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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 kyle.mxp4094.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
27bd61d9cce809c0236889a5cb10be7d

SHA-1:
b403f203b26cd9659695a588fb5b85e99c8b5292

SHA-256:
44841f611d30b4062e79e8d6e6492a9d50ba715f800fb75acc56654f455b9d6d

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:
4/26/2024 10:21:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.F
14.9.1.10

File size:
1.4 MB (1,458,400 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 SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/11/2014 7:00:00 PM

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

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, L=Guia De Isora, S=Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
01438AF7C5B708CB0E497C84D028BF72

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2014 2:40:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jrK6dClXmekxlm1dl4r260n4dz0as5jc3AZ1COwiUP/5lq8An:jrBew72604doSw6ewU

Entry address:
0x69D4

Entry point:
E8, 27, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, F0, C0, 47, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 25, 48, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, DF, 47, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, F8, C0, 47, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, DF, 47, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6026

Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://kyle.mxp4094.com/nY1PsGHn_fsOgPvkQ1vk-uzSq4vwBe1ty0WcHXAclLDvmKam2BBGrXZv0N5O-h1H9RHQXRkJjks3ESDwdHISEevBXjsDSGZm0Qx7poqb8ZjCexXpjfcmusunbfUlMsbO?sbb=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

http://ttb.famdls.com/download/request/.../RGGW7mMS?ClickID=&__tc=1409422516995&fileName=Setup

http://kyle.mxp4094.com/j7jKCAhFMxoSK004Wou5dV8YENOMUB1FgVx9qsU8lK5qtL4rz9eFgQtVHS2VT32756eiPi42us9VmjPxeCcYTER2jKNUOkEZSVIgsXn5_Nhg0Nh7_YNHI9QPfgCiMZpK?sbb=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

http://ttb.famdls.com/download/request/.../RGGW7mMS?ClickID=&__tc=1409421782551&fileName=Setup

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