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searchupdater.exe

The application searchupdater.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 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. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-54-192-55-28.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
MD5:
3311747ee08104fa51738f4d11f87201

SHA-1:
24281cb12b19977e8bca52543bba1bc45d2121b7

SHA-256:
69e68bbc1990ba3e3c5e8f60ae25e1a679d53dce6fdc9dd61e9b2f14757c11bd

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 2:09:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.VOPackage
2015.10.01

Arcabit
PUP.Adware.ConvertAd
1.0.0.568

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.NSIS.Vopak
4.0.3.15111

Kaspersky
UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
14.0.0.1346

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.11.01.07

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM42.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

File size:
240.8 KB (246,582 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\3pgvpvlk\searchupdater.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Ge34GM61R7icH4OE/dSIS6UbVLiO5HPr8F:82H45SqU5GOxIF

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:
7.8862

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-55-60.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.55.60:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-52-74.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.52.74:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-52-252.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.52.252:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-52-164.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.52.164:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-50-78.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.50.78:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-39-232.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.39.232:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-38-9.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.38.9:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-38-131.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.38.131:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-37-202.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.37.202:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-55-28.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.55.28:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-39-64.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.39.64:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-205-251-251-157.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (205.251.251.157:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-235-132-107.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.235.132.107:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-1-45-42.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.1.45.42:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-21-122-166.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.21.122.166:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to dl22.clickmein.com  (216.227.128.162:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to dl21.clickmein.com  (216.227.128.186:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to dl16.clickmein.com  (50.7.99.2:80)

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