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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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.filermagno.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a7f17c308f06ba4f01670f4935c60df8

SHA-1:
723a1c3f296071cc2c7d77c1eb8b3198925b7de3

SHA-256:
e3828669258c737f0dd6367ff033e428bf336caf90f76ddd78d5e436e857a7a8

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:
5/28/2024 6:16:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUpdate.Bundler (M)
16.2.23.21

File size:
1.2 MB (1,266,224 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/22/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/23/2016 8:59:59 PM

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 5:49:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jd/IPtWBlunbhkQBGfPiy6zsZWBceUTpUy8pOiswzfyjBf+PTKyR:J/IPtwQnTs6YgcPTd8pOiruBfSr

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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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/v2pKH1J7FbiGkw1rU9tZHrYGAB7HQdACUIdj2MS9APxvaKt6OsosISKHkJB3nQA2qfaIs_s4RG7vFUGbyuLv8xmzX1sfvVmk7XIdn6hJpCa90Cmlg0OOQ28_lPRiHMqo_HkjVmOlbFcPa3kcmqEuyYPEEJ1bCqfon8R-5kxFX3Oyeix4tCNy-ON133jAFavSaY8l_szqASwnR8QeqlOjuTU0QInfZv-ZspxI-r1YhvJT_njg18Rm5f9AXtHR0zhu9G3WdhvWIJqFUYebWNkRXVa7RiczZdj2GR3mvpEkDEwJzPuvhgYKofZ5UU7X-5zFlFKqRGTV9YtLrwyZ9S3lX9WtmuZ3BHGGHi2h1eK0AXvhS7fdzOzT7Rf3vE2nBby034vTQ7Ykhlrvr4QbBAWk85RsfvDZJtyS_gA-fFDwEfscrCnUGl9eSlrN0sXI8QAS

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