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hades_update.exe

IMedia Holdings Ltd.

The application hades_update.exe by IMedia Holdings has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
IMedia Holdings Ltd.  (signed and verified)

Description:
Update

Version:
2.08.11.0

MD5:
aae482e8304dd51158066a8706ed16ee

SHA-1:
4846064577a5fedd0d69622e4920bafd16798782

SHA-256:
72e503e2840b5b2831950c3649abac1b21acf79a040a8a01a037d68ab9e5b805

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 1:52:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.iMedia (M)
17.1.29.5

File size:
3.3 MB (3,469,776 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\hades_update.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IMedia Holdings Ltd.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/19/2015 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/26/2015 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=IMedia Holdings Ltd., OU=IMedia Holdings Ltd., O=IMedia Holdings Ltd., STREET=63 Hoi Yuen Road Kwun Tong, L="Kwun Tong, Kowloon", S=Kowloon, PostalCode=000000, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
4CCDC952B43D5F4E4C9E99C70634ACF1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/25/2013 2:01:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x3219

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 37, 42, 00, E8, AD, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 36, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, A0, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 2E, 42, 00, E8, 57, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 45, 2A...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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