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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 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.qhm8g04fy.com.
Publisher:
PLUGIN UPDATE S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a10ebb92ed629fcf3659d664c8ef2d9c

SHA-1:
54d2c1e514a9fce2f5598afec12374c6d1a03f09

SHA-256:
657f3b2283f32fc74980d6fec8aac6afa1c4986a1f3119fa6d0e43b38560efdf

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:
11/15/2025 10:36:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PLUGINUPDATESL.Bundler (M)
16.2.17.5

File size:
562.5 KB (575,976 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:
7/22/2014 4:14:26 PM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 4:14:26 PM

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:
4/24/2015 5:33:45 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:/fs6pGicM+Zvba+rAAxCZhKv54WDDLZ1KyCNjJ9AP4p7PRyPfE8J/B6U:3s6cLMUba+rLCZe4WDHLpChwPwRyPlxX

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 90, 4D, 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, 23, B8, 7B, BC, 6B, 53, 09, 31, 7F, B3, 5A, 69, 81, FA, D0, 20, AF, 01, DC, ED, AD, E4, 61, 50, D7, 0E, 08, 33, 9C, 49, 3E, 78, 71, 6D, A4, A3, 67, 11, 84, 8A, 95, A4, BF, 07, D1, 74, 7D, 25, 18, B9, F5, F1, 0F, 03, E4, 8C, 93, FD, B4, 15, 94, 33, 29, 90, DD, 58, E7, CC, B2, 56, 20, 8B, 0A, 96, 14, A4, A6, 5F, 16, 19, 31, 59, 57, BC, 13, 0A, E6, 96, FF, 84, 85, 3A, 3B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,280,000 bytes)

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

http://ttb.qhm8g04fy.com/download/request/.../4vEoIKcf?__tc=1430017678.703&lpsl=ac334b6c75471658f48ae8a8af0f4650&expire=1430104067&slp=www.nwfileds.com&ce_cid=q7mscy178BSH33RoUQVeoAoMbuNqEunjX8UxmDs_zc1Hf4SDht7mRNZv_Gm_wRWqW-WmtIKY5fhB7LPHnqYCYfq2g_SYKhpKLuIjCxliqhvZpfU6Ms_vu0quXt1I6gEtwzH_owJVeHf65dwByDtaeVy5uQBmnLXNHAyCT8PKXqNWzVmoUiYZPnYFuUMmXSCbchebJjKgH8mcj8Ag4Py5xRVZyZg2RDTT7AiyjpKtPOExIwVEIm78FTcRqjk98Dl4iDZR96kW6bWHKR_7ZUGDC2NOQg1EWG6YQUjuqZX18Ide9qneTrnzH055oCKxrhil9SVo3xpQ_nu0xQlOGbqv5a4IBJRMt1WCJfWRMkv5AfoQxl0NTl8t5Dl9pz9_p87BB2Ua3Z3NgcqedSV2sT5wS_hmAuM1Foda1TiK16EA6QeNzxNZ9vhGFHJhqd8AUx45qjEfKw4&pub_id=P11885104&cpn_id=C50801216&fileName=Setup

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