MSEInstall.exe

Microsoft Security Client

Microsoft Corporation

The MSEInstall Package is the installer for Microsoft Security Essentials, an anti-virus protection platform. Upon new releases/updates of MSEInstall, Windows Update will download the client and install it. This is a setup and installation application. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.filehippo.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation  (signed and verified)

Product:
Microsoft Security Client

Description:
MSEInstall Package

Version:
4.7.0205.0

MD5:
9b289f8bd80102b5c64c27216a1c760f

SHA-1:
9e2d1461dab65c72838004d7bc71a6b7ceea1fb5

SHA-256:
152a605c4c06668b2b11c1c85ab3c264aa252c63b2e01ee93fd74cd53dadfb8b

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)
Whitelisted  (by digital signature)

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 5:13:49 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
11 MB (11,530,032 bytes)

Product version:
4.7.0205.0

Copyright:
© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
MSEInstall.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\mseinstall.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Microsoft Corporation

Valid from:
4/22/2014 1:39:00 PM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 1:39:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Microsoft Corporation, OU=AOC, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Microsoft Code Signing PCA, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

Serial number:
33000000C91909212EBBA648810001000000C9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/13/2009 2:51:25 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:jySGzCvNKAyk93aqqA2J5eGH4plYaHQRl4vBvBFjT5MUcy+3LiGXCW2B12MFE50l:jlGulyMKNDaHPBFK3yEBXP2BkVw

Entry address:
0x6B23

Entry point:
6A, 28, 68, B0, 26, 00, 01, E8, AD, 01, 00, 00, 66, 81, 3D, 00, 00, 00, 01, 4D, 5A, 75, 28, A1, 3C, 00, 00, 01, 81, B8, 00, 00, 00, 01, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, 17, 0F, B7, 88, 18, 00, 00, 01, 81, F9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 74, 21, 81, F9, 0B, 02, 00, 00, 74, 06, 83, 65, E4, 00, EB, 2A, 83, B8, 84, 00, 00, 01, 0E, 76, F1, 33, C9, 39, 88, F8, 00, 00, 01, EB, 11, 83, B8, 74, 00, 00, 01, 0E, 76, DE, 33, C9, 39, 88, E8, 00, 00, 01, 0F, 95, C1, 89, 4D, E4, 83, 65, FC, 00, 6A, 01, FF, 15, EC, 21, 00, 01, 59, 83, 0D, 2C, D4...
 
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Entropy:
7.9846

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v7.1

Code size:
35 KB (35,840 bytes)

The file MSEInstall.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 34 URLs.

http://www.filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://lb.cdn.m6web.fr/d/c/a/b9c607858b00fbbaf754501268a766f2/54e72aa2/soft/.../microsoft-se_4-7-205-0_fr_291762_32.exe

http://lb.cdn.m6web.fr/d/c/a/126177084e8b2e77adfa944ed7f5a1e2/550ac719/soft/.../microsoft-se_4-7-205-0_fr_291762_32.exe

http://microsoft-security-essentials.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fl6CKpZ2olpY=

http://lb.cdn.m6web.fr/d/c/a/55c66211204a64dc0c6ab0c0884c18d8/54dcb810/soft/.../microsoft-se_4-7-205-0_fr_291762_32.exe

Latest 30 of 34 download URLs