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supdater.exe

Eli Dahan

The is the installer for the WebPick InstalleRex download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application supdater.exe by Eli Dahan has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program SkypEmoticons by Daniel Hareuveni which is a potentially unwanted software program. While running, it connects to the Internet address hosted-by.leaseweb.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Eli Dahan  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b96484cb841943287064c98137fa7af1

SHA-1:
1474882c24563d0bb7728e398c85ae730614bfe5

SHA-256:
efc9825ae147bf797c78fc81f7bf757461cfb1c7927baf6e032ce764900ea3c6

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 12:32:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-AYT [PUP]
2014.9-140116

Reason Heuristics
PUP.EliDahan.I
14.2.21.22

File size:
154.9 KB (158,624 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\skypemoticons\supdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Eli Dahan

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/10/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/11/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Eli Dahan, O=Eli Dahan, STREET=Halapid 3, L=Ramat Gan, S=Center, PostalCode=52573, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00864002C7281B93C1609931176B93A6AE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/11/2013 3:54:23 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:rYgfzz3A14HxR+R6sph3/qvWewoy/nybkedMo261PsQPW8GgFnWVvOB6C0+:rBw1S46A4/en6LdMc1Psj8GSF

Entry address:
0x731C0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, 45, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, FB, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA]

Code size:
144 KB (147,456 bytes)

The file supdater.exe has been discovered within the following program.

SkypEmoticons  by Daniel Hareuveni
During installation the software bundles various potentially unwanted programs (InstallMate, SearchNewTab, StarApp) as well as modifies the use's web browser home and search pages to wisesearch.info.
skypemoticons.com
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to hosted-by.leaseweb.com  (95.211.172.111:80)

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