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extensionupdaterservice.exe

Tor Media LLC

The application extensionupdaterservice.exe by Tor Media has been detected as adware 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 “Update Service for WebBars”.
Publisher:
Tor Media LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1a32fc01789e508ca3cfbe097eca35fc

SHA-1:
837f15c950d453b26fa6ec57e170615074f8a318

SHA-256:
f8aa7b99d78b99432bb9b0ff5fd2d697e35223244410d2ea7c097b488ad0fa56

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:
4/19/2024 6:59:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.12.31.18

File size:
731.5 KB (749,056 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webbars\basement\extensionupdaterservice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tor Media LLC

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/16/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/21/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Tor Media LLC, O=Tor Media LLC, L=Novosibirsk, S=Russian Federation, C=RU

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

Serial number:
44333F0D3F90631EA32FA7BB0D911C50

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/29/2013 1:00:18 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x795A7

Entry point:
E8, 3A, A3, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, 0A, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, B4, A5, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, DF, FF, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 08, FF, 15, 9C, 22, 49, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, FF, 15, 6C, 20, 49, 00, EB, 02, 33, C0, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 50, E8, CE, 32, 00, 00, 59, 83, C8, FF, 5D, C3, 33, C0, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 0F, B7, 08, 53, 56, 57, 66, 85, C9, 74, 2C, 8B, 5D, 0C, 0F, B7, 3B, 0F, B7, C9, 8B, F3, 66, 3B, F9, 74, 12...
 
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Entropy:
6.6582

Code size:
578 KB (591,872 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update Service for WebBars

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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