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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 installation.exe by Plugin Update S.L has been detected as adware by 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from oz.clickflv.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
20a0024a710e4f9b9d56132bed3d18ea

SHA-1:
24363eafd8c0ae6b0dd75fd76593f1ae1aa4aad6

SHA-256:
b5d0f9fdc62c3456399a3a13ead59e8660157d0f1a8c97760daa21b8489145b5

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
7/5/2025 10:50:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.2334
6386505

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.02.15

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.aone
7.11.210.58

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-DC [Adw]
150101-1

AVG
Adware BundleApp.IS
2014.0.4257

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.2334
1.0.20.225

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-128
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
21079

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.114
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.2334
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.W potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Zbot.AAN!tr
2/14/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-557dffdc
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.2334
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.2334
15.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BundleApp
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.194.14967

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.02.14.09

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.2334
16.0.0.135

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dmwput
0.30.0.65070

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.14.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse
15.2.14.20

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.10

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
37240

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.39247
2.0.0.2067

File size:
873.1 KB (894,104 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\installation.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/8/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/9/2015 12:59:59 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:
1/24/2015 4:53:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:e33f6iBcSgv6QpC6pvQcHeIFTpQuUmAHoEQ:ef6YcS01vQgVdcFQ

Entry address:
0x9E76

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 52, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 6F, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, A0, 41, 42, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 14, 53, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 3E, 54, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, FD, 04, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 4C, 2B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, 4B, 3C, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.8659  (probably packed)

Code size:
107 KB (109,568 bytes)

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

http://oz.clickflv.com/flv/gb/.../index.php?sid=288&dv1=ad282-gb&kw1=ad282-gb-xx&uuid=6215f976-e02c-4873-4645-0041eda28f55&dv3=6215f976-e02c-4873-4645-0041eda28f55

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