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updater.exe

Arne Koenig

The application updater.exe by Arne Koenig 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 ‘OpenOffice Updater’.
Publisher:
Arne Koenig  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bc2df4ed3749a2c20f27b0370f7b6fa8

SHA-1:
dcf93d28d5424c81abb60860fe7dffecdfa98a27

SHA-256:
cc33916099e08f3aa1ae50bf6e7b9e9e5ab5c8586aed1bf579f9c4cd2451948a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 9:53:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.2.21.17

File size:
378.9 KB (388,000 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\openoffice updater\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Arne Koenig

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
8/17/2015 12:22:40 PM

Valid to:
11/4/2018 11:29:51 AM

Subject:
CN=Arne Koenig, O=Arne Koenig, L=Verden, S=Niedersachsen, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112156400F30E98EC0755AF2B124F4872F61

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/25/2016 2:55:54 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x310F

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 56, 57, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 98, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, A8, 70, 40, 00, FF, 15, A4, 70, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 53, E8, 7C, 2F, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, BE, 98, 72, 40, 00, 56, E8, F8, 2E, 00, 00, 56, FF, 15, A0, 70, 40, 00, 8D, 74, 06, 01, 38, 1E, 75, EB, 55, 6A, 09, E8, 4F, 2F, 00, 00, 6A, 07, E8, 48, 2F, 00, 00, A3, 04, E4, 42, 00, FF, 15, 44, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88...
 
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Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

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

Name:
OpenOffice Updater

Command:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\openoffice updater\updater.exe


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