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hl8_update.exe

The program is a setup application that uses the Wise Installer installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from support.individualsoftware.com.

File name:

hl8_update.exe

MD5:

a4cdcbe3034ded4936f563c075c45a07

SHA-1:

ad439ac2c43d325522449fb98708b53b501c7dc6

SHA-256:

35b8cbc92ea7a86b931295b51e1f9fc1e728fd541d5e45ecfda10431e722c830

Scanner detections:

0 / 68

Status:

Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:

8/13/2025 1:31:59 AM UTC (today)

File size:

353.9 KB (362,435 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Wise Installer

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\hl8_update.exe

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

8/13/2001 1:13:38 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:S4ASFm2gKHZkHqDh1Nsps8+CDhME0yT9xq5DAzvOTKJxK/ZX55y8u9A2/PKWuZpL:wEjgoZkKDJsps1ihd02q5DAjOKJxK/Zh

Entry address:

0x21AF

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 05, 00, 00, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 01, 5E, 6A, 04, 89, 75, E8, FF, 15, 54, 40, 40, 00, FF, 15, 50, 40, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 89, 7D, F4, 8A, 07, 3C, 22, 0F, 85, CC, 00, 00, 00, 8A, 47, 01, 47, 89, 7D, F4, 33, DB, 3A, C3, 74, 0D, 3C, 22, 74, 09, 8A, 47, 01, 47, 89, 7D, F4, EB, EF, 80, 3F, 22, 75, 04, 47, 89, 7D, F4, 80, 3F, 20, 75, 09, 47, 80, 3F, 20, 74, FA, 89, 7D, F4, 53, FF, 15, 6C, 40, 40, 00, 80, 3F, 2F, 89, 45, F8, 75, 64, 8A, 47, 01, 3C, 53, 74, 04, 3C, 73, 75, 06, 89, 35, 58, 53, 40, 00... 
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Entropy:

7.9804

Packer / compiler:

Wise Installer Stub

Code size:

8.5 KB (8,704 bytes)

The file hl8_update.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://support.individualsoftware.com/updater/hl8/.../HL8_Update.exe

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