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updater.exe

United Backup

The application updater.exe by United Backup has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named PCWUpdater triggered daily at a specified time.
Publisher:
United Backup  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ddc4945f82e63ed1a62e3e885991fc0e

SHA-1:
9fec2b993dfca12c886d9e16989c41d40b25879f

SHA-256:
159fb66982fb2f983a1f63c31fa17bf5c6221cf7a168bee336447dc1c71ccee5

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 1:50:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Gertokr.2
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.Gertokr.Q application
8.0.319.0

F-Secure
Variant.Symmi.60305
5.15.96

File size:
612.8 KB (627,472 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\avnjdcb\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
United Backup

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
5/11/2016 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/16/2018 8:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=United Backup, O=United Backup, L=West Hollywood, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0D6547DC9A02B5668C07752E46D7E5DB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/6/2016 9:25:47 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Krh8We7O9KMwpg5u1hpuJWG3ppbTaeOYa7EjiYPF1hrNiJ5yY246:KV8JO9KMjWugCp9TaFYa7i1ZijjR6

Entry address:
0x1C3B7

Entry point:
E8, 8F, 05, 00, 00, E9, 80, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, F2, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, BC, E1, 45, 00, 33, C5, 50, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, F2, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, BC, E1, 45, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D...
 
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Entropy:
7.2906

Code size:
289.5 KB (296,448 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PCWUpdater

Path:
\PCW\Updater\PCWUpdater

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 8:21 PM)


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