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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 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.softwcdf.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
9041a262d8da4b7b97cf6127f451eba6

SHA-1:
3fbc21fe5eafed91634022a42149bcf3995361d3

SHA-256:
81dc5963f8ca575cc2f78aa499e9d27416b641fca17c0200ee4faeadd912e6c1

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
4/26/2024 6:35:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
2.1.4+

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.175.218

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3335

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.L potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13535

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6991

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.F
14.9.30.23

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33120

File size:
1.3 MB (1,410,568 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:
9/30/2014 11:37:12 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:g8maeLsj74Tl3ZvYbIwhtdAP/zy1ilLShKOWBGF7UYCtftv29XfY:g8CJeMwhtO/zk0K8f/HeA

Entry address:
0x7DB0

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, FE, 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, 08, 5E, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 1C, C3, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 00, 5E, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5587

Code size:
85.5 KB (87,552 bytes)

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

http://www.softwcdf.com/down/flash/.../down.php?sid=161&dv1=ad155-gb&kw1=ad155-gb-xx&uuid=ccf737c8-7e07-4f7d-777d-216273fdb930&dv3=ccf737c8-7e07-4f7d-777d-216273fdb930

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