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productkeyfinder.exe

UpdateStar Product Key Finder

UpdateStar GmbH

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application productkeyfinder.exe, “UpdateStar Product Key Finder Setup ” 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. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from static.updatestar.net.
Publisher:
UpdateStar   (signed by UpdateStar GmbH)

Product:
UpdateStar Product Key Finder

Description:
UpdateStar Product Key Finder Setup

Version:
9.0.3.168

MD5:
dd2139470ed6645f265dbef5423522aa

SHA-1:
e3b09d3426aae226d5967504432fed9781eabe99

SHA-256:
91568c39f24a4c8fe060ccf53bdf77a08e407820518d371f0fa8b17952f2232b

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.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/2/2024 7:31:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.UpdateSt.Installer (M)
16.5.31.14

File size:
6.4 MB (6,714,496 bytes)

Product version:
9.0.3.168

Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 ONE UP LTD.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\productkeyfinder.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
UpdateStar GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/11/2016 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/11/2019 3:59:59 PM

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:
10/13/2013 1:19:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:Ik2rP/C4IzJqec5aA1HgGG3LH5zVgCNepM4vnrFzBMGOrYpawb8IcTa3Chy1+wD6:Euv9kJ103LZRgCH4vrz7OAdsakyoCZI

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.8923

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file productkeyfinder.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://static.updatestar.net/dl/updatestar/.../ProductKeyFinder.exe

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