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FacebookUpdate.exe

Facebook Update

Facebook, Inc.

It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named FacebookUpdateTaskUser triggered daily at a specified time.
Publisher:
Facebook Inc.  (signed by Facebook, Inc.)

Product:
Facebook Update

Description:
Facebook Installer

Version:
1.2.205.0

MD5:
938337a43cfba4e7f4689f4ad75616ed

SHA-1:
f04bb6ecbe34a386f016e0fdafc92141f78d43fb

SHA-256:
2f9b33dca495ef051b7a966c42bcc32b81502b8f32ee50d3945159ba22d0cc6f

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Clean  (20 probable false positive detections)

Explanation:
These detections are probably false positives (erroneous), the file is probably malware free.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 5:41:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.11962408
357

avast!
Patched-HO [Trj]
2014.9-160212

AVG
Win32/Slugin.A
2017.0.2835

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.12233884
1.0.20.215

Bkav FE
W32.Clod2e1.Trojan
1.3.0.4562

Clam AntiVirus
Trojan.Spy-59563
0.98/21229

Dr.Web
Win32.Wplugin.2
9.0.1.043

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.11962408
8.16.02.12.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/Slugin.A virus
10.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Slugin.B
v6.4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.12233884
11.2016-12-02_6

G Data
Trojan.Generic.12233884
16.2.25

McAfee
Virus.W32/Wplugin
5600.6491

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.213.1863.0

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.12233884
17.0.0.129

Norman
Trojan.Generic.11962408
11.20160212

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.12233884
15.03.13.01

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1077

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.GenericKDV!6.B5C
23.00.65.16210

Sophos
Virus 'W32/Slugin-A'
5.22

File size:
134.9 KB (138,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.2.205.0

Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Facebook Inc.

Original file name:
FacebookUpdate.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\facebook\update\facebookupdate.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Facebook, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/19/2012 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/20/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Facebook, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Facebook, Inc.", L=Menlo Park, 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:
27878083400DB86D07DBAB6B43FBA49C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/3/2012 1:07:13 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:kQEqFLILekflQrZQ1I+qmQ3oanPZqulpVlM70jpmEXVIhj4ouaAWMIOcPiv79QHD:aqFLIqkfmII+04oAUraC3chVRnRgIeZy

Entry address:
0x4FB6

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 24, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, A8, 30, 41, 00, E8, 84, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 74, 75, 83, 3D, DC, 0C, 41, 00, 03, 75, 43, 6A, 04, E8, 26, 26, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 4E, 26, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 09, 56, 50, E8, 6F, 26, 00, 00, 59, 59, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0B, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, E4, 00, 75, 37, FF, 75, 08, EB, 0A, 6A, 04, E8, 12, 25, 00, 00, 59, C3, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 34, F7, 40, 00, FF, 15, 90, 10, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 16, E8, 00, 07, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.7960

Code size:
52 KB (53,248 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
FacebookUpdateTaskUser

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 2:40 PM)

Description:
Keeps your Facebook software up to date. If this task is disabled or stopped, your Facebook software will not be kept up to date, meaning security vul


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