update.exe

Secure Web

Big Water Applications, LLC

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser as well as modify the computer’s system settings that control applications to run on startup. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The application update.exe, “SecureWeb Install” by Big Water Applications has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Big Water Applications, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Secure Web

Description:
SecureWeb Install

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
ecfdedd4a9d356465f84fa3ff69229ec

SHA-1:
44e81ed36fd8c31350bd883b9f48ce6baee2772a

SHA-256:
9a647d47804e06ad4f595525d799acdaa77e6eec3d2709c6acd5e2029d3310b5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
9/16/2024 6:36:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.BigWaterApplications.Installer (M)
16.1.28.10

File size:
2.3 MB (2,408,264 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Big Water Applications, LLC 2014

Original file name:
SecureWebInstall.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\secureweb\up\2.7.41\update.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/27/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/28/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Big Water Applications, LLC", O="Big Water Applications, LLC", L=La Jolla, 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:
0C8B8C8404BDAF0C09C54486BDE81E2C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/1/2014 6:46:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:X3nscfqzPmzrsM7pw0qGMS1INLriSlX0+zRHOLpfjf8L:Hnscfqif/7rAS1Eh0+zRGRfY

Entry address:
0x24B8AE

Entry point:
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[+]

Entropy:
7.9993

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
2.3 MB (2,398,720 bytes)

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