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AutoUpdate

The Foundation

The application au.exe by The Foundation has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
SoftNinjas  (signed by The Foundation)

Product:
AutoUpdate

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
f4000bce06ecb0d3594a475da65faae7

SHA-1:
65b033841d9bff33294352823da8f8d44da3ea91

SHA-256:
b5b35b294302e9c1307bb483833ef7551a0d6a7a9f94240f5d0f472506774c1a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/12/2025 10:11:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TrailerTime.TheFound (M)
16.6.7.22

File size:
31.6 KB (32,336 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © SoftNinjas 2014

Original file name:
AutoUpdate.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\twittertime\au.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
The Foundation

Authority:
The Foundation

Valid from:
6/15/2015 4:24:30 AM

Valid to:
6/12/2025 4:24:30 AM

Subject:
CN=The Foundation, O=The Foundation, S=Some-State, C=US

Issuer:
CN=The Foundation, O=The Foundation, S=Some-State, C=US

Serial number:
00BFDA29BD9F457AD4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/4/2015 2:13:56 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:vYrwGD5g6y7x1hiG7oNh12a8k1UEgQZEPzax3m5GkGmWo2fDA7owG46f0GNQ00Q+:vmwAMoTgQ8QNp0Qvd/8MbBjx2HlV5r

Entry address:
0x830E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.7060

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-235-116-11.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.235.116.11:80)

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