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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:
577c8b4b9e56801f02cdbca2f872f37d

SHA-1:
680887417255b0258800b9b1b5699e04c6ef0389

SHA-256:
c5e9f3160c001fffd5b846a12d654bfdc443c14fab9789cc93a8d7afc36f03e4

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:
5/19/2024 10:34:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUp.Bundler (M)
16.6.7.23

File size:
1.2 MB (1,266,144 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 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
2/24/2016 5:29:59 AM

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:
8/26/2015 2:19:45 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Ad/IPtWBlunbhkQBGfPiy6zsZWBceUTpUy8pOiswzfyjBf+PTKyL:m/IPtwQnTs6YgcPTd8pOiruBfSZ

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 08, F5, 8A, 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, 62, E3, F7, 7C, 8F, 98, 9A, C3, ED, 2A, 27, 31, C0, E3, 40, F4, E8, D9, 38, 65, F8, 2B, 28, 38, 6B, 97, C0, DF, 50, 01, C4, 43, 6E, 66, 9E, 88, 6A, 45, 60, D4, 39, 07, AD, 3B, A2, 45, F6, 96, 01, 9D, DB, 80, 6F, 72, E7, 11, 93, 79, 8E, D7, 38, 47, 6C, D8, 74, 20, CE, 9B, 1A, 3A, 1D, 8F, 47, EA, 43, B4, 0B, 2E, 35, 5B, 41, 91, E8, FA, 8A, B7, EE, C8, 0A, 77, A7, 36, A0...
 
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Entropy:
7.9879

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.8 MB (3,950,592 bytes)

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

http://admin.filermagno.com/AlkkUD98OehiG1fVydaIl5p0FIxWWXN8OsWDlmXfrIVk-_dmLpK9s3wgazNlUkQ_zsNcO2N0d6RAh_S8XZ1vjdL-o8RbazRku4RHwY4-Wk8xTuVCz0Ug5whG8G6TfVryIGqwQgGQiNNRx8dtGplrel2Acl5YI85csZnnIZHCRVX2p3MfimhePQYUwEO5NaBRBpXYC_my6bevyou23I-AoVOveiABCjO5Ch2ofd1woFkxB6KUGycqyZ5Yx8QQrvG-qr5D_I8oXIYf6EnparIGO6olHQjk3Ss8kIKpUqZb0f6qdYvLWCbgm93qp-NuNHY1RC-X3nFHKh04afgo12Cb_Ilc0skAb_NmaCQZsCgovfkulK6aQgyPJkMmzy0nU7cEYo42oBoKCpgR1tvv7_mzF-e8tkraR_-mMbGEnx4zw3c

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