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searchupdater.exe

The application searchupdater.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from s3.amazonaws.com.
MD5:
c16bf5b9d5299477e3d716bdd34d0c39

SHA-1:
0dc17ec3ff3f060d2cce98585282aeb9f1dbe098

SHA-256:
bdc52e7911a61a615b891fbc0f792eb61773c79121ed90623794c2e52516b890

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 11:14:54 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Downloader
4.0.3.15522

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.QH application
7.0.302.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:Adware.NSIS.ConvertAd
14.0.0.2002

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.05.22.02

Sophos
Generic PUA AN
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-FakeAlert
9907

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0C1H07EI15
7.2.142

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4807782
45208

File size:
141.5 KB (144,883 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\rsahlgzo\searchupdater.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:igXdZt9P6D3XJXCQPz5bjv1zi/ZY/t9f2DfTXO07worcO9o4sD:ie34UQt5AZYVx2DfJ2kI

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7732

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

https://s3.amazonaws.com/cf_vopackage/.../SearchUpdater.exe

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