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UpdateStar GmbH

The application apple-application-support.exe by UpdateStar GmbH 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:
UpdateStar GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6c194b19dd776b4635c3745baf00dd42

SHA-1:
26341c35731955447e1968b0de18b2403424f73a

SHA-256:
8afdb765a493ac15ff55368d1ec03d606cafd3161e0b5ec240bde3fdb34d6217

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 2:32:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.12.27.0

File size:
1 MB (1,093,800 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
UpdateStar GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/30/2011 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/30/2012 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=UpdateStar GmbH, O=UpdateStar GmbH, STREET=Hauptstrasse 20, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, PostalCode=10827, C=DE

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

Serial number:
4C04D272CAAEF51D5786CA84D80CFB98

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xCA880

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 48, 65, 40, 00, E8, 81, D2, FF, FF, 64, 69, 6E, 61, 6C, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, FF, FF, FF, 90, 84, 10, 40, 00, 0A, 06, 53, 74, 72, 69, 6E, 67, 90, 10, 40, 00, 0C, 07, 56, 61, 72, 69, 61, 6E, 74, 8D, 40, 00, E8, 10, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, 10, 40, 00, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 10, 37, 40, 00, 1C, 37, 40, 00, 20, 37, 40, 00, 24, 37, 40, 00, 18, 37, 40, 00, 60, 34, 40, 00, 7C...
 
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Entropy:
6.9508

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

Code size:
828 KB (847,872 bytes)

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