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update198.exe

USB Guardian

Prospera Software, Inc.

The application update198.exe by Prospera Software 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.
Publisher:
USB-Guardian LLC  (signed by Prospera Software, Inc.)

Product:
USB Guardian

Version:
3.2.0.0

MD5:
78051204c3926eb81aeaa5950ad32104

SHA-1:
d3517a7255a74f6600bbe3b943763c5d46eeb954

SHA-256:
2b7e4ba3c0e1a858090b7355382a996dfaab8522e6cdbf40511250bfdd9266ff

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
11/5/2024 6:55:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.7.13

File size:
1 MB (1,069,304 bytes)

Copyright:
� USB-Guardian LLC

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Prospera Software, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/28/2013 4:30:00 AM

Valid to:
4/28/2014 4:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Prospera Software, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Prospera Software, Inc.", L=Suwanee, S=Georgia, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5B2765F2A1838273DA2D54A0DF7C3C00

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 10:49:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x39E3

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 91, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 37, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 93, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 93, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 19, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 07, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.1634

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

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