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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. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-205-251-251-47.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
MD5:
05375384f84745e89dba23b7d8c2872b

SHA-1:
74f294073c3cfca8cc51daf34509ae98680f9529

SHA-256:
57013edca6865a4b6a08809ac5933f9325916854c3bc52f1599ae1bb42ee08f5

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 11:04:43 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.VOPackage
2015.10.27

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/ConvertAd.A.3157
8.3.2.2

Arcabit
PUP.Adware.ConvertAd
1.0.0.585

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Vopak
4.0.3.151130

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.212.17853

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Vopak
14.0.0.1041

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.11.30.08

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Vopak
3.12.26.4

File size:
229 KB (234,534 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\searchupdater.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 12:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ce34OPmHHhOLsT3W2TgXx5F4+2EwoYHyNJFh:bPmHzS5F4+2FofNbh

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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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-54-192-54-165.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.54.165:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-205-251-251-47.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (205.251.251.47:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-225-244-49.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.225.244.49:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to dl23.clickmein.com  (50.7.74.18:80)

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