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setup.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 setup.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 admin.filermagno.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5c6cf3a99fb05003acce63bc20df8e7b

SHA-1:
3330d6d59c585c9cfdf894850d0bb4f5b7b7281f

SHA-256:
bc9f3487248d0ed44d656827ed23f1f0ac0d858e1a140d093f24e475a980c1f7

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
5/27/2024 11:59:46 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUp.Bundler (M)
16.4.15.3

File size:
667.5 KB (683,512 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/23/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/23/2016 11:59:59 PM

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:
61AB9AA4D7FF7EA15E42B70E3A571482

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/18/2015 11:02:38 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:53tMauoDudy2am+9oZ2XcOltdroiIsMvXAswpUBv18Bu2hezky:Jt0E2aFoZ2MOltdroiVeXtfpe3Mzky

Entry address:
0x1A0D20

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 50, 50, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, EF, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8561

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
624 KB (638,976 bytes)

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

http://admin.filermagno.com/3zvUifZERhOsa1lEGQjAWKQUp6P7NFxNGpipLm-smnvjZx0E-Bh4tr6yc1s59JZOIirjX8dFP06-yvmVBG3Hv8zw7I7UXjvQ5LOreXN14EuWwPU1zYtSpzks-f3vXyCwPsmzHGbIs8iNSL_BVfXk8BZyUVWmTYHk9La_kR31TKORG_dLMhUPO7amaXPVFpsOqJwBZq4JhmgH3Rtd3VJaL9wAB6b4Oig_BLDGZ5KUlls3cYRDuEw4_asq8y2-0dNmYcnT9LFL0hl8hcrSRjkRNUsW4IqnOB47WT0yeSAblZIZ9e2iggvYHoGGXxA87JACOp3AJvzLgB3zreKIhtPqyQLLg2Q-7ZuYMeTbK-V1OMWZvpg04jhhKiBncg0yP8ZWLxoMqJ19lIc3hcOPYl7GZDcFO4T_S_jFmixE8KvKKs4

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