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setup.exe

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 20 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 S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a97dc844efa70e7ce7f2808edb7bc021

SHA-1:
3fafff8f9c2cfa44ecd66e99d9c235d9733896de

SHA-256:
087a9998c86e2ca86c30d2e49e7f2e96713f1de025d78fafbfad96afc5e27b36

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
4/23/2024 8:25:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
675

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.04.01

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Softpulse.Gen
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-ER [PUP]
2014.9-150401

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3153

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
1.0.20.455

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.175
9.0.1.091

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
8.15.04.01.09

Fortinet FortiGate
PossibleThreat
4/1/2015

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2015-01-04_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of unconfirmed 977245.crdownload (Adware)
2015.7.1.8

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2287

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
16.0.0.273

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.01.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.4.2.1

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
38882

File size:
564.5 KB (578,000 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PLUGIN UPDATE S.L

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
7/23/2014 12:14:26 AM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 12:14:26 AM

Subject:
CN=PLUGIN UPDATE S.L, O=PLUGIN UPDATE S.L, L=GUIA DE ISORA, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
079EA58C1A6ED1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/26/2015 10:40:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:bWpSJg5BIy0DlxsxzK4rD/9abhVLiRoIyPhYrn2ACtQgJBS9D0N:bBqYnzsx24f9abviRTyPhkGtdBW8

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, A4, 3D, 5E, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 4E, 2F, 50, DC, 53, 2D, 32, 82, DB, 91, DA, D5, FE, 63, 54, 7B, 89, 27, 76, 64, AD, A3, AB, AD, E5, 39, 38, C4, 57, F9, 34, 27, 51, 6C, 4F, DF, 98, 4F, 38, 41, C4, 95, DB, C0, E7, 17, AD, BB, BE, 67, AD, 5B, A9, 4B, 77, 8F, C7, 68, 2F, AF, 88, 89, 06, 02, A2, 42, B7, 40, 20, 08, 4E, 83, 78, AF, A6, 1D, 29, E4, 6E, 33, 26, DD, BF, 8D, A9, ED, E6, 30, 99, 7F, 78, C8, 9B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9371

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,267,712 bytes)

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