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update.exe

Safe Install Software

The application update.exe by Safe Install Software has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Safe Install Software  (signed and verified)

Product:
Safe Install Software

Version:
21.3.7.865

MD5:
7873830f592e62deed952d6aaaaab4f9

SHA-1:
3a876175158c3c8c93d72b06df5fa56d6afaa35b

SHA-256:
3122e897184e91411abe29e8f384659a5600f888842140ea40d00482743d52ba

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:06:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin (M)
17.3.13.3

File size:
891.9 KB (913,304 bytes)

Product version:
21.3.7.865

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\update.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Safe Install Software

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/3/2015 3:05:38 PM

Valid to:
9/6/2016 4:47:46 AM

Subject:
CN=Safe Install Software, O=Safe Install Software, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00E7829E9AC810013E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/22/2014 4:12:55 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x14F6

Entry point:
E8, C5, CC, 00, 00, E9, E8, C4, 00, 00, 81, EC, 1C, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 8B, AC, 24, 28, 02, 00, 00, 56, 57, 6A, 01, 55, E8, 27, 61, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 89, 44, 24, 18, 8D, 44, 24, 1C, 50, 6A, 00, 6A, 02, 55, C7, 44, 24, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, 0A, 5E, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 2C, 6A, 00, 68, E0, 10, 41, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 1C, 0F, 6A, 03, 55, 89, 5C, 24, 44, E8, EE, 5D, 00, 00, 8D, 54, 24, 48, 52, 55, 89, 44, 24, 48, E8, 6F, 5F, 00, 00, 83, C4, 30, 85, FF, 75, 0D, 55, E8, 72, 5F, 00, 00, D9, EE, E9, 8F, 00, 00, 00, 3B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9597  (probably packed)

Code size:
57 KB (58,368 bytes)

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