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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 player setup.exe by Plugin Update SL has been detected as adware by 28 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 clkrev.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
2331105b7d9c0dc9f3d1c94c3f943c2b

SHA-1:
b2502861e12fb184f3da5ec8de072ad49089e48c

SHA-256:
8d010ff5b33150949231587a542db9119fc2660febaa605706239f3c7d34ab42

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
4/19/2024 9:17:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.2
827

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2014.10.31

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.182.130

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-141031

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3305

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.2
1.0.20.1520

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-8
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.FSX
19952

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34565
9.0.1.0304

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10649

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.UUTA!tr
10/31/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-9a61795c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-31-10_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13853

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.3019

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.31.06

McAfee
SoftPulse.a
5600.6961

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.2
15.0.0.912

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dfwrxn
0.28.6.62995

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.M
14.10.31.6

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
34392

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13653
2.0.0.1973

File size:
1.3 MB (1,401,376 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
Thawte, 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=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1858913428C49A270BE00711E97381C6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/26/2014 1:49:56 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:seKezF165g5l/gwb9+gBT4PRIQLCLdDRhRrMSKMjZZteTfu4MMDid:swrHbnBMFCLFRh1uw38

Entry address:
0x7C20

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, DE, 47, 00, FF, 15, A0, 70, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 0A, 49, 00, 00, 59, 59, E9, 22, 49, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 62, 49, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, E8, C0, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, 9C, 46, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 94, AA, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 94, 46, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5705

Code size:
85 KB (87,040 bytes)

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

http://clkrev.com/.../banners?tid=TB_DIRECT_PLAYER&action=r

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