setup.exe

Safe Update Technolog (Safe Update Technology)

The application setup.exe by Safe Update Technolog (Safe Update Technology) has been detected as adware by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from safeversion-install.com.
Publisher:

MD5:
cc1c3f1c0ec6104bf1f6c3e4544df699

SHA-1:
87173da618082962e4d1d62f649f705965e63a76

SHA-256:
db08b7505a14870776f2ffb7d36573dbbd8859dd6df64aa4cd283b65380f915b

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 11:39:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Rootkit-gen [Rtk]
2014.9-141011

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.VDPS
19225

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdGazelle (variant)
8.10270

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.10.11.20

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SafeUpdateTechnologSafeUpdateTechnology.F
14.8.31.22

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5063330
32210

File size:
614.6 KB (629,400 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/30/2014 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/31/2015 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Safe Update Technolog (Safe Update Technology), OU=Tech, O=Safe Update Technolog (Safe Update Technology), STREET=11835 Carmel Mountain Road, STREET="Suite #1304-371", L=San Diego, S=CA, PostalCode=92128, C=US

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

Serial number:
00D98D32FE7E07DF7EC2E75B6AC20308A5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/27/2014 7:58:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2/lirXMGfoXR/Cwumcx5H8WE1SJaGNudQwoPUfAJEUMJhsRX6D9UjwY4H/:2di73oXR/C3mc3FNYQw+feU84YQC

Entry address:
0x35B7

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 84, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B4, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, F8, 05, 47, 00, E8, 62, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, 00, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 24, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 0C, 86, 40, 00, 68, 00, 85, 46, 00, E8, 32, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 20, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9605

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
26 KB (26,624 bytes)

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

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