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passwordfinder.exe

UpdateStar GmbH

The application passwordfinder.exe, “Tool for recovering passwords” 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:
Recover Passwords  (signed by UpdateStar GmbH)

Product:
Recover Passwords

Description:
Tool for recovering passwords

Version:
8.0.0.31

MD5:
69da518bfa457a80b86f8cb21dd7a6c0

SHA-1:
88ae001ebced48b68e50b7c95829fd6234213f56

SHA-256:
43a5e82e14c5baf82fc64a25608e9077efb3ee70fa5dc2ee4362a474d762f17b

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:
1/23/2025 11:54:39 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.2.5.6

File size:
17.4 MB (18,266,832 bytes)

Product version:
8.0

Copyright:
© Recover Passwords. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
RecoverPasswords.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\vos\updatestar password\prog\%Program Files%\updatestar\passwordfinder\passwordfinder.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
UpdateStar GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Subject:
CN=UpdateStar GmbH, O=UpdateStar GmbH, STREET=Gneisenaustr. 44/45, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, PostalCode=10961, C=DE

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

Serial number:
00FBADF674BC78E279821FBDF9D937DF06

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/30/2016 1:14:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xAE0AFC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, E8, 33, C0, 89, 45, EC, 89, 45, E8, B8, EC, 5A, EC, 00, E8, 44, B1, 52, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, B9, 0B, EE, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 8D, 55, E8, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, 01, 41, 52, FF, 8B, 45, E8, 8D, 55, EC, E8, 32, FD, 53, FF, 8B, 45, EC, BA, D4, 0B, EE, 00, E8, A5, 7C, 52, FF, A1, CC, 0F, F1, 00, 0F, 94, 00, A1, 34, 19, F1, 00, 8B, 00, E8, F5, FF, 69, FF, A1, 34, 19, F1, 00, 8B, 00, B2, 01, E8, E3, 1B, 6A, FF, A1, 34, 19, F1, 00, 8B, 00, BA, F0, 0B, EE, 00, E8, CE, F9, 69, FF, 8B, 0D...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
10.9 MB (11,402,240 bytes)

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