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ClaraUpdater

CLARALABSOFTWARE

The application claraupdater.exe by CLARALABSOFTWARE has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a windows Service named “ClaraUpdater”. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including I - Cinema by Bright circle investments Ltd. and BoBrowser by BoBrowser, both potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from vzbucket.clara-labs.com.
Publisher:
ClaraLabs  (signed by CLARALABSOFTWARE)

Product:
ClaraUpdater

Version:
2.42.3.1

MD5:
3210023961f569536d1c355b5183c7ea

SHA-1:
2373ea4d5dcaeab6a26912ec6857350b782928c1

SHA-256:
0523b426ca0ec942d2cbdf47c4fe5e6bb676d732afaec0d8bb834501154eac4e

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:
11/15/2024 10:00:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.CLARALABSOFTWARE.M
14.11.21.23

File size:
317.6 KB (325,232 bytes)

Product version:
2.42.3.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
Updater.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\claraupdater\claraupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CLARALABSOFTWARE

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
7/29/2014 9:13:08 AM

Valid to:
7/30/2015 9:13:08 AM

Subject:
CN=CLARALABSOFTWARE, O=CLARALABSOFTWARE, L=Paris, C=FR

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121E6E5C72C946A5248674AB7B56E24B246

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/16/2014 4:04:11 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Z5ec2sZSKnQMwbf6smkUq43pWAg1CW8/bqCL:vecgKbwbf6si3pWAg1C9bqCL

Entry address:
0x1BE1C

Entry point:
E8, 07, F1, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 30, B8, 44, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 70, 97, 44, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 30, B8, 44, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85...
 
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Entropy:
6.5057

Code size:
220.5 KB (225,792 bytes)

Service
Display name:
ClaraUpdater

Type:
Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess


The file claraupdater.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

BoBrowser  by BoBrowser
38% remove it
I - Cinema  by Bright circle investments Ltd.
i - cinema is a web browser extension that injects display advertising in the user's browser. Ads are displayed in the form of banners and contextual text-links and are both injected in white space areas of the HTML page or over existing ads of the underlying web site.
88% remove it
 
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The file claraupdater.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://vzbucket.clara-labs.com/267f64d7-5811-419d-b4ff-d5c9afe1a8dd/build/.../2b31ae00-0c64-48f2-accd-7e4477a409a0.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-19-113-170.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (50.19.113.170:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-23-23-112-220.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.23.112.220:80)

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