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ZookaWareUpdater.exe

ZookaWareUpdater

Zookaware, LLC.

The application ZookaWareUpdater.exe by Zookaware has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered daily at a specified time. This file is typically installed with the program ZookaWare.
Publisher:
Zookaware, LLC.  (signed and verified)

Product:
ZookaWareUpdater

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
b056bb7a080bd474ac676960372f78b5

SHA-1:
8c96bad6033112bb4064f28c813cdaa17b60fb7e

SHA-256:
56c2d871a8b8163ef267ee0c4bfeac2ce2eb9f20066daadee42a1b8d53566276

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 12:35:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Zookawar.Task
17.3.8.3

File size:
225.9 KB (231,320 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2017

Original file name:
ZookaWareUpdater.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\zookaware\zookawareupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Zookaware, LLC.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
8/29/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/29/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Zookaware, LLC.", O="Zookaware, LLC.", L=Anchorage, S=Alaska, C=US, SERIALNUMBER=10007133, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Alaska, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA - G2, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
667978587A1B16965ABBDEF8C3BB6F5B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/5/2017 10:35:56 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
48.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x233AE

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 04, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 80, 0E, 00, 00, 00, E0, 01, 00, 80, 10, 00, 00, 00, 10, 02, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, 40, 02...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.8244

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
133 KB (136,192 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
ZookaWare registration reminder

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 7:33 PM)


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

ZookaWare  by ZookaWare
zookaware.com/support
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