checkupdate.exe

StandaloneUpdater

c8b3a4bf-4ae1-4afb-84b7-1596eca1dddf

The executable checkupdate.exe, “e19f3573-02f9-4909-8242-e966fe9209be” has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered by a time event. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-54-192-55-168.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
c8b3a4bf-4ae1-4afb-84b7-1596eca1dddf

Product:
StandaloneUpdater

Description:
e19f3573-02f9-4909-8242-e966fe9209be

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
f0d01a894fdace3b4b1dc20b4b6890b1

SHA-1:
df8aac31e6d9c5aec91fd737e8595f7f3a47b1a9

SHA-256:
f59ac62edd1b0a7bf4573f54c0731a9bef3293c3f69f5a4048ce2b9b2a05c4b0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 6:40:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Trojan.Updater (M)
17.2.12.9

File size:
17.5 KB (17,920 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
StandaloneUpdater.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\79d21592-d9f9-4fba-b0f2-024f2fe9b5cb\checkupdate.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/26/2015 9:37:07 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x5B0C

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.5004

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
15 KB (15,360 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Check for Scheduled Updates

Trigger:
Time

Description:
Check for Scheduled Updates


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-55-168.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.55.168:80)

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