home

softwareupdater.exe

O.S.U.

Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

The application softwareupdater.exe by Hudson Exchange Group 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 windowssoftwaresite.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Hudson Exchange Group, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
O.S.U.

Version:
3.1.0.0

MD5:
106ab1e45f927cc7356fa0be1703dffa

SHA-1:
929ec67c47204f396917d74220cd215d9eb3061a

SHA-256:
b091cb7808332b69c4847ff356850a7a0dc0532478f76604503b29ef9f629498

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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 4:36:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HudsonExchangeGroup.Installer (M)
16.2.6.4

File size:
445.3 KB (455,952 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:
Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

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:
12/26/2015 11:38:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:nC225oxQIOKNDA7Eog70tZGwpKEI4YMlgOHig:nC226hNDA7d8mpRICgOH7

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.8839

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

Startup File (User Run Once)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Name:
OSUDownloader

Command:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\softwareupdater.exe \continue=yes


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

http://windowssoftwaresite.com/startdlnow.php

https://windowssoftwaresite.com/startdlnow.php

Remove softwareupdater.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.