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updinst.exe

Howard Software Ltd

The application updinst.exe by Howard Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Howard Software Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
079142ac3570979287d1d3abf0016632

SHA-1:
8744ba1cbffc02daa31ccea1e92461c2c0d455ad

SHA-256:
9d3770e9bfbb113465f0e07779d1fead91dc9f1507e59e9d95f437b86fc069bf

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 3:59:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SavepathDeals
16.2.4.3

File size:
1.5 MB (1,528,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pagealicious\updinst.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Howard Software Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/17/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2014 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Howard Software Ltd, O=Howard Software Ltd, STREET=37 Fulwell road, STREET=fulwell, L=Sunderlanad, S=Tyne and Wear, PostalCode=SR60JE, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00D026D6511554C7C2AE6DCDC88EA9B79C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/27/2012 2:09:44 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WlcWfs6Azh05ImiufGh/08inRiCidTMePhQvSU49Weeh7GDN8WhyYFsfb0vuX24g:WjhAzmiBIYCqMep9U4YDwN/cIsfmuX2H

Entry address:
0x80142

Entry point:
E8, F8, 5A, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, DC, 83, 4A, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 7F, 5B, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, C1, 8B, 4D, 08, C7, 00, 14, 74, 49, 00, 8B, 09, 89, 48, 04, C6, 40, 08, 00, 5D, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 41, 04, 85, C0, 75, 05, B8, 1C, 74, 49, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 74, 2D, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 24, 1F, 00, 00, 8D, 70, 01, 56, E8, D2, 0D, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, 56, 50, E8, 28, 5C, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, C6, 47, 08, 01, 5E, 5F, 5D...
 
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Entropy:
7.6352

Code size:
597 KB (611,328 bytes)

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