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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.magnonewfile.com.
Publisher:
PLUGIN UPDATE SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9a0d2b41a06a88b5a0da0cdb79c9548e

SHA-1:
163cab7f6692c88f53f87bd01942acafe13f2aff

SHA-256:
f9945b2893fdbbfbc22a555bd5783d444f92eaf58c525e56bb5d698274e91239

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:
6/30/2025 7:10:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PLUGINUP.Bundler (M)
16.5.1.17

File size:
520.9 KB (533,440 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
Signed by:
PLUGIN UPDATE SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/13/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/13/2016 2:59:59 AM

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:
6A96B10625A440E58FC64DBD383A43DA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/23/2015 1:36:30 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:bL7GuyK/RFuWzlbyCCVUVrvet55WaVwzOFd2RnKLbNaQ/CX2xVkNo:vXyidzJynUVc5YaiOGRKXNCuGNo

Entry address:
0x1AB3CF

Entry point:
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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.magnonewfile.com/BwgZIta65XMXFTxvR4Lw9gAM6LvGK5_wCoijdyDc8OFF_2C8YXMii8PJH2zrHywnQn38LfU98Ex767NS4afe80jCsRLt8ECJlNFj8aon49IbONSXR9qsx8UqJtgZ9PSQoM_IQYzOYHuO3LZ0skM4QNuNZSVN24AKJEGGhIFdHb18qG2poQRl073XGoOzH1jnBVC-xHuv67Wfv1ko4x1UetxLQaqvE2is6R1E2BsbMrAf0DZEOLa82s7y_ZbUxdg6q6nP6WCGucfnjqhOLMDDNM9_qL4BbEj_7DeJxzNRjwls3EF8BwBFwCSTVLqGQ0iLroestUf5w_NXjm8ZqfJjT05RkqiL9NtJOQKjirvZBuuZpMNRKC_gVCMuqpXNzVRLy76eFXjX7RuqNrxVozX8bw

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