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web_updater_setup.exe

Web Updater

The application web_updater_setup.exe, “Web Updater Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.getwebupdater.com.
Publisher:
Web Updater

Product:
Web Updater

Description:
Web Updater Setup

MD5:
a81ae0f9085e8e82f91a86ba4ca2e6e1

SHA-1:
a1af47a4db81993c36debc707f29b520058a4596

SHA-256:
de0e19acd34c23ae99974ef39acac30f6648b5d4f1ef4a6c9cbd47aa073a0292

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/29/2024 6:02:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
160216-0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebBar.WebUpdat.Installer.Meta (M)
16.7.12.0

File size:
806.2 KB (825,500 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.28.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\8vybjovsby\web_updater_setup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:pQizAZrLrb7sztK6sDuNKZnGhKF6nG86JP:p92L/c1AnG26G86JP

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9633

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file web_updater_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.getwebupdater.com/Web_Updater_Setup.exe

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