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updatechecker.exe

Cole Williams Software Limited

It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Codec Pack Update Checker’.
Publisher:
Cole Williams Software Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d422eb541fd2cb9f46d42429c0d31253

SHA-1:
68431305f2dbd4225f532748565b928d193bc6da

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 9:10:18 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
236.5 KB (242,142 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\codecs\updatechecker.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cole Williams Software Limited

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/9/2016 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/10/2019 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Cole Williams Software Limited, O=Cole Williams Software Limited, STREET=8 Defender Drive, L=Grimsby, S=North East Lincolnshire, PostalCode=DN37 9PQ, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
5274180FA940BEE896E1B4DF9E21770C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/5/2015 3:46:27 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x2D000

Entry point:
90, 90, BB, D4, BE, A6, 00, 90, 68, 24, D0, 42, 00, 5E, 90, 90, 68, 98, 05, 00, 00, 5A, FF, 34, 32, 31, 1C, 24, 8F, 04, 32, 90, 83, EA, 03, 4A, 75, F0, 90, 90, 3C, C3, A7, 00, D4, BE, A6, 00, D4, BE, E6, 00, C3, 8C, A6, 00, 44, 45, A6, 00, 0A, BF, A7, 00, D4, 0E, A4, 00, D5, BE, A6, 00, B4, CE, E6, 00, E2, C7, E6, 00, 72, C6, E6, 00, 6C, D8, A6, 00, E0, C7, A6, 00, 70, C6, A6, 00, B4, DC, A6, 00, E0, C7, A6, 00, 70, C6, A6, 00, D4, BE, A6, 00, D4, BE, A6, 00, D4, BE, A6, 00, D4, BE, A6, 00, 5C, CE, E6, 00...
 
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Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

Name:
Codec Pack Update Checker

Command:
"C:\Windows\System32\codecs\updatechecker.exe"


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