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updater.exe

Baidu PC Faster

Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co., Ltd

The application updater.exe, “Baidu PC Faster Updater” by Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co. has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered daily at a specified time. While running, it connects to the Internet address host-105.203.253.104.etisalat.com.eg on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Baidu Inc.  (signed by Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co., Ltd)

Product:
Baidu PC Faster

Description:
Baidu PC Faster Updater

Version:
4,0,12,75829

MD5:
7096f0ba4dba4f25268eb81ccfc3c7c9

SHA-1:
54503d3120b293adbcb94774114db9142fae1193

SHA-256:
75e08ebf2c0ce9fc8e413acc4a4570e48d074913e26e140659e0c0fd9c50d818

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 1:32:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SearchP.Malware360.Task.H
14.10.4.22

File size:
1.3 MB (1,348,592 bytes)

Product version:
4,0,12,75829

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2012 Baidu, Inc. All rights reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\baidu security\pc faster\4.0.0.0\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co., Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/24/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/25/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co., Ltd", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co., Ltd", L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

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:
3BDB1994B98BBB19AB55A42337FA4F5C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/1/2014 1:13:48 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Og6D4KA0k8g7OQZCZLd7a/cqBRqRaky4PsoCZbM:WAigCQYyVRqMky8p6bM

Entry address:
0x659AC

Entry point:
E8, 3A, 82, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, B4, 96, 52, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, BC, 82, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 57, FF, 35, C8, 1D, 53, 00, E8, 15, 7C, 00, 00, FF, 35, C4, 1D, 53, 00, 8B, F8, 89, 7D, FC, E8, 05, 7C, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 59, 59, 3B, F7, 0F, 82, 83, 00, 00, 00, 8B, DE, 2B, DF, 8D, 43, 04, 83, F8, 04, 72, 77, 57, E8, D0, 6B, 00, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 43, 04, 59, 3B, F8, 73, 48, B8, 00, 08, 00, 00, 3B, F8, 73, 02, 8B, C7, 03, C7, 3B, C7, 72, 0F, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8, ED, 83, 00, 00, 59...
 
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Entropy:
6.2941

Code size:
948 KB (970,752 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Baidu PC Faster Update

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 10:00 AM)

Action:
updater.exe -no_ui

Description:
Automatically check for software and virus definition updates.


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to host-105.203.253.104.etisalat.com.eg  (105.203.253.104:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ibncloud.xl.co.id  (112.215.105.153:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to host-105.203.253.157.etisalat.com.eg  (105.203.253.157:80)

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