» update.exe
Overview
Analysis
File Details

update.exe

0.9.2.0

AVSoftware EOOD

The software installer uses the StartInstall.com download manager which bundles additional adware offers (toolbars and utilities such as the SafeSearch toolbar) during setup. The application update.exe, “SafeSearch Setup ” by AVSoftware EOOD has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.

File name:

update.exe

Publisher:

AVSoftware Ltd. (signed by AVSoftware EOOD)

Product:

0.9.2.0

Description:

SafeSearch Setup

Version:

0.9.2.0

MD5:

5e8c2e00fb7ae5609094574f2bf7edf9

SHA-1:

a8552451ed018e9a4adda5a247580dfd07cccba5

SHA-256:

8130795c7f2d7210cddd02c8293420137a2e0bf392a2dbd7a155a4c0f5a966d6

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:

12/24/2024 1:45:14 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.AVSoftware EOOD.Installer (M)

16.4.13.20

File size:

3 MB (3,133,256 bytes)

Product version:

0.9.2.0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Program Files\safesearch\1_12\update.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

AVSoftware EOOD

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

2/3/2016 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/2/2019 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=AVSoftware EOOD, OU=IT, O=AVSoftware EOOD, L=Sofia, S=Sofia, C=BG, SERIALNUMBER=200437750, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=BG

Issuer:

CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA - G2, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:

3758D0D4E1B2569875AAACFB7F4C442A

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/16/2015 2:24:20 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

49152:hLg3ZbG+gaa8yTaTyeR26ZqQGI4WIzYYAqAWP1ee+lBC/lUb4Qyhbdyj:lMxGVadALEEQGI1IzYYn+lk/ytqyj

Entry address:

0x113BC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 34, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 1E, D8, FF, FF, E8, 6D, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 33, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 54, 86... 
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Entropy:

7.9852

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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