setupstart.exe

O S U

Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

The application setupstart.exe, “ Open Software Updater” by Hudson Exchange Group has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 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 softwareupdateproduct.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Hudson Exchange Group, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
O S U

Description:
Open Software Updater

Version:
3.1.0.0

MD5:
607a15ccce8016254c23607e929f4c8f

SHA-1:
f6fd99f3c0a73c32c997eb3cc66047df6febf252

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 3:29:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2016.0.2998

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6979

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.OpenSUpdater
9.12193

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM21.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HudsonExchangeGroup.Installer (M)
15.9.3.4

Rising Antivirus
NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF[F1]
23.00.65.15901

Sophos
Open Software Updater (PUA)
4.98

File size:
693.3 KB (709,960 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright 2015

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\setupstart.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/10/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/31/2016 6:59:59 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 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Fn98ozNsGH+7Ka2Ao488cBJ207IA0nU2HUpFH8RS0Kr9gT5/a9G0Q1fVBNQ:Fn/p3H+uAo488cBJx7IlU2HUv2Nt/uGo

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9432

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file setupstart.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 32 URLs.

https://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

https://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

https://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

https://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

https://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

https://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

https://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

https://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

https://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

Latest 30 of 32 download URLs

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