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fixwindowsupdate.exe

InstallShield

InstallShield Software Corporation

This is a self-extracting archive and installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.sci.fi and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
InstallShield Software Corporation

Product:
InstallShield (R)

Description:
InstallShield (R) Compact Installation Engine

Version:
10.0.0.142

MD5:
489b302cd2dafe51ea386673bd7072da

SHA-1:
9bfc670f22807d7a39ccbd5d4927714df2db13ff

SHA-256:
49cb49714cb47df656bbad149c8a949557dea429122328112e4d2847495a73a9

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
7/12/2025 9:26:33 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
261.3 KB (267,611 bytes)

Product version:
10.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2004 InstallShield Software Corp.

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\fixwindowsupdate.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/11/2004 12:44:19 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:QF6S1nK5J8b1HoMCcUGon+3S8S5Asu2q9QpbDtOjCUaEglinlONY:QF11K5J8RHpvUGHvS5A41RDuQilONY

Entry address:
0x279E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 90, 41, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 80, FE, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, EF, 75, 09, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 73, E4, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 0D, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 74, 89, C5, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 75, 20, 41, 01, DB, 75...
 
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Entropy:
7.9697

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
60 KB (61,440 bytes)

The file fixwindowsupdate.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.sci.fi/~borg/.../download.pl?file=FixWindowsUpdate.exe

http://www.sci.fi/~borg/.../FixWindowsUpdate.exe

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