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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Spigot Setup installer. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Application Updater”.
Publisher:
Spigot, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Application Updater

Version:
24, 0, 0, 5

MD5:
1cb5cd49ed93004edde583484a6a2d34

SHA-1:
e89cefacbf2917a09a11bedbb45bec7dc4a0aa0a

SHA-256:
23e8c8adca33c97ce02264091279db83a8b06d1b88813a762d2b55a4f528e54e

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:
4/26/2024 4:04:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Spigot.Installer (M)
16.1.18.22

File size:
931.8 KB (954,208 bytes)

Product version:
24, 0, 0, 5

Copyright:
Copyright © 2005-2015 Spigot, Inc.

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:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
1/16/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/29/2017 1:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN="Spigot, Inc.", O="Spigot, Inc.", L=Incline Village, S=Nevada, C=US, PostalCode=89451, STREET="554 Mays Blvd. #10-456", SERIALNUMBER=E0212222011-9, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Nevada, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2), OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
03E5C440CF437E7CED5660E25E2C0DE7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/7/2016 6:40:01 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:LJyMsvCOpQB6CY/tzLLgS/4lqq4x/FB5J92DDot4haSXD2s7N5:AKOpQByISAlqJxFJ98ot4haSXDz7N5

Entry address:
0x87593

Entry point:
E8, 88, 9B, 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, C8, 04, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A4, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 00, 01, 00, 00, 72, 1F, 83, 3D, A4, 69, 4D, 00, 00, 74, 16, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 08, 5E, 5F, 5D, E9, 36, 9C, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 15, C1, E9, 02, 83...
 
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Code size:
689 KB (705,536 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Application Updater

Description:
Automatically downloads and installs application updates.

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to multimedia-redir.interia.pl  (217.74.65.145:80)

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