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browserupdate-setup.exe

Full Spectrum Interactive

The application browserupdate-setup.exe by Full Spectrum Interactive has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.akamai.service.downloadadmin.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Full Spectrum Interactive  (signed and verified)

MD5:
024e1ef1ebf1327898169bc7aaa29714

SHA-1:
46e4a0257ef768ba289295f6c862c56c783a7263

SHA-256:
edf48ea3684777d5a51b6ca3c42d7eb76036ba9fa57d008ff7d68c89f826c2e5

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
May bundle various unwanted software without adequate user consent.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 5:43:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
2014.10.11

avast!
Adware-OH [Adw]
141003-0

AVG
Adware MultiBundle.AA
2014.0.4037

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Agent.OCK
19765

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2014-10-10_6

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.10.10.11

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.2.62483

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FullSpectrumInteractive.T
14.10.10.23

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783369
33706

File size:
787.1 KB (806,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\browserupdate-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Full Spectrum Interactive

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/10/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/10/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Full Spectrum Interactive, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Full Spectrum Interactive, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

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:
1A1AEF489C94F2C514EA16B9BEBCDEFC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 1:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:VxpJEQZiC2cO/Yms/fn+Z24zFwmG/m0tzobz0Nv1aZuhPVZK+Oyu2A93R87:npa/c3R/PlKgQboNoZyS+tuN9g

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4578

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file browserupdate-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://cdn.akamai.service.downloadadmin.com/download/.../dl?s=37&c=5113915&brand=winstat.us&pid=adshore&aid=219&bc=965562&country=US&cb=-38878405

http://files4.mirror2.info/download/.../dl?s=37&c=5113915&brand=winstat.us&pid=adshore&aid=219&bc=965562&country=US&cb=-38878405

http://files5.mirror2.info/dl?bc=965562&source=37&aid=219&c=5113915

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