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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 27 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:
650569fbd15f84190f33d4418be37bed

SHA-1:
e73514d438f7824b2fde369458e7736229614f6b

SHA-256:
8da22fc77f14d08ec7bee7eea4f6815e1003cbcb4abef60900c8a4206f2734a2

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
7/5/2025 4:05:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173083
6475091

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.01.29

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.aone
7.11.205.184

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-CU [PUP]
150101-1

AVG
Adware BundleApp.IS
2014.0.4257

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173083
1.0.20.140

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

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

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20880

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.114
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173083
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.W potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Zbot.AAN!tr
1/28/2015

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

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173083
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173083
15.1.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14789

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.01.28.04

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173083
16.0.0.84

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dmwput
0.30.0.65070

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.28.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse
15.1.28.16

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5064683
36694

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 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/9/2015 1:59:59 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 5:53:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:e33f6iBcSgv6QpC6pvQcHeIFTpQuUmAHoEG:ef6YcS01vQgVdcFG

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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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/de/.../index.php?sid=950&dv1=ad948-de&kw1=ad948-de-xx&uuid=7cd64e31-7533-4e29-7806-dcd8939172ea&dv3=7cd64e31-7533-4e29-7806-dcd8939172ea

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