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The application updater.exe, “updater 1.0.5 © updater, Inc, 2017” by Shieldapps has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program PC Registry Shield by ShieldApps.
Publisher:
updater  (signed by Shieldapps)

Product:
updater

Description:
updater 1.0.5 © updater, Inc, 2017

Version:
1.0.5

MD5:
328af6bce8cf129b7bbc656fe149a1ff

SHA-1:
b313947f64dcbe2002df0eb81a3d7f34ed839467

SHA-256:
fd23773c791ea589465c41022992ec7b8da290e7e1b3ee40c15cc6b92a4329ee

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 6:16:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
17.2.18.15

File size:
494.8 KB (506,696 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2016 updater

Original file name:
updater.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pc registry shield\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Shieldapps

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
7/8/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/7/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Shieldapps, O=Shieldapps, L=Encino, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
2125F865794B8C1D436695D5B25CFEB8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/15/2016 5:19:22 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

Entry address:
0x2F26B

Entry point:
E8, 89, 04, 00, 00, E9, 8E, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 16, 6D, 44, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 51, 53, 56, 57, A1, 0C, 80, 45, 00, 33, C5, 50, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, 08, 83, 65, FC, 00, E8, 68, FD, FF, FF, 59, EB, 08, B8, B3, F2, 42, 00, C3, 33, C0, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 24, 03, 00, 00, 53, 56, 6A, 17, E8, D1, 2D, 01, 00, 85, C0, 74, 05, 8B, 4D, 08, CD, 29, 33, F6, 8D, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 68...
 
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Code size:
280 KB (286,720 bytes)

The file updater.exe has been discovered within the following program.

PC Registry Shield  by ShieldApps
This is 'registry cleaner' is supposed to optimize a computer by removing invalid registry entries as well as provides some additional utilities.
pcregistryshield.com
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