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softwareupdater.exe

Your Updater

DisplayTime Software

The application softwareupdater.exe by DisplayTime Software 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 installopensoftware.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DisplayTime Software  (signed and verified)

Product:
Your Updater

Version:
2.2.0.0

MD5:
49099c8b77f76f4424ce06cb4a1b6454

SHA-1:
830833c5c6bfd6622151360a9f9d96943c8e2189

SHA-256:
f00c69300620d1750180db3d2cdb956ce2e27c1bfcd0dd84aa5093fd706eeefc

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 5:43:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallerTech.Optimizer.Meta (L)
16.3.10.21

File size:
259.5 KB (265,744 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright 2015

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:
DisplayTime Software

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/17/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/17/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DisplayTime Software, O=DisplayTime Software, STREET=28 Old Rudnick LN, L=Dover, S=DE, PostalCode=19901, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
7A37A59103ADB39A13DB8D76AB62BA4E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/26/2015 9:38:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:OBnVnVKuSPvfY7ts6T/oFKTF2puAmSf68pHjfz:qgHY7YF43G/pzz

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:
7.6408

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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