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setup.exe

SetupWizard

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 35 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
SetupWizard

Description:
Setup Wizard

Version:
3.4.5.2

MD5:
34e8dea66c793973ce23a03fb4d15060

SHA-1:
475124e62e769597f0b14092a25ac19e5519e8a6

SHA-256:
fe2c9397762f1165a999ead11f6411593a08575b8c9a88a7908f1dbf06075cd8

Scanner detections:
35 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 5:36:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.166352
6209648

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2014.11.29

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.1014112
7.11.189.122

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

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRKBEzF9flCBB3lUTxVRgRWBCRxTQYEP}
2016.0.3153

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.SoftPulse
4.0.3.1541

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Graftor.165890
1.0.20.455

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-22
0.98/19728

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20223

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3
9.0.1.091

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.166352
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.R potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-3f31f6a7
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor
5.13.68

G Data
Win32.Application.SoftPulse
15.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of fastplayerpro.exe (Adware)
2015.7.6.7

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14239

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.2258

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SmartSec
v2015.04.01.11

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Graftor.165890
16.0.0.273

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.djpwxv
0.28.6.63850

Norman
Inject.!gen
11.20150401

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.01.11

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM17.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.4.1.11

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.SoftPulse!6.1C6F
23.00.65.15330

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.91

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.01

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SoftPulse.Win32.30
2.0.0.2123

File size:
1.1 MB (1,129,952 bytes)

Product version:
3.4.5.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
SetupWizard.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:
10/8/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/9/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
12/1/2014 12:24:42 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:XXgXqFXdw3Fy/ab7QvakjAOoeWPTu2ExUB80N2syIN795TFxeRrmV:XQ6Fta3b7F9FtNdyO95ToW

Entry address:
0x8F46

Entry point:
B8, 2C, 62, 57, 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, F6, A4, 77, 6F, 0F, 67, 2E, 8A, A5, 55, 8B, 7F, 59, E0, 09, 8D, 6A, 10, E7, 10, 0B, 2A, 54, FB, A9, DA, 7A, B7, 82, 99, 1A, B9, E5, 19, DF, 37, 3C, 95, 0F, 54, CB, FF, 66, 13, 67, 48, DD, 40, 8C, B6, E6, 29, C3, 4D, BF, AB, 66, DB, 41, FC, F0, 1C, 55, 39, 07, E1, 2A, 24, 49, C1, BA, 6A, F9, 7C, F5, C2, BF, 05, 79, C1, 5F, EC, B5, 38, 5C, F8, 29, 94, 86, 8D, 3D, 6C, 69...
 
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Entropy:
7.9821

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
120 KB (122,880 bytes)

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