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setup.exe

Video Plugin software 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 Video Plugin software SL has been detected as adware by 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Video Plugin software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
da4f65e191a4853f8ce085312f894804

SHA-1:
9cd3c8a7613ceabde29b35906689ae5bca8b2a22

SHA-256:
8503ff950051b75e67b2e7e777b5e6df314f7347b7ee259ad49d50ee19ac4a2d

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
6/22/2025 8:42:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
719

Agnitum Outpost
Packed/PECompact
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.02.12

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.oaoc
7.11.207.252

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-CU [PUP]
2014.9-150206

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3207

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
1.0.20.230

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.121
9.0.1.046

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
8.15.02.15.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.X potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2015-15-02_1

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.194.14941

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
15.0.0.543

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
16.0.0.138

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dnpqdl
0.30.0.65070

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.06.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.VideoPluginsoftware
15.2.6.6

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
59

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
37240

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.DriverUpd.Win32.125
2.0.0.2062

File size:
565.6 KB (579,176 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Video Plugin software SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/3/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/4/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Video Plugin software SL, O=Video Plugin software SL, STREET=El Pozo 17, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
10384504286EDB5BB905D662E110511A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/6/2015 5:23:00 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:GZ9VKB+bndBjy7P9fvgfXaOuSxWk25RQ5myEW9isPzrijKuvaxC:Gjs+bnL27P9XkKODORQmyP9isPzrIva8

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, E4, BB, 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, 10, 3B, F6, 14, D7, E7, AA, 56, E0, 7E, 15, F3, 0D, 6B, 6F, 01, C9, EA, 77, FE, F6, 89, B7, 46, A8, 35, 1A, BE, 39, 90, 02, 64, 63, D4, 4D, F1, C0, 20, A5, 61, 18, A4, 39, C2, 90, 55, B5, FB, D5, 61, D9, 47, 5C, 05, 66, 64, D5, 6F, 56, EA, 40, 2D, 79, 1C, BF, 07, EE, 38, F2, BF, BC, 5B, 9B, A4, 70, 47, D0, 03, 07, 2F, 43, D3, 1F, CA, CA, F0, D1, 52, D9, A8, 19, 30, 79...
 
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Entropy:
7.9428

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,089,536 bytes)

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

http://ttb.9rbi0gk47.com/download/request/.../pphq5rXX?__tc=1423219450.764&lpsl=6f70c01573495c1e98564f685e629224&expire=1423305785&PubID=vulom&slp=www.softwaretake.com&ClickID=wECM2B1F171T5QUHGEGSOKLO&fileName=Setup

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