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UpdateAdmin.exe

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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘UpdateAdmin’. This file is typically installed with the program UpdateAdmin by Download Admin which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
DownloadAdmin  (signed by Download Admin)

Version:
2.0.1999

MD5:
68983eed11d17281827bcd54e21b1d6e

SHA-1:
4450b6ef2eb8dcbac07ec92d8c19e868bee4de7d

SHA-256:
243c680cde5597617a82f399942eed0ca08d66ca7a1b68f86d88d3a131ad8726

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:
12/25/2024 4:31:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.DownloadAdmin (M)
15.7.30.0

File size:
231.8 KB (237,328 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.1999

Copyright:
© 2014 DownloadAdmin All Rights Reserved

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:
7/28/2015 2:14:00 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:6Rt7kD2VbTFbvsPOW4VHJX4/1+GGtdgxiXgf5G6PuRH5Abl:6/7YIZbv7W4lJI0dngfM6W38l

Entry address:
0x11BC0

Entry point:
E8, AF, 71, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 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, 60, B3, 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, 91, 42, 00, 01, 0F, 82, E4, 72, 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, E2, 03...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.3112

Code size:
115.5 KB (118,272 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
UpdateAdmin

Command:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\updateadmin\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
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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 a104-75-84-32.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.75.84.32:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to static.vnpt.vn  (113.171.230.110:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-45-84-141.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.45.84.141:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a173-222-148-33.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (173.222.148.33:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-60-139-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.60.139.27:80)

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