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updater_service_install.exe

Imedia Holdings Ltd

The application updater_service_install.exe by Imedia Holdings has been detected as adware 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Imedia Holdings Ltd  (signed and verified)

Description:
Install

Version:
1.4.8.0

MD5:
632724dbd3d081efa2d841f7d7e7719c

SHA-1:
950f5abf83c7053e3e5aa52852e74ff43b1cff93

SHA-256:
7f34ec52834b1afdb1478ee50f672510285c306b093a93e45892b8a8f85adc94

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 1:16:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.iMedia (M)
16.12.4.14

File size:
928.4 KB (950,640 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\updater_service_install.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Imedia Holdings Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/16/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/17/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Imedia Holdings Ltd, O=Imedia Holdings Ltd, STREET=63 Hoi Yuen Road, L="Kwun Tong, Kowloon", S=Hong Kong, PostalCode=00000, C=HK

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

Serial number:
66359C61ADE4713923B3753DDDDC57EE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/25/2013 9:01:47 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:znSJLzI8mhr7HNdDnbjKESnwkmW4VRdeMg4dD7:z8LzI8mh/DbjKEUwVb9g497

Entry address:
0x323B

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 78, E4, 42, 00, E8, AD, 2D, 00, 00, A3, C4, E3, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 00, 88, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, C0, DB, 42, 00, E8, 57, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 55, E8, 45, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9237

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

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