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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 27 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.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
b4afc5dad09dadcc9fc75e9a32ea3901

SHA-1:
13ce735ce4fa502901cbb827aa6040828e5ce5fb

SHA-256:
fdd58c28c01435765694c956030e4b454c6b99af07c7ac4850308f4cdfa66281

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
4/25/2024 5:56:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
833

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.W32.Agent
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2014.10.25

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.181.10

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AI [PUP]
141023-1

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r.AW
2014.0.4040

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
1.0.20.1485

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-51
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34754
9.0.1.05190

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.UUTA!tr
10/24/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-3dfc4001
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2014-24-10_6

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13789

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2014.10.24.03

McAfee
SoftPulse.a
5600.6967

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
15.0.0.891

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dfslei
0.28.2.62841

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.K
14.10.24.15

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.JLTAcY
37.0.11246

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
34214

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13583
2.0.0.1966

File size:
1.3 MB (1,386,528 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\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/12/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 12:59:59 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:
9/27/2014 10:19:31 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Mq+qn68d/9eY7xekbbG6GgT0EzUm3O2AR1mYpxkhn8OTYgpqomoFufWUxJkS9sQO:Mq7669wmb7T0ELmmYs7tb

Entry address:
0x7DE0

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, 9E, 47, 00, FF, 15, A4, 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, 70, 00, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 8C, 65, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 68, 00, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5696

Code size:
85.5 KB (87,552 bytes)

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