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setmikeupdate.exe

Shulan Hou

The application setmikeupdate.exe by Shulan Hou has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named SetmikeUpdateTaskMachineCore triggered by a time event.
Publisher:
Shulan Hou  (signed and verified)

MD5:
beb5ab5e80fca091e332da3fdc759aa8

SHA-1:
cd2c68304126ee3f380bd2bc2960ce4c56064e16

SHA-256:
6b031255d72b1caabe7c11ab14c2da4d6d312a3add42347c33a73d9c909e88f7

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
5/7/2025 4:21:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ELEX (M)
17.1.28.6

File size:
640.2 KB (655,608 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\setmike\update\setmikeupdate.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Shulan Hou

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/4/2016 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/13/2017 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Shulan Hou, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
63970CDAB258E2D92B3B5296C2D97CB3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/6/2016 8:39:44 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

Entry address:
0x4F53E

Entry point:
E8, B2, 05, 00, 00, E9, 8E, FE, FF, FF, FF, 25, DC, 63, 47, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, F2, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 70, 60, 49, 00, 33, C5, 50, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, F2, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 70, 60, 49, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45...
 
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Code size:
466.5 KB (477,696 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
SetmikeUpdateTaskMachineCore

Trigger:
Time


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