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softwareupdater.exe

OSU

INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO.

This installer routine uses the Babylon network to include bundled offers of potentially unwanted programs (mostly search adware) such as toolbars and browser extensions. The application softwareupdater.exe, “Open Software Updater” by INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 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 opensoftwareupdate.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Installer Technology Co  (signed by INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO.)

Product:
OSU

Description:
Open Software Updater

Version:
3.0.0.0

MD5:
1ded554677145ce686438cccaa09438b

SHA-1:
56a3469126772a1190a6896b66f540245c2b4e1c

SHA-256:
3e9a380ca6f1bb47a369603a0c61c2d85bacb06194891506adbeab48a76c53cf

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 6:11:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

McAfee
Artemis!1DED55467714
5600.7032

Reason Heuristics
PUP.INSTALLERTECHNOLOGYCO.P
14.8.20.18

Sophos
Installer Technology Co
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0818
7.2.232

File size:
367.9 KB (376,768 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright Installer Technology Co. 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/23/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO., L=Miami Beach, S=Florida, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4556C69814691A6077AE1628567ACB9F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:hzftrSjCJaCEIm8P4S+hAMNO1t0ANHAK2ss6Yud8HRrShePxd4JLmd4u/Bl:32+aIPP45h/Nst0AJAKFs6aHxe2dILs/

Entry address:
0x323F

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, 98, 27, 7A, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, E4, 26, 7A, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, DC, 79, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 1E, 7A, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8537

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

https://opensoftwareupdate.com/idownloader.php

https://opensoftwareupdate.com/idownloada.php

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