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windows_chromupdateweb.exe

Broken Spoke Digital

The application windows_chromupdateweb.exe by Broken Spoke Digital has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer.
Publisher:
Broken Spoke Digital  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5d7e847cfc2828f82609e48e947283b5

SHA-1:
8f34b9a9bb89da91909e814b7239a96bcbf60c4b

SHA-256:
2e5290e2b6c043e6abcd7d8e7cdc9b42b76e7d2abc5ef994ef6656ed5aae3ff0

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:
11/23/2024 9:42:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.12.27.22

File size:
827.3 KB (847,160 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\optimizer\program\windows_chromupdateweb.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Broken Spoke Digital

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
1/15/2015 12:15:39 AM

Valid to:
1/15/2016 12:15:39 AM

Subject:
CN=Broken Spoke Digital, O=Broken Spoke Digital, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
104EE32E3CE9B7D6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/15/2014 9:29:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x3345

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2E, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1F, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0D, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4941

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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