update.exe

Broken Spoke Digital

The application update.exe by Broken Spoke Digital has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.fastdownload6.com.
Publisher:
FYI Fun Installer Setup  (signed by Broken Spoke Digital)

Product:
FYI Fun Installer Setup

Version:
3.9.3.6729

MD5:
1122a890f40ed2c39364f804b29115fb

SHA-1:
0178e15663c08fdcf3a405eb0daad5f4bcb0ec51

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/27/2024 4:38:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.12.17.8

File size:
869.4 KB (890,216 bytes)

Product version:
3.9.3.6729

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\update.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/29/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/29/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Broken Spoke Digital, O=Broken Spoke Digital, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
480EB41C2FF570CEB416FEDF6AD4BCD5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/3/2014 6:37:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x262B

Entry point:
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Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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

http://files4.fastdownload6.com/download/.../dl?bc=1126566&pid=updateadmin&brand=updateadmin.com&c=Adobe_Reader&country=BG&cb=13941670&filename=Update.exe&productKey=p2zbf7i5xu6eoixozfcjnlwg7ugshtj2&osName=Windows&osVersion=XP&browserName=IE&browserVersion=7&zTmp=1&executable=1196449

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