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softwareupdater2015.exe

7-Zip

Igor Pavlov

The application softwareupdater2015.exe 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 7z Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from coz2wrmqsq.nowdownquickersoftload.com.
Publisher:
Igor Pavlov

Product:
7-Zip

Description:
7z SFX

Version:
9.20

MD5:
cfaf21a6f2ceba4aea706d1c2cb52cb0

SHA-1:
4b8d33599b422e884d7ed38eeca4132e9aa3bec0

SHA-256:
2d92d506aa2226816efdf3198b36257996539922dcc1d4cffc9807310c39d07c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/25/2024 12:00:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Vitallia (M)
16.7.25.21

File size:
1.1 MB (1,177,728 bytes)

Product version:
9.20

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov

Original file name:
7z.sfx.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
7z Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\softwareupdater2015.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2010 10:27:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WWvknOMEdVY+Hfe2/S/OgijxoQbJfrUWtBzaer9EDVb34kJMxBZ:WUeOMcxE/OgiloQbHtxhxEDJ4oI

Entry address:
0x1D262

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 20, 1E, 42, 00, 68, 5C, D2, 41, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, 04, 11, 42, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 90, BD, 42, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 94, BD, 42, 00, FF, FF, 15, 00, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 70, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, FC, 10, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 6C, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, A1, 64, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 8C, BD, 42, 00, E8, 1C, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, 20, 7A, 42, 00, 75, 0C, 68, EA, D3, 41, 00, FF, 15, 0C, 11...
 
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Entropy:
6.9593

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
126.5 KB (129,536 bytes)

The file softwareupdater2015.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://coz2wrmqsq.nowdownquickersoftload.com/d/click/.../?uid=56de6c3f2a000e353b8bdd3c&sid=9030-8003&filename=SoftwareUpdater2015

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