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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 admin.remagno.com.
Publisher:
PLUGIN UPDATE SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
96e43f73f0c2caca066a62fd00c8d54e

SHA-1:
ed6688b8e6c5ac42f85c17e57a09ae2da87fcd3e

SHA-256:
050209c833fb29652182deffe64d508f2f4f0870b9bdc3e775c8e1598740e973

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:
6/17/2024 12:26:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PLUGINUPDATE.Bundler (M)
16.1.7.21

File size:
677 KB (693,208 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PLUGIN UPDATE SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/13/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/13/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PLUGIN UPDATE SL, O=PLUGIN UPDATE SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
6A96B10625A440E58FC64DBD383A43DA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/14/2015 1:08:18 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:rQ+8YcSdcdp7GqDd7o4YINDz6/AAgYShiuFfIihBtwVabCMUA4+6vlF7tA:ZiSmrpDd75d68hiuF5H8abCMUN+YlFC

Entry address:
0x1C1F90

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 52, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, ED, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
640 KB (655,360 bytes)

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

http://admin.remagno.com/XRjUzE4AF6-HJIw1ijDQ-NTk5eQXGffGCOX4p1zsxln6cASH0FH9GFifTtozTVeR8EXJR-EQCa6_dFoGQHfYQZ24vadCoq5kqwX9ahkUrjrhWxUVZ6CFKvXeh6JxkV_zsh0hTF_PjWnsG7DTSYJSaxrzEJxp8UyYkVgrfGb1iw5gqVIiIw7b_USnSbGMDu6-WB_DwSkLFyTe5mvsqYlzmRcE5AW_5o33j8K-rsPkpMAJBBLjXv79bbwyHSbqfGuBpIviwNWmUvZDwIj_Q4LkpaS_9Xp3f9sFcpJTNrEfH2XsJln5IjRbA-8fGr1u6RtzELHc8YSjxnSzphZzxzITrylvF0v2ZMZ5q-8UtzTF3dIjipBnEr387uC5C6i1Zn0axj0W4sU4X_P-9Is-qQvTptGDa8uIBtW2y7s1rGZo5dM

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