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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 installopensoftware.com.
MD5:
07670bcf8b8b5b870ba911e019697e72

SHA-1:
e7680f7935f587b86caef95041f799363014c3fa

SHA-256:
45032bdfdf4db4add705808e124d0de4d49b9ca37a7f6b677b5efb92c8c1e612

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 6:39:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Dowloader (M)
16.7.27.18

File size:
259.6 KB (265,816 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:
12/27/2015 12:38:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win16

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:wBnVnyNC8Qi2XRDDTzjhn7YDcdfa3/NNwSQS7:UkC832x/hn7echa1NP7

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...
 
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Entropy:
7.6390

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

https://installopensoftware.com/campaign/.../rdr.php

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