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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 6 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:
c2e724146f2f257a9acd597305f05a1c

SHA-1:
8a7060908e74c2b0c48f0fc01080e8e3b2e78528

SHA-256:
a819e8a4b888b06afb67160f4aef4c0cfa07faabc5edbae7dbfde52ae02e40aa

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 6:29:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2185
9.0.1.0286

McAfee
Artemis!C2E724146F2F
5600.6978

Reason Heuristics
PUP.INSTALLERTECHNOLOGYCO.P
14.10.13.23

Rising Antivirus
NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF
23.00.65.141011

Sophos
Installer Technology Co
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallerTech
33860

File size:
344.2 KB (352,416 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright Installer Technology Co. 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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 2:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:FQqcBfLifMniIY55i7sbKN2ja89jkP+Ys52r6O6AQgz6dK:wBGei1rFmNp8FkP+Ys52r6OOgz6Y

Entry address:
0x30CB

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, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8382

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

https://opensoftwareupdate.com/idownloada.php

https://opensoftwaredownload.com/download.php

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