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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 35 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from mlldav.z6mi0vdk.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0c72a36b8e738b171438bd5d68b87d31

SHA-1:
c7f63a5e9db304b07363c3314c1c00f39c4222c5

SHA-256:
ab3b3df7f6b7bb101fae031300252d7d9c3cc7704ac4a8760481eecdd00f3a2f

Scanner detections:
35 / 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:
5/21/2024 2:30:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.4
691

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.03.16

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-BF [PUP]
2014.9-150315

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3169

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.4
1.0.20.370

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/19837

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
21422

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3
9.0.1.074

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
8.15.03.15.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SoftPulse
3/15/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-ef430f94
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-15-03_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2015.6.21.14

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.200.15263

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.2342

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.03.15.01

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6825

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.4
16.0.0.222

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.djebvb
0.30.0.296

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.4
02.01.2015 13:58:24

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.955856
15.03.13.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.03.15.01

Quick Heal
TrojanDwnldr.DriverUpd.A5
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.15.13

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.11

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.74

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.Klon.Win32.1491
2.0.0.2100

File size:
933.5 KB (955,856 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:
10/7/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
11/20/2014 11:53:02 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ljsp11fcsV1H6ruF3hSp4tW6v0jBnewhg5Vrb6AjrCNTTQq0AfV3DmaBqlQsmY9:l4p5a03rt700wCbo3DY9Z9

Entry address:
0x13686

Entry point:
E8, BD, 79, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, C0, 10, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, C8, 48, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, C2, 7B, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3997

Code size:
172 KB (176,128 bytes)

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

http://mlldav.z6mi0vdk.com/ClaKtRN-FOpBBxEdpessHTlshaj4x-9EiMIl_nNv_zu62a6xx9oy8GUoQIXfH4kUDK4e00MBYqgXXFtl9Ul8aPGED2VQUVzTzKo6DwL4s4VSjqDpOBZ4XB3F7QWohk8v?sbb=['E5J5UBmhXjEVT8BV3mqvbTdE0zSs3ph1wCiokbmpRlSEnPGoDA4wzEVpnEzKloClQcdt6vjW4uvwtk5KkinFDjdszc21jAIjvXMFKl5eCVbKlwAM3iyZqiAkgYfuUDxpuz3PjcqLGpcMpxkHk3JOvbTXbzAIdSSYNi1HgJjmiVzPHczdnN6CROmtNG5d06AyvYPbEL3UK2QROpvi1WyO8IDtW1fz1A96T2DNKhUcVq3FBuRYwuILmQuUPrn5QoIZIeIStrCRKsNJnVlDHbELzjpSKmtlQrJOwqYO338BmctgYtQ4lqCnugN09ytaPO5C1cmMH8MQOImDEWzoDbOD3hzENwdMoLX2ro8l2ck9nXGub5TSccWoP45G1LUE8MFh4ZBVgImsMS1CxHjpOzS7nPIjYzYWLZPefvow8pCF0KpU9UMiIblmIhELjy8XDl7jTVid65ZbUxpquImMNrnMlOJe9oGpMgzvK2QM8EGVVGyMoiL4Kpw7mHPr4HHfZUISEsRwvgKk4jsmc5fNBLJJkHtvIooT7ACDH8vyVJ5nVTBy9vHfmqfVW7hg3A6xspVnDWKjswzkMotiv1t814kltJCjtdH6qrSgTXBbFyQ1nVv0CBgXLv5WfL2EC84ccW5TAQ8VVl1ERTJEJXXIOZVD4NUVuLJAznDrZ5ZjyWxfNaqt0REqCO4efchFS8LiQm0Oo5VWbah5YmAJO9rWSZgtDtanw71PIFoolVU95X9Xs3MsIMGZFMrJCqPpBhQtZKIpLeVZo8A7qvRuoapsq5Kxkgv1zgom3wSOu6FxBDa8z4kkHvfKywlKAfUYuhiHusIBzu

http://mlldav.z6mi0vdk.com/ClaKtRN-FOpBBxEdpessHTlshaj4x-9EiMIl_nNv_zu62a6xx9oy8GUoQIXfH4kUDK4e00MBYqgXXFtl9Ul8aPGED2VQUVzTzKo6DwL4s4VSjqDpOBZ4XB3F7QWohk8v?sbb=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

http://ttb.yousofftder.com/download/request/.../wxX75Z7P?PubID=79_3527_3100&ClickID=8173738224

http://www.qiaofenghuang.com/down/flash/.../down.php?sid=807&dv1=ad806-us&kw1=ad806-us-xx&uuid=cea63d45-32cc-4cd6-7a50-f1decfeffe3c&dv3=cea63d45-32cc-4cd6-7a50-f1decfeffe3c

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