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sysprogramsupdater.exe

APPsolute Technology Inc.

The application sysprogramsupdater.exe by APPsolute Technology 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. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to run every month at a specified time.
Publisher:
APPsolute Technology Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
849a91cb0e5a4fbf6030c3deaa898f83

SHA-1:
7f1cffe0cdd5e7f48df3d766fb04573b23b7623e

SHA-256:
fe6548bf55449965393068d9e2bc281c5275897cf3fbe95710d21af9d0cf0b91

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/8/2024 7:56:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.APPsoluteTechnology.Installer (M)
15.9.25.0

File size:
48.2 KB (49,336 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\windows\sysprogramscontroller\sysprogramsupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
APPsolute Technology Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/10/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/11/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=APPsolute Technology Inc., O=APPsolute Technology Inc., L=Marshfield, S=Wisconsin, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
3D511A783C926067341FAC786A6CAF35

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:4pgpHzb9dZVX9fHMvG0D3XJ/5KMkqIzjbany1Rl:ugXdZt9P6D3XJ/5v5KXR

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.0006

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
SysProgs_Controller_Mon

Trigger:
Monthly (Runs monthly on Thursdays at 7:20 PM)


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