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chrome-update.exe

The application chrome-update.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.download25.info.
MD5:
6962db0e35ce64cc6a20b856702e39b7

SHA-1:
106df78f4e779a1d6b2bb7aa5b742b0628714697

SHA-256:
43c2e1ccaa76863ee0e5d286121cd1dec899733028c7d44c576168d8d5a1a94c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 9:38:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin.Bundler.Meta (M)
16.6.8.6

File size:
875.3 KB (896,312 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win16 EXE)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/18/2014 5:22:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win16

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:pAMLKmtvPyHu7V8vrd5y9pNg4W7HMcecN+2QHC4z:KiKmHyOpo7p7sczQJ

Entry address:
0xC822

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 57, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, A8, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 0D, A4, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 15, A0, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 9C, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 35, 98, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 94, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, C0, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, B4, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 90, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 8C...
 
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Entropy:
7.9572  (probably packed)

Code size:
51.5 KB (52,736 bytes)

The file chrome-update.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files4.download25.info/download/.../dl?bc=1190855&pid=topvideosoft&brand=topvideosoft.com&s=new_source2&c=topdmsg&country=US&cb=-845470004&filename=chrome-update.exe&productKey=pwhux3komm3645q6z3zvgdod6ug2bbpk&osName=Windows&osVersion=Vista&browserName=IE&browserVersion=7&zTmp=1&executable=1188615

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