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primeupdater.exe

ShortSetup

Installer Technology Co.

The executable primeupdater.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from installopensoftware.com.
Publisher:
Installer Technology Co.  (signed and verified)

Product:
ShortSetup

Version:
4.1.0.1

MD5:
bf6dd2758020a669918256d695862af1

SHA-1:
b027f3e439470815022fa642d95470387ce81c61

SHA-256:
b37db276d6fe08bb5996086e8dcb4ef823df6d122e64862a8eb452674a3f8db4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 2:37:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.13.23

File size:
131.5 KB (134,608 bytes)

Product version:
4.1.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright 2016

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Installer Technology Co.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
1/5/2017 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/11/2018 6:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Installer Technology Co., O=Installer Technology Co., L=miami beach, S=Florida, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
028EAD1A1B4B5B91CC8CC45FD612ADD7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.2579

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file primeupdater.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://installopensoftware.com/startdlnow.php

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