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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 13 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:
7cdf3e7eb45cbf3b69da3c21908b6cc8

SHA-1:
b345ebd4db4362f3ffb122f395b9a43dead7ba6c

SHA-256:
b731c784a1b3b4174e683361e96a0ffeff752fe76652149b2f1b035da47de4f4

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 5:35:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.3736
9.0.1.0237

McAfee
Artemis!7CDF3E7EB45C
5600.7027

Reason Heuristics
PUP.INSTALLERTECHNOLOGYCO.P
14.8.25.15

Rising Antivirus
NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF
23.00.65.14823

Sophos
Installer Technology Co
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0822
7.2.237

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallerTech
32450

File size:
368 KB (376,856 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright Installer Technology Co. 2014

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:
INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/23/2014 7:59:59 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 5:50:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:MzfvYsCgSWYM6d8CS+X36/WfRLruN+yJ0d5hrI/dbeOem3p16lyj60PGqSWf0:oYsjJYPd8Cr6os0dD4t16lyj0qbf0

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:
7.8529

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 2 URLs.

https://opensoftwareupdate.com/idownloada.php

https://opensoftwareupdate.com/idownloader.php

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