setupnow.exe

OpenDownloaderManagerHelper

Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

The application setupnow.exe, “Open Downloader Manager” by Hudson Exchange Group 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloadmanager.azurewebsites.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DisplayTime Software  (signed by Hudson Exchange Group, LLC)

Product:
OpenDownloaderManagerHelper

Description:
Open Downloader Manager

Version:
1.0.3.11

MD5:
d9f470da87754a85f77106bc804239c2

SHA-1:
940a91b1a021d3500c27b66bed06b36618c45d93

SHA-256:
c3cefc4296439a78b4f63f6ce22a9868d43db836c74e7d4591f47c0eb30727b6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
11/27/2024 10:56:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HudsonExchangeGroup.Installer (M)
16.2.20.0

File size:
115.3 KB (118,072 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.3.11

Copyright:
Copyright DisplayTime Software© 2016

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/10/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/31/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Hudson Exchange Group, LLC", O="Hudson Exchange Group, LLC", L=Woodcliff Lake, S=New Jersey, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
5B78F4208F4D587B6FA9A6AF8EC8FD12

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/27/2015 12:38:55 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:/qRaMrUwmuvDWLcrKLdW318BXsUl2I8GJXk:/nx1uKLwe8sU

Entry address:
0x310D

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, C7, 44, 24, 14, 88, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 18, 20, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 53, E8, E4, 2D, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, 68, 7C, 91, 40, 00, E8, 65, 2D, 00, 00, 68, 74, 91, 40, 00, E8, 5B, 2D, 00, 00, 68, 68, 91, 40, 00, E8, 51, 2D, 00, 00, 6A, 0D, E8, B4, 2D, 00, 00, 6A, 0B, E8, AD, 2D, 00, 00, A3, 44, EC, 42, 00, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.2756

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

The file setupnow.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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