home

setup.exe

taskhost

Plugin Update S.L.

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 S.L has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
taskhost

Version:
7. 6. 4. 6

MD5:
ebc9117b93136d55ca2b4e9f589519af

SHA-1:
25d27affdf0b28e9621d441548319fedf59165ff

SHA-256:
20fc20bffe316bcf798684a1822d56953e13e650be0d031f557c6190c6b3eb94

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/24/2024 12:15:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.494185
6460321

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.12.30

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.599480
7.11.198.180

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-CU [PUP]
150126-0

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3215

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
1.0.20.140

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6267

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-83
0.98/19988

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20534

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.102
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.494185
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.U potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-a12b5690
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.494185
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14496

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Plugin
v2015.01.28.12

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6871

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
16.0.0.84

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dlfurr
0.30.0.64448

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.494185
02.01.2015 13:58:24

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.28.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.1.28.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15126

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.29688
2.0.0.2024

File size:
689.6 KB (706,184 bytes)

Product version:
7. 6. 5. 4

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
taskhost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update S.L., O=Plugin Update S.L., L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de 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:
0E923B9CF60DA59FC3A43A87A8071FC2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/12/2015 2:53:28 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:AMGU99p82TL5WXv0Be53AXTNMwmTfumY+7rP8db1+Q/WCjVF6WjXKSE:fz99pU0Be5wXTNMwmT0+7wf9WcVdXKZ

Entry address:
0xDBE6

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 81, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, F5, 26, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 64, 83, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 7F, 36, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 64, AC, 42, 00, E8, DE, 2F, 00, 00, 68, F4, 35, 43, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 5C, AC, 42, 00, E8, DE, 27, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03...
 
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Entropy:
7.6639

Code size:
149.5 KB (153,088 bytes)

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