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checkupdate.exe

4sync Inc.

The application checkupdate.exe by 4sync 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:
4sync Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
4.4.0.0

MD5:
6ab80f7d5b0034e665b9443cca8bdd99

SHA-1:
15b6a33d1f3aa468cdd2588128cda0559566b91d

SHA-256:
a2cd7a6a84814f8cd2e86799cda3edc832f9c968ffb4a309b3b667a9a6498fd4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:22:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewIT
17.3.8.10

File size:
1.5 MB (1,593,816 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\4shared desktop\checkupdate.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
4sync Inc.

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/22/2013 4:56:47 AM

Valid to:
10/22/2016 4:56:47 AM

Subject:
CN=4sync Inc., O=4sync Inc., L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B26471C28D70E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/28/2012 10:36:13 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x11914C

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 68, 1A, 51, 00, E8, 44, 16, EF, FF, A1, 78, E9, 51, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 98, FF, FE, FF, A1, 78, E9, 51, 00, 8B, 00, BA, A8, 91, 51, 00, E8, 7F, F9, FE, FF, A1, 78, E9, 51, 00, 8B, 00, E8, F7, 00, FF, FF, E8, BA, 85, FF, FF, A1, 78, E9, 51, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 06, 02, FF, FF, E8, FD, D6, EE, FF, 00, B0, 04, 02, 00, FF, FF, FF, FF, 0E, 00, 00, 00, 34, 00, 73, 00, 68, 00, 61, 00, 72, 00, 65, 00, 64, 00, 20, 00, 55, 00, 70, 00, 64, 00, 61, 00, 74, 00, 65, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.4867

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,145,344 bytes)

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