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setup2.exe

Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

The application setup2.exe by Hudson Exchange Group has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Hudson Exchange Group, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8efa04de4da95820fb078d58222989bb

SHA-1:
cb0e73c5f6d338b0b6c60ebe0e0c311dc912b1c7

SHA-256:
871f1a6ec836155b5d7c3a55eef0d4d894dd7551d9b0e1856f76ecbbed5a0b37

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
4/30/2024 6:27:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.10.25.10

File size:
470.3 KB (481,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\softwareupdatehelper\setup2.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/10/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/31/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Hudson Exchange Group, LLC", O="Hudson Exchange Group, LLC", L=Woodcliff Lake, S=New Jersey, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
5B78F4208F4D587B6FA9A6AF8EC8FD12

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:1402Yyq8UJIeg+w+BfnZ0yL7TVNyXdV9dRi0dBJaJqNlEn+FkLihXVkERyCBB1EY:52Yz8Uxg+/dPNIfRinqHEWHzRDBvWxW

Entry address:
0x5C760

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 80, C5, 45, 00, E8, 58, 94, FA, FF, A1, 08, EB, 45, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 94, 0E, FF, FF, 8B, 0D, E4, EB, 45, 00, A1, 08, EB, 45, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, B0, EB, 44, 00, E8, 94, 0E, FF, FF, A1, 08, EB, 45, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 08, 0F, FF, FF, E8, 7B, 75, FA, FF, 8D, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.7955

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
366 KB (374,784 bytes)

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