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securityutility.exe

The application securityutility.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. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.download4desktop.com.
MD5:
5b5902aed987dcb0724d6cd4441a9c05

SHA-1:
8dbf07b502cf4e8374e0957b13ea50fcbc8b8374

SHA-256:
7656d26d54041f0ee057ec6b75951303092710d31aa48da60cbb647042745dcb

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 12:03:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Win.Reputation
15.12.21.23

File size:
324.2 KB (332,015 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\securityutility.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:9QqVahaaaT/jEMMFtFM+bohrKp7Hc2J6sVQNzqChF1O0gx9M8V7Oh93FCYT:jEBFtFM+EI782J6s+lJhFcDU8V7Oj1XT

Entry address:
0x30CB

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, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://cdn.download4desktop.com/Installer/.../securityutility1_Setup.exe

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