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softwareupdater.exe

OSU

INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO.

This installer routine uses the Babylon network to include bundled offers of potentially unwanted programs (mostly search adware) such as toolbars and browser extensions. The application softwareupdater.exe, “Open Software Updater” by INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from opensoftwareupdater.com.
Publisher:
Installer Technology Co  (signed by INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO.)

Product:
OSU

Description:
Open Software Updater

Version:
3.0.0.0

MD5:
a213aaf9640dd8dc8d8982db008fe4e6

SHA-1:
69885883c885272d2b007a09e520dd1a9c3fbd4e

SHA-256:
e9d8fb582e41b7cb753217d9520289a9f65111976ab8bfec7f5595c04dfc24b0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 10:47:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.INSTALLERTECHNOLOGYCO (M)
16.1.15.10

File size:
598.7 KB (613,032 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright Installer Technology Co. 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/23/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=INSTALLER TECHNOLOGY CO., L=Miami Beach, S=Florida, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4556C69814691A6077AE1628567ACB9F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:TJZKwpF8ERPTiHs/su5ZoC4nedFjs5fqDjVQAgrI9+u2YSERwvaaR4W:TJgER7i2PZJlwfqvVQAINFOraR

Entry address:
0x323F

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, 98, 27, 7A, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, E4, 26, 7A, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, DC, 79, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 1E, 7A, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9317

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file softwareupdater.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://opensoftwareupdater.com/idownload.php

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