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ApplicationUpdater.exe

Application Updater

Spigot, Inc.

This component is part of the Spigot browser add-on, a web browser addition that is designed to modify the core search provider in order to redirect search queries through partner portals. The application ApplicationUpdater.exe by Spigot has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Spigot Setup installer. It runs as a windows Service named “Application Updater”. This file is typically installed with the program pdfforge Toolbar v6.5 by Spigot, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

Publisher:

Spigot, Inc. (signed and verified)

Product:

Application Updater

Version:

6, 5, 0, 3

MD5:

70968a726d9de0f0259d4aeb965fad61

SHA-1:

a7f3a41ea3aeb57464fdedb6a424b4c4cc517f36

SHA-256:

f7cdb5869a6ad10a388136a870febd10d70f48611a32d898c7cb6a161d3166c7

Scanner detections:

9 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

4/24/2024 11:18:03 PM UTC (a few moments ago)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

TR/Trash.Gen

7.11.30.172

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.Widgi

4.0.3.1487

Boost by Reason

Optional.Service.Spigot.S

188838

Comodo Security

UnclassifiedMalware

17302

Dr.Web

Adware.Spigot.14

9.0.1.0219

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.Widgi (variant)

8.9070

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Spigot.A

v2014.08.07.09

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Service.Spigot.S

14.8.7.21

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.Toolbar-Dealio

10710

File size:

780.4 KB (799,112 bytes)

Product version:

6, 5, 0, 3

Original file name:

ApplicationUpdater.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Spigot Setup

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\application updater\applicationupdater.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Spigot, Inc.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

2/26/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

3/29/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN="Spigot, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Spigot, Inc.", L=El Granada, 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:

494FF8E91607158CD480B23C615CFF8B

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

10/9/2012 2:26:51 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:QgoWEJoDW0/shs2/MKwMxCZQ3egPAdCfjGFtpx4XZgMCpadwteB8SE:loa/sq2UTMxgzgYdCLi/4XZgMCpOx

Entry address:

0x71C68

Entry point:

E8, 42, 88, 00, 00, E9, A5, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8D, 45, 14, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, FD, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 53, 33, DB, 39, 5D, 14, 75, 20, E8, 30, 63, 00, 00, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, 05, F3, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 83, C8, FF, E9, C5, 00, 00, 00, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 57, 8B, 7D, 10, 3B, FB, 74, 24, 3B, F3, 75, 20, E8, 00, 63, 00, 00, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, D5, F2, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14... 
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Code size:

579.5 KB (593,408 bytes)

Service

Display name:

Application Updater

Description:

Automatically downloads and installs application updates.

Type:

Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess

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

pdfforge Toolbar v6.5 by Spigot, Inc.

This toolbar is typiclaly bundled with the installation of the free version of PDF Forge that installs a Spigot toolbar in your Web browser that collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Spigot so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar.

www.pdfforge.org/content/pdfcreator-toolbar-spyware

66% remove it

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to 14.d7.24ae.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com (174.36.215.20:80)

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