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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 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 www.clickflv.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1af627e44ec050f8a2d153a0cc79d343

SHA-1:
c90b3b693db2738764fb55f9c98227eadbfcba8d

SHA-256:
ca0649abb91dae2dbc5b0a9752e24eb0f3d826432436ca131d2dafe02e481966

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 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:
7/4/2025 3:49:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUp.Bundler (M)
16.7.12.20

File size:
813.1 KB (832,664 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 11:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/9/2015 10:59:59 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:
1/27/2015 8:45:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:5zlKGRnQ7pbgVunslW39C+PsQ4sw3L+xjAzl6SeCm5mUXhvW/:5zlKGRQpbpC+Pf4RgS3mQKvW/

Entry address:
0x9636

Entry point:
B8, 7C, BE, 4E, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, AB, 9F, 5B, 6B, 73, 2B, 70, D7, D1, 3D, B5, 96, 74, 14, AE, 14, AD, 1F, 82, 88, A4, 43, 5B, 2E, 34, 48, BC, 92, F3, 0B, B3, 17, 37, 88, BC, 0F, FA, D3, A6, 92, 06, 15, 59, 5C, E4, 26, 50, 4A, F2, 0E, F9, 58, 3E, 9A, 8C, 5F, 7A, 3C, 82, 4C, A6, 6B, 57, 9A, 00, 32, 9B, 92, FE, 54, 52, 07, 3D, 1F, C9, 48, F9, D1, DC, 51, 6E, 2C, 68, CF, 58, 67, 4A, 58, 67, 41, D5, AE, 9E...
 
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Entropy:
7.9795

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
114 KB (116,736 bytes)

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

http://www.clickflv.com/flv/au/.../index.php?sid=1193&dv1=ad1190-au&kw1=ad1190-au-lm&uuid=5ab1d6dd-79c8-478d-4895-06c4bdbe1b5a&dv3=5ab1d6dd-79c8-478d-4895-06c4bdbe1b5a

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