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softwareupdater.exe

O.S.U.

Traffic Space, LLC

The application softwareupdater.exe by Traffic Space has been detected as adware 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 windowssoftwaresite.com.
Publisher:
Traffic Space, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
O.S.U.

Version:
3.1.0.0

MD5:
4f15620a8dcf260bd6c880e4cae1325b

SHA-1:
6362df9dbb2a28e15ffbc1306986b6eceb0b49dd

SHA-256:
dc1f7c2132b021f5bfed0044b107e8654d0ec4c06533f0ba51da344a87fea094

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/25/2024 1:13:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TrafficSpace.Installer (M)
16.2.20.22

File size:
234.7 KB (240,352 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright 2015

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\softwareupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Traffic Space, LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/16/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/15/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Traffic Space, LLC", O="Traffic Space, 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:
6C4417841FFCEC12D6EFE825A6723A4E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/27/2015 12:38:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:uBnqLHN1SPi1nZmnbbJ1lJ9OspGcU+JfzbhZUJ4c:NLt+iJZmnzlJ9UcvJbbhZG4c

Entry address:
0x324F

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, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 18, 20, FF, 15, B8, 70, 40, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 53, E8, FC, 2D, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, 68, E0, 91, 40, 00, E8, 7D, 2D, 00, 00, 68, D8, 91, 40, 00, E8, 73, 2D, 00, 00, 68, CC, 91, 40, 00, E8, 69, 2D, 00, 00, 6A, 0D, E8, CC, 2D, 00, 00, 6A, 0B, E8, C5, 2D, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.7060

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

https://windowssoftwaresite.com/startdlnow.php

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