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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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.magnonewfile.com.
Publisher:
PLUGIN UPDATE SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f578ab2aa6d42c4db0a4f08676cccdb9

SHA-1:
5e0137ebfb26485b614728fc25cb38d43119a1e5

SHA-256:
9336b58c03b3497f1a6f28de54ca7405b5ef04a1a8a55eafb2e00bbe5472ca4a

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 7:31:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.4.12

File size:
576.5 KB (590,360 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PLUGIN UPDATE SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/13/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/13/2016 7:59:59 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:
7/22/2015 6:05:49 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:CNEg9C3J4UdIpXHkJA28fIkAXrcXc1JQmlSrRb:OI4/pD2IurcAbS5

Entry address:
0x1C23CF

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:
7.8849

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,227,776 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnonewfile.com/Gt-YP8GQYSur1CyesIxtXPaVAuTWwYlcL6oufA9jfpQYlb0Wk17tg1euh8Jx_GcTL6Yr4w58qGWgsXtsHae1npspzRX4j59tnW_uq9MKTj2m2Gr4KZ0CFM0PJ4Q_4tVWopx6wIb6VN3t1IQtvlesPdDt2DMyofPtZK_7nO5qJ9iHtM-TlRUxQsG6UJDkbw6PACwGge19ljV1YH3Pwn3eIizjYiAtC1h4ov6RI9-LcLUTIPrXdL18vJC9fCalc2Eay6ZFu9S3QRep-pro3Dl7c2o2K7TlC3Arcud4DgTWxJFpdVRdUXHi3NfMNNl8Nheg7mZtcpytRzOu_QcM4djdwCIQz5P_kOPEfJFo49NPT7W7_soEcVTFXXvfCfNWuJOoFzsHAiOl2_laam554iXqdMclitMdW7sdb5xc1ZpczDa6KzQmTMH_DQ4KzhRh21DFeUH1_MlfCQczp_QMHxPH5A

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