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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 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 ttb.famdls.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
af8d4f7e1f8dc15f3a3d4c400422ef7e

SHA-1:
eec56459d3f9fd0acf26545f9327976d1343dff5

SHA-256:
02587c42d51da815a77b03fa2a62ced82bc27c57b3fd61555e8aef8b108b64da

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:
4/24/2024 3:07:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUp.Bundler (M)
16.6.6.10

File size:
927.6 KB (949,848 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 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 4:59:59 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:
1/16/2015 1:20:13 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:9WFk/8S1dfGWyaOi2cCBWH4z8iUjHyZWEaSY3Xuw2:9aS1xGAx2JI4zJdaSgXB2

Entry address:
0x19686

Entry point:
B8, E8, AE, 51, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 64, 66, 61, 73, 65, 68, 66, 33, 61, 73, 00, 6C, 6D, 50, 82, A6, A6, 86, 02, 8D, D9, 79, AF, 95, 41, 7E, 4B, DB, BE, DA, 88, EE, 4F, 9E, CC, A3, E9, 46, C3, AF, 76, 88, EA, 9A, 05, DD, B6, F5, 02, B7, 2C, 3C, 1B, 93, 30, 64, 5A, 47, 36, CE, 9A, 77, 60, 99, 9D, 83, B8, 89, 96, 49, 8C, 5C, BD, 96, 28, B2, BB, 3B, 39, 4C, 35, 9D, 13, B6, E6, C6, 3A, D1, B7, D8, 55, 6F, 72, 59, CC, A5, 71, E0, CB, 2D, 99, D3, 58, 17...
 
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Entropy:
7.9832  (probably packed)

Code size:
187.5 KB (192,000 bytes)

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

http://ttb.famdls.com/download/request/.../LErU6QUf?&__tc=1421472780807&fileName=Setup

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