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Search Module Ltd.

The application smu.exe, “Search Module Update Service” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Search Module Update”. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-52-85-63-125.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Search Module Ltd.

Product:
W

Description:
Search Module Update Service

Version:
2, 6, 8, 5423

MD5:
5ede6ac7b3a4da3b66c3ac153229bb3f

SHA-1:
2ccce7804ba498092be55ef7be77731da3bc7d04

SHA-256:
04654f2b7eeecbf6d7e0ce505d6a62acb9f9635fdf7a17007e82d8128533bbd1

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 1:39:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Goobzo (M)
17.1.20.0

File size:
3 MB (3,109,888 bytes)

Product version:
2, 6, 8, 5423

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
smu.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\noobzo\gnupdate\smu.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/20/2017 2:46:10 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
14.0

Entry address:
0x12AC90

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 57, 09, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 66, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 48, 8B, C4, 48, 89, 58, 18, 48, 89, 70, 20, 48, 89, 50, 10, 48, 89, 48, 08, 57, 41, 56, 41, 57, 48, 83, EC, 30, 49, 8B, F1, 4D, 8B, F8, 4C, 8B, F2, 48, 8B, F9, 33, DB, 48, 89, 58, E0, 88, 58, D8, 49, 3B, DF, 74, 1F, 48, 8B, CE, E8, AA, 04, 00, 00, 48, 8B, CF, FF, D6, 49, 03, FE, 48, 89, 7C, 24, 50, 48, FF, C3, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 28, EB, DC, C6, 44, 24, 20, 01, 48, 8B, 5C, 24, 60, 48, 8B, 74, 24, 68, 48, 83, C4, 30, 41, 5F, 41, 5E...
 
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Entropy:
6.2431

Code size:
2.1 MB (2,196,480 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Search Module Update

Service name:
SMUpd

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-130-225.ams50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.130.225:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-98-135.arn1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.98.135:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-98-141.arn1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.98.141:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-98-181.arn1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.98.181:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-63-67.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.63.67:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-63-125.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.63.125:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-98-223.arn1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.98.223:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-182-30.icn50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.182.30:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-98-22.arn1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.98.22:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-182-98.icn50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.182.98:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-182-235.icn50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.182.235:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-130-33.ams50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.130.33:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-33-176.mnl50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.33.176:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-174-246.gru50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.174.246:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-59-231.gru1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.59.231:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-136.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.136:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-182-66.icn50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.182.66:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-186-14.icn54.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.186.14:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-174-65.gru50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.174.65:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-174-242.gru50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.174.242:80)

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