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UpdateAdmin.exe

Download Admin

This is a component of the Tightrope WebInstall, a setup program that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application UpdateAdmin.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named UpdateAdmin triggered daily at a specified time. This file is typically installed with the program UpdateAdmin by Download Admin which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

UpdateAdmin.exe

Publisher:

DownloadAdmin (signed by Download Admin)

Version:

2.0.1885

MD5:

be8e0779649d22951a4124b0dc68ca78

SHA-1:

29cac593d793b5f50cb6ed0e195c71f5637fa7d9

SHA-256:

73b4c86b7c2f7d6a0da35015bcfd5a823862f2987f9dd74d79f614fe9013840c

Scanner detections:

2 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

12/26/2024 12:31:56 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3310

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Task.DownloadAdmin.L

14.10.25.21

File size:

220.3 KB (225,552 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.1885

Original file name:

UpdateAdmin.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\updateadmin\updateadmin.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Admin

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

3/19/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

5/29/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, 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:

2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

10/16/2014 2:03:53 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:cydYTvK6Ru5zNgbQdjj1v4FcGzIKCbkgxdTNdfkaHxr8sf:cy6bP8Kc91vBIOk6NdfpHxYI

Entry address:

0x10CFE

Entry point:

E8, F7, 59, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 80, 83, 42, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, F0, 61, 42, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 2A, 5B, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.2871

Code size:

106 KB (108,544 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

UpdateAdmin

Trigger:

Daily (Runs daily at 8:17 PM)

Action:

updateadmin.exe \run

The file UpdateAdmin.exe has been discovered within the following program.

UpdateAdmin by Download Admin

Download Admin, part of Tightrope Interactive, is a software installer that will bundle additional software, mostly potentially unwanted software such as web toolbars and PC optimizer utilities.

www.downloadadmin.com

89% remove it

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-54-69-76-198.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com (54.69.76.198:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to cache.google.com (59.18.44.40:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to mx-ll-110.164.10-98.static.3bb.co.th (110.164.10.98:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to mx-ll-110.164.10-34.static.3bb.co.th (110.164.10.34:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-35-37-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.35.37.163:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to 49-128-161-8.static-mumbai.wnet.net.in (49.128.161.8:80)

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