Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Plugin Update SL? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as DomaIQ (fs) and SoftPulse. The detection rate for the Plugin Update SL files collected here is 25%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see Plugin Update SL when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the Plugin Update SL certificate with the following procedure:
Here is a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Plugin Update SL:
As you can see in the screengrab above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Plugin Update SL and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can examine all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, and so on. You can also examine the address for Plugin Update SL, such as the street name, city and country.
GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Plugin Update SL certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the Plugin Update SL files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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5/53 | bho64.dll |
7/54 | HostSecure.exe |
9/55 | Player_Setup.exe |
20/55 | Player Setup.exe |
7/54 | bho32.dll |
11/54 | java_installer (2).exe |
10/48 | java_installer (1).exe |
39/57 | Setup.exe |
Here is the detection names for the Plugin Update SL files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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ALYac | Gen:Variant.Strictor.104392 |
AVG | Generic.C0C, Win32/DH{gRJ+UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}, AdPlugin.MFF |
AVware | DomaIQ (fs), Adware.SoftPulse |
Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Strictor.104392 |
AegisLab | AdWare.W32.SoftPulse.mk8N |
Agnitum | Riskware.Agent! |
AhnLab-V3 | Win-PUP/SoftPulse, PUP/Win32.SoftPulse |
AntiVir | Adware/Agent.djcr.4 |
Antiy-AVL | Trojan[:HEUR]/Win32.AGeneric, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/Win32.SoftPulse |
Arcabit | PUP.Adware.PluginUpdate |
Avast | Win32:SoftPulse-Z [PUP], Win32:GenMalicious-NP [PUP], Win32:DriverUpd-A [PUP] |
Avira | APPL/Softpulse.Gen8, PUA/Softpulse.Gen |
Baidu | Win32.Adware.Generic.cw |
Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.SoftPulse.BD |
BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Strictor.104392 |
Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.5824 |
CAT-QuickHeal | Downloader.DriverUpd.07884 |
CMC | Virus.Win32.Sality!O |
Cyren | W32/SoftPulse.AB.gen!Eldorado |
DrWeb | Trojan.DownLoader11.30734, Trojan.Domaiq.343 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/SoftPulse.J, a variant of Win32/SoftPulse.L, a variant of Win32/SoftPulse.AH potentially unwanted |
Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Strictor.104392 (B) |
F-Prot | W32/SoftPulse.AB.gen!Eldorado |
F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Strictor.104392 |
GData | Win32.Application.Softpulse.F, Gen:Variant.Strictor.104392 |
Ikarus | PUA.SoftPulse |
Jiangmin | AdWare.SoftPulse.ff |
K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 0040f8f21 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9b31 ) |
K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 0040f8f21 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9b31 ) |
Kaspersky | not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse.heur |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.HostSecure.A, PUP.Optional.DomaIQ, PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller |
McAfee | SoftPulse |
McAfee-GW-Edition | SoftPulse, BehavesLike.Win32.SoftPulse.hc |
MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Strictor.104392 |
NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.deniau |
Norman | Malware |
Panda | Trj/Genetic.gen, Generic Suspicious |
Qihoo-360 | QVM18.1.Malware.Gen |
Rising | Malware.Generic!zdtBD119RCI@5 (Thunder) |
Sophos | SoftPulse, SoftPulse (PUA) |
Symantec | WS.Reputation.1, SMG.Heur!cg1 |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V1018, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1016 |
VBA32 | BScope.Adware.Softpulse, SScope.Adware.Softpulse |
VIPRE | DomaIQ (fs), Adware.SoftPulse |
Yandex | PUA.SoftPulse! |
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 430 scan results for the Plugin Update SL files. 108 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of Plugin Update SL. These are the signer names:
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: