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.1r2qzosuf.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
PLUGIN UPDATE S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
238999c08468458749ca24e01d49a9e9

SHA-1:
8eb48e47e25ad72599af673304f658bf9ca84439

SHA-256:
f1081ea49f14561b2cc71e58dfa3c4eed87f98f38b84a05323ce9881008f1aee

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:
5/20/2024 11:13:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PLUGINUP.Bundler (M)
16.3.9.0

File size:
543 KB (555,992 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 11:14:26 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 11:14:26 AM

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:
4/1/2015 5:34:28 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:gLuIc4IslQfZ+Py0w42yytoRFaO+TBPIWUpk75w:gLuKIuQfZ+PyZ4HTPaO+BIWUP

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, C0, AD, 5A, 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, DA, FA, 69, C4, 2B, 0C, FD, 10, 21, B8, BE, BF, 26, D2, 10, 48, 75, 90, 9E, D5, E7, CE, 58, 7C, C1, 79, 6D, E9, 07, 0C, 44, EF, B3, 0A, C9, 36, 3B, 50, E9, B6, 06, 16, BF, 1C, 5B, 3A, 52, 49, D5, A6, F8, 41, D5, 4D, 5D, B2, 8E, CC, ED, 84, FB, F4, 22, F5, 0C, F2, B2, 8A, F9, 74, 4D, 82, CE, A5, 90, 4B, 23, AC, 29, 37, 56, 45, C3, BA, 0F, C2, 58, EB, 40, 29, F1, 71, E9...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1010.5 KB (1,034,752 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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