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softwareupdater.exe

OSU

Installer Technology Co.

The application softwareupdater.exe, “Open Software Updater” by Installer Technology Co has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 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 opensoftwareupdater.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:
559f91a99ac3d85674a14d1803f624b7

SHA-1:
c65e258a8c6cdb12c0571a2afadfbae9a81fd9a8

SHA-256:
524dea20f7a85e8d0ec29fdbf6c1d1cb9e1e5ce2ac72732e7f04d95b16b8a49f

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:32:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Packed.VMDetector.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenSoftwareUpdater
v2014.11.07.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallerTechnologyCo.P
14.11.7.19

Rising Antivirus
NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF
23.00.65.141105

File size:
499.1 KB (511,080 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:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/24/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/25/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Installer Technology Co., O=Installer Technology Co., L=Miami Beach, S=Florida, C=US, SERIALNUMBER=P11000073624, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Florida, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
4DEF1C654DF3168CEFE7C43478977574

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2FvT0+tbVqq4462tWQvAmn2ei1IcRnuIC4y:2q+tN7gQ3nAIcNuR/

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:
7.9060

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://opensoftwareupdater.com/idownload.php

https://appdownloading.com/download.php

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