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flashplayer_updater.exe

Stiff Old Neck Co.

The application flashplayer_updater.exe by Stiff Old Neck Co 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 and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadnet1188.com.
Publisher:
Trusted Swift Install System  (signed by Stiff Old Neck Co.)

Product:
Trusted Swift Install System

Version:
40.3.8.8680

MD5:
1292ffaa3d2bc6a376336fba8bc26e64

SHA-1:
bdb70e17e1f5c315b8fcac65061beb105aa5fbbf

SHA-256:
1ee9048177c2c4f6c06eb7d41242cc69ec84a38dae07af5476b50a8fc6f59da9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 12:45:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.StiffOld.Installer (M)
16.7.3.12

File size:
875.5 KB (896,496 bytes)

Product version:
40.3.8.8680

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Stiff Old Neck Co.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/5/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/5/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Stiff Old Neck Co., O=Stiff Old Neck Co., 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:
22DF15FD69B77D2AAB7B5052636D8F0B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/27/2014 7:25:47 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:/aMLKmtvPyHu7q8v6cqy9pNg4W7HM8ncN+2QHCw3:SiKmHyOeoLkp7s8+Q9

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 flashplayer_updater.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files4.downloadnet1188.com/download/.../dl?bc=1191361&pid=installmetrix&brand=installmetrix.com&aid=noads&c=supcc001_moc13a_cir9a_supcc001_supcc001wlttf_jlp2d_MSIE_noads_0728_66511hyphend16b1df2hyphen7282hyphene311hyphenb7dahyphen001517d1792a&country=US&cb=1783515306&filename=FlashPlayer_Updater.exe&productKey=p3kz63nkp6vuvqn6le35zhqpafbck33m&osName=Windows&osVersion=7&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1&executable=1191333

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