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softwareupdater.exe

The application softwareupdater.exe 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, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from opensoftwareupdate.com.
MD5:
4846446cb8047e76ea5e746b2803bb60

SHA-1:
a48f596def92a5d633d0fff9568e874ca5326ac5

SHA-256:
0c3dc9e65443bb85961976c633588db754d89f8406661f007c13dd021fb6b514

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 6:42:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Dowloader.Installer.Meta (M)
16.5.10.10

File size:
367.8 KB (376,600 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win16 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win16

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:UzftTCicWTwdYlHMm8lABRONXNpXRSa/hlc6u02/5dZpIINiqqK:WTVcFsHWiRa5SaJlc6G/rvlr

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:
7.8538

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 URL.

https://opensoftwareupdate.com/idownloader.php

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