 78, 71, 6D, A4, A3, 67, 11, 84, 8A, 95, A4, BF, 07, D1, 74, 7D, 25, 18, B9, F5, F1, 0F, 03, E4, 8C, 93, FD, B4, 15, 94, 33, 29, 90, DD, 58, E7, CC, B2, 56, 20, 8B, 0A, 96, 14, A4, A6, 5F, 16, 19, 31, 59, 57, BC, 13, 0A, E6, 96, FF, 84, 85, 3A, 3B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,280,000 bytes)

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

http://ttb.dllfiledit.com/download/request/.../1Zta1UVW?__tc=1429983677.236&lpsl=de13805ba8489cf4ae05a1543d3e0df2&expire=1430070065&PubID=366464&slp=www.ultifiletur.com&ClickID=33996231821429983662&fileName=Setup

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