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update_notifier.exe

The application update_notifier.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 22 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from d2htwdv930b0cg.cloudfront.net.
MD5:
3f5011c098f650630bda264856620cc1

SHA-1:
07a95b57015759afad0a9ba388cfcdb8472c3aa5

SHA-256:
3ab399b86746e381115cf367e3b41f5dd33d0bd23889c7389a37ffe5a7d9e895

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 12:45:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Mikey.11516
633

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.ConvertAd
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/ConvertAd.GA
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150513

AVG
Generic6
2016.0.3111

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.ConvertAd
4.0.3.15513

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Mikey.11516
1.0.20.665

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
21871

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Mikey.11516
8.15.05.13.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.GA (variant)
9.11478

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/ConvertAd
5/13/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Mikey.11516
11.2015-13-05_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Mikey.11516
15.5.25

Kaspersky
UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
14.0.0.2050

McAfee
Artemis!3F5011C098F6
5600.6767

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Mikey.11516
16.0.0.399

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
15.5.14.15

Sophos
Generic PUA AH
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R000C0EDM15
7.2.133

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R000C0EDM15
10.465.13

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
39622

File size:
427 KB (437,248 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\update_notifier.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/15/2015 1:22:25 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:TPzSE8dWHwygNgRuDWIOVWFCBSGpb7oRJn34gYTlLBd1eBQEeD2gP3Aadh81UCOM:bzSE8BygaR5IOVWFt8m4MMM1AnvV

Entry address:
0x44B0

Entry point:
E8, 80, 54, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 80, 25, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 80, 20, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 08, 71, 41, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 0C...
 
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Code size:
66.5 KB (68,096 bytes)

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

http://d2htwdv930b0cg.cloudfront.net/Update_Notifier.exe

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