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setup.exe

Video Plugin software 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 Video Plugin software 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.8bxz7po6.com.
Publisher:
Video Plugin software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8c2128530f0de3ae850feb606f9395d3

SHA-1:
2ce7f0f625d083b1b29f1352711023cad610e2c1

SHA-256:
e7211f5f475a321bbaa1407941dda34de0ebb4e4bda791d0b42bf6e6ea61061f

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:
5/15/2024 8:37:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.26.21

File size:
1 MB (1,088,672 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Video Plugin software SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/3/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/4/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Video Plugin software SL, O=Video Plugin software SL, STREET=El Pozo 17, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
10384504286EDB5BB905D662E110511A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/27/2015 2:59:27 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:JJGR1dbA6lWvlNKlrkv7FWPR2uQSkBmDJvq+STn2BKL6Hcun:JuZA68tw9kvyR5QSh7ST2EL68e

Entry address:
0x13DEF0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, F0, 43, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 20, FC, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 04, BA, 13, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, E8, EE, 0F, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Code size:
1024 KB (1,048,576 bytes)

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

http://ttb.8bxz7po6.com/download/request/.../oQ7wBgrC?__tc=1422482554.765&lpsl=9e72f3cfe8ef72390ea8953e7ffd63d6&expire=1422568950&PubID=382473&slp=www.completeprolist.com&ClickID=nym1CPbpn-3MnaSfPBACGPuFgaSBvY3JFiINMTg5LjEwNS44OC44MygBMOK4paYF&fileName=Setup

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