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updater.exe

Big Water Applications, LLC

Part of the branded Injekt adware package, the updater mechanism is an auto-starting program that is desigend to update the web browser extensions and protect the executables ChromeHelper, FirefoxHelper and IeHelper so that these programs can inject advertisments and generate popups in the user's web browser. The application updater.exe by Big Water Applications has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Updater’.
Publisher:
Updater  (signed by Big Water Applications, LLC)

Product:
Updater

Description:
Updater service

Version:
1, 0, 0, 1

MD5:
fce92603bbde1fd6e9af93bb06f41547

SHA-1:
d9159862cecba8644495426aa5a49e09d4539950

SHA-256:
f801b41bab70ae1e8556def9f817e045a5265a819a181bdf224c23aed5ba669c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:25:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.9.5.13

File size:
478.3 KB (489,800 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 1

Original file name:
updater.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\updater\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Big Water Applications, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/27/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/28/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Big Water Applications, LLC", O="Big Water Applications, LLC", L=La Jolla, 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:
0C8B8C8404BDAF0C09C54486BDE81E2C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2014 7:40:12 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:FRfzf9mLL+c2hvbi3bQm/9rbb5jYk090tA2rzESGq44ow5o1bL:FRbfILL+c2VbiLQW9L5Et90LTGq4YWbL

Entry address:
0x38E02

Entry point:
E8, B9, D1, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 0F, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 3A, FE, FF, FF, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 07, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 24, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, 40, 7C, 46, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 71, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, A2, 5A, 00, 00, 59, FF, 34, F5, 40, 7C, 46, 00, FF, 15, 88, 50, 45, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, 56, 57, BE, 40, 7C, 46, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F...
 
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Entropy:
6.4415

Code size:
334 KB (342,016 bytes)

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

Name:
Updater

Command:
C:\ProgramData\updater\updater.exe


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