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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 media.vitkvitk.com.
MD5:
0c448be4b4e2c461141e36bf84a573e1

SHA-1:
ee8243de69af8952789f1d0acad34f605f25f4ab

SHA-256:
cac71292e4089a0707b477a5499ba409448e2f1ef787bd35a51d1f026f527812

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 5:49:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Dowloader.Installer.Meta (M)
15.12.21.20

File size:
729.1 KB (746,612 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 4:22:12 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:UzsbnrB0iGz8941+aWWNJRtvqhybnCbjU9axpkfeb5rB0UGz8Z41+aWfNJlmP:UIbn10J1+/WNJTvqeYj5kfeb51s51+/8

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9866

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.

http://media.vitkvitk.com/xmlstatic/installers/software/.../softwareupdater.exe

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