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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 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8e6d1ecd4c4aa9402f4459ee82e7fd45

SHA-1:
bf0676e8332168d86ac39a56f66a404ca65d19e6

SHA-256:
5a9a43da70cf7b9bd4c87269bdcac2da5367bd1e110900d10c766d5d1bc38234

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
4/16/2024 3:05:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.01.29

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.aone
7.11.205.178

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
150101-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3215

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Symmi.50281
1.0.20.140

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-90
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20878

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.107
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.50281
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.W potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-e8f52f8c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Symmi.50281
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Symmi.50281
15.1.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14786

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.01.28.01

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6871

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Symmi.50281
16.0.0.84

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dmolry
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Inject.!gen
11.20150128

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.28.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.1.28.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15126

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.10

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SoftPulse.Win32.88
2.0.0.2048

File size:
829.1 KB (849,000 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 S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/8/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/9/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update S.L., O=Plugin Update S.L., L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de 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:
0E923B9CF60DA59FC3A43A87A8071FC2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/16/2015 2:28:41 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ADFhwFzsQNLAr5bj/b4FKHrJ841gAQguqMwP9:cFhwFzPBYb02y4SA5MU

Entry address:
0xD1F6

Entry point:
B8, 04, 4F, 4F, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 72, 77, 61, 73, F1, 69, 6F, 75, 37, 69, 00, BD, E0, 1B, 9D, F3, 0F, E0, 04, B2, 30, 6F, C5, B2, 4E, 4C, DD, DE, AB, D6, 05, 75, 42, 60, 93, 74, E5, 55, A7, 31, D3, 5C, 00, F1, 79, C9, BD, 9B, F6, 2C, BA, 73, E8, 12, 7F, 3E, 56, 3A, 57, A3, F2, 41, 8D, 9A, BC, 5A, E7, 98, 33, DD, 73, 1B, C4, 6F, B6, 82, AB, 92, 10, 9B, 1B, 94, 63, B4, 0C, AF, EB, 94, 42, 06, 8E, F0, D5, 51, 7C, CA, 01, D0, 68, 23, 6D, 3D, F6, E2...
 
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Code size:
146.5 KB (150,016 bytes)

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