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extensionupdaterservice.exe

Bit Cocktail Ltd.

The application extensionupdaterservice.exe by Bit Cocktail 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 separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “V-bates Updater”. This file is typically installed with the program V-bates 2.0.0.434 by Bit Cocktail Ltd. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Bit Cocktail Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3ebbb3d908eab3ba0ea40328919fc6d5

SHA-1:
63c1af47be0fe639a06eabad7bc91dd9be44768c

SHA-256:
0b8050ae62e57433f428f3e7ec1a13ca5f7cdfd43ed2635dbaf87483e7d7bdad

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
4/19/2024 2:04:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BitCocktail (M)
16.7.20.20

File size:
184.3 KB (188,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\video downloader\extensionupdaterservice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Bit Cocktail Ltd.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/12/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/16/2014 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Bit Cocktail Ltd., O=Bit Cocktail Ltd., L=Herzeliya, S=Herzeliya, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2FF74ED2AFEBAFD72E0750E98DC63C1C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/24/2013 8:11:10 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:M3a3a3DMVksFtKanem86tSnoLAnLKWHEPLH9v5YbpyQek:M3T3DgT86tSoLAn2Dpibphek

Entry address:
0xAD21

Entry point:
E8, 3A, 57, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 00, 01, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 20, 12, 42, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, F1, 57, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6, 8B, 44...
 
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Entropy:
6.1332

Code size:
98 KB (100,352 bytes)

Service
Display name:
V-bates Updater

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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

V-bates 2.0.0.434  by Bit Cocktail Ltd.
This Wajamu toolbar/web browser extension is ad/search-supported that is typically installed as an optional offer, users generally have this bundled with 3rd party software.
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-1-w.amazonaws.com  (52.216.1.240:80)

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