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setupstart.exe

O S U

Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

The application setupstart.exe, “ Open Software Updater” by Hudson Exchange Group has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 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 softwareupdateproduct.com and multiple other hosts.

File name:

setupstart.exe

Publisher:

Hudson Exchange Group, LLC (signed and verified)

Product:

O S U

Description:

Open Software Updater

Version:

3.1.0.0

MD5:

607a15ccce8016254c23607e929f4c8f

SHA-1:

f6fd99f3c0a73c32c997eb3cc66047df6febf252

Scanner detections:

7 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:

5/13/2024 6:38:27 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

AVG

Generic

2016.0.2998

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6979

ESET NOD32

Win32/Adware.OpenSUpdater

9.12193

Qihoo 360 Security

HEUR/QVM21.1.Malware.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.HudsonExchangeGroup.Installer (M)

15.9.3.4

Rising Antivirus

NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF[F1]

23.00.65.15901

Sophos

Open Software Updater (PUA)

4.98

File size:

693.3 KB (709,960 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\setupstart.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:

12/5/2009 4:50:46 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:Fn98ozNsGH+7Ka2Ao488cBJ207IA0nU2HUpFH8RS0Kr9gT5/a9G0Q1fVBNQ:Fn/p3H+uAo488cBJx7IlU2HUv2Nt/uGo

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:

7.9432

Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file setupstart.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 32 URLs.

https://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

https://softwareupdateproduct.com/startdle.php

https://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

http://softwareupdateproduct.com/startdle.php

https://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

http://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

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

https://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

http://softwareupdateproduct.com/campaign/.../fixdl.php

Latest 30 of 32 download URLs

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