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setupnew.exe

O S U

Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

The application setupnew.exe, “Open Software Updater” by Hudson Exchange Group 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from urlology.blob.core.windows.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Hudson Exchange Group, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
O S U

Description:
Open Software Updater

Version:
3.1.0.0

MD5:
70d7c198c456d8ef59e1c7eb58fe667a

SHA-1:
a988d358beb7547fa5abddc9ff81041d0380c6eb

SHA-256:
a0645f26c38426e5e62ed9f033d0a4117fc089efd67907623686e94880b8ae8c

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/12/2024 12:03:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3053

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.11268
9.0.1.0191

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM40.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HudsonExchangeGroup.Installer (M)
15.7.10.1

Rising Antivirus
NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF
23.00.65.15708

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0610
7.2.191

File size:
542.6 KB (555,656 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright 2015

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setupnew.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/10/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/31/2016 4:59:59 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:
12/5/2009 2:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:7ifeKfj5eI5790Edj8h2w09hrKiSP5W/ZJa557G3:7iGK9pbu2xJe557G

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9175

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file setupnew.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://urlology.blob.core.windows.net/.../SetupNew.exe

https://secureopensoftware.com/startdle.php

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