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.trackmagno.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
dd429f2714e4c2cf391ee5d4edb2f906

SHA-1:
f2e89d8f03f1c19823878fdec7ada097b7acd683

SHA-256:
ffc92178569056f6b5a569e717c14494fdee49a22a28a5915a04c025d022702e

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:
5/13/2024 7:44:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.11.3

File size:
523.5 KB (536,096 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
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/22/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/23/2016 3:59:59 PM

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:
61AB9AA4D7FF7EA15E42B70E3A571482

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/23/2015 3:36:30 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1AB3CF

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.9439

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,203,712 bytes)

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

http://admin.trackmagno.com/GSAw9PJcjya7nsdHOwTOFn84zrWrKXZs265baLY15g4XLjRQMU2wUzphuL54MJBJpgu-YObvPFa5ITNGwX6Xgp-TPJMJfuYyEqzjP8yyxSsRjEm8Vv4e9kaqP9Y2KtX09kfUaiixtzGo73UB0MmOTJnQ10qVsvC3EPTmzqfmoezS0mlMjlYtX58_wTGUvLoto_JmjpKnmWHQwiTeSh_pEBe2E-UE3w_fyp1tgPHXoqDDsFTqijcLRYi8pMX61MuUAdGjtdnOQX8-2EOQMdd_w23LyIE5KaGdT7oxP6YVyPX2erbgNlo35ICbLIjtZ7hdVc3grAjdnCZzT9EYHO57qH4E6PCjoZkc3BColqQRyCI-GH7jgwekS1kPrpMCgAMz79OTPY9T2qGvhCRazcXuDumRinaC6vyqJj_cwjZMFvA

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