home

updater.exe

Shift Skill

The executable updater.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update Mgr SearchWebKnow”.
Publisher:
Shift Skill  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.6275.34135

MD5:
9251683300cdb06666ad211a6d74bbe4

SHA-1:
a9a391eb4a56d5e4c93dc10a299e2e749df295d8

SHA-256:
4f208a7e03ab4d2ccb06ec7732ff4c8e70a133ca7425231ef7cf15c570fed1c5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 12:08:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.11.0

File size:
1013.2 KB (1,037,528 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.6275.34135

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\219d5106-5a99-41fd-b942-db6b503b0178\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Shift Skill

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/22/2016 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/23/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Shift Skill, O=Shift Skill, L=Escondido, 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:
02CEA3BAD36761E6F6B74C82534D2316

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/7/2017 6:58:29 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

Entry address:
0x9574A

Entry point:
E8, E4, 06, 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, 8B, 4D, F0, 33, CD, F2, E8, 3F, F9, FF, FF, F2, E9, DA, FF, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, E4, 00, 50, 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, E4, 00, 50, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.5451

Code size:
839.5 KB (859,648 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update Mgr SearchWebKnow

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-96-220-122.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.96.220.122:80)

Remove updater.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.