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update.exe

Red Light Media

The application update.exe by Red Light Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadnet261.com.
Publisher:
Red Light Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
Red Light Media

Version:
42.3.6.7142

MD5:
0a3cc92123d4806a58ad3982acdee051

SHA-1:
02974174d9e2cb9ada7bf691c296488dd5e2e722

SHA-256:
37ccdaeab46790b4cfcaffc98193a1391b1dce4cd748417d79c0641f08786675

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/18/2024 11:51:36 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin.RedLight.Installer (M)
16.6.21.12

File size:
890.7 KB (912,072 bytes)

Product version:
42.3.6.7142

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\update.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Red Light Media

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/8/2015 4:02:38 PM

Valid to:
12/8/2016 4:02:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Red Light Media, O=Red Light Media, L=Oakland, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
224587B8D4FBABAD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/16/2015 3:55:27 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:EuYIC81vsIwYDf/MPdihDSBuz6p9STviYyt:kJsuYDf/9DSolix

Entry address:
0x44A6

Entry point:
E8, 45, 9D, 00, 00, E9, 47, 96, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 14, 33, F6, 85, FF, 7E, 27, 8B, 5C, 24, 18, 8B, 2D, 5C, F0, 40, 00, EB, 06, 8D, 9B, 00, 00, 00, 00, A1, 68, 1B, 4A, 00, 8B, 0C, B3, 50, 51, FF, D5, 85, C0, 74, 3D, 46, 3B, F7, 7C, EB, 8B, 15, 50, 19, 4A, 00, A1, 58, 1A, 4A, 00, 8B, 0D, 70, 19, 4A, 00, 52, 50, 51, 8D, 54, 24, 20, 52, C7, 44, 24, 24, FF, FF, FF, FF, E8, A5, 2E, 00, 00, 83, C4, 10, 85, C0, 75, 0B, 8B, 44, 24, 14, 50, FF, 15, 88, F0, 40, 00, 5F, 5E, 5D, 5B, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC...
 
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Entropy:
7.9669  (probably packed)

Code size:
56 KB (57,344 bytes)

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

http://files4.downloadnet261.com/dl-pure/1126566/.../?bc=1126566&checksum=54298613&filename=Update.exe&cb=1462842872&executable=1200687

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