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GoogleUpdate.exe

Google Update

The executable GoogleUpdate.exe has been detected as malware by 2 anti-virus scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘qfwuiwhtrylr’.
Publisher:
Google Inc.*  (Invalid match)

Product:
Google Update

Description:
Google Installer

Version:
1.3.29.1

MD5:
4ef092975f05a322de06cecc95613780

SHA-1:
90e194b7014beb822e2671c6ddc973dd7bbc21c6

SHA-256:
fa70c49faa55778a1cf98d88e09d4886787da67c6873f0148b299556691e855f

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
4/1/2025 8:37:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Agent.YQV trojan
6.3.12010.0

F-Secure
Variant.Graftor.346072
5.16.24

File size:
374.5 KB (383,488 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.29.1

Copyright:
Copyright 2007-2010 Google Inc.

Original file name:
GoogleUpdate.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Brazilian Portuguese

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\qfwuiwhtrylr\googleupdate.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/23/2017 12:12:30 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

Entry address:
0x21B7C

Entry point:
E8, 6D, 05, 00, 00, E9, 69, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 44, DE, 45, 00, F2, 75, 02, F2, C3, F2, E9, FC, 06, 00, 00, FF, 25, 98, 43, 42, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 61, 04, 00, 83, 61, 08, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 89, 41, 04, 8B, C1, C7, 01, 80, 49, 42, 00, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 78, 49, FF, FF, C7, 06, 80, 49, 42, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 83, 61, 04, 00, 8B, C1, 83, 61, 08, 00, C7, 41, 04, 88, 49, 42, 00, C7, 01, 80, 49, 42, 00, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 45, 49, FF, FF, C7...
 
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Code size:
139 KB (142,336 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
qfwuiwhtrylr

Command:
"C:\ProgramData\qfwuiwhtrylr\googleupdate.exe" yshmsvadvwcrse


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