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adobe-update-18.1.exe

The executable adobe-update-18.1.exe has been detected as malware by 2 anti-virus scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from boostedsearch.com.
MD5:
e3a8c724dd80995ad4f493e50abf8e0b

SHA-1:
caba471c0786615b875ae68bfc90f2cb7b8ced5a

SHA-256:
e80daf5ec40b91b22aaf96eef48ea26673946db86e0264daf2b8f1cdbd2f96f1

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 6:51:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
160518-2

ESET NOD32
Win32/TrojanClicker.Autoit.NDZ trojan
7.0.302.0

File size:
857.5 KB (878,037 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobe-update-18.1.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/5/2014 9:10:58 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:J4lsXvtCcmVVXzzn4PJAahPl/QEdIMiVbHydEIJnJWUgam7IsqjXoBq9MmCs:J4lavt0LkLL9IMixoEgea2INoBq9MmCs

Entry address:
0x26BF7

Entry point:
E8, 97, CF, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 58, 01, 4C, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 70, A3, 4B, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 58, 01, 4C, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03...
 
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Code size:
560 KB (573,440 bytes)

The file adobe-update-18.1.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://boostedsearch.com/.../adobe-update-18.1.exe

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