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updater.exe

Firefox

Mengmeng Wang

The application updater.exe, “Firefox Software Updater” by Mengmeng Wang has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Mozilla Foundation  (signed by Mengmeng Wang)

Product:
Firefox

Description:
Firefox Software Updater

Version:
51.0

MD5:
bfd7b55f15777c73e31e6e16cbd00855

SHA-1:
e20cf54d00a7b8a591285e11a3e4838ea4f1d1c6

SHA-256:
45a8efc5ecdeff1e4b435c8208263b7d11dd12873ad5ef7e8c61e47919d6701f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 5:28:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Elex.MW (M)
17.3.16.10

File size:
308.7 KB (316,088 bytes)

Product version:
51.0

Copyright:
License: MPL 2

Trademarks:
Mozilla

Original file name:
updater.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\firefox\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mengmeng Wang

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
10/13/2016 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/13/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Mengmeng Wang, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
57FCDAB4B0C6202BC89A0DDD4A742960

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/15/2017 7:58:22 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

Entry address:
0xB39B

Entry point:
E8, 0D, 05, 00, 00, E9, 87, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 54, 2D, 43, 00, F2, 75, 02, F2, C3, F2, E9, 28, 00, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 94, 71, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, FF, 15, 90, 71, 42, 00, 68, 09, 04, 00, C0, FF, 15, B4, 70, 42, 00, 50, FF, 15, 98, 71, 42, 00, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 24, 03, 00, 00, 6A, 17, E8, E8, A6, 01, 00, 85, C0, 74, 05, 6A, 02, 59, CD, 29, A3, 88, 4D, 43, 00, 89, 0D, 84, 4D, 43, 00, 89, 15, 80, 4D, 43, 00, 89, 1D, 7C, 4D, 43, 00, 89, 35, 78, 4D, 43, 00, 89, 3D, 74, 4D, 43, 00, 66...
 
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Entropy:
6.2206

Code size:
149.5 KB (153,088 bytes)

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