setupnow.exe

OpenDownloaderManagerHelper

Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

The file 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 appdownloading.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DisplayTime Software  (signed by Hudson Exchange Group, LLC)

Product:
OpenDownloaderManagerHelper

Description:
Open Downloader Manager

Version:
1.0.3.7

MD5:
0395f35305ea0abc347a82d2a6a397e2

SHA-1:
cf5b1c05ac17936fe83b9eed1d1976a3edeb79f0

SHA-256:
6ffdd9d8e53f8699b99d348dff72862c977d5f071efae57d3fe819a3b783c2da

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 10:54:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HudsonExchangeGroup.Installer (M)
16.1.17.8

File size:
115 KB (117,752 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.3.7

Copyright:
Copyright DisplayTime Software© 2015

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

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:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:6gXdZt9P6D3XJqKJH+nv+18BXsUl2IP3VGL8XM:6e340KJHpePVGL8c

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:
7.2973

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file setupnow.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 11 URLs.

https://appdownloading.com/campaign/.../rdr.php

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