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GoogleUpdate.exe

Google Update

Google Inc.

The executable GoogleUpdate.exe has been detected as malware by 15 anti-virus scanners. Infected by an entry-point obscuring polymorphic file infector which will create a peer-to-peer botnet and receives URLs of additional files to download.
Publisher:
Google Inc.

Product:
Google Update

Description:
Google Installer

Version:
1.3.29.1

MD5:
8b72b2cce7d3f7b3828d56bcbd69198a

SHA-1:
5e7e835a8973bbe39d3809dc96c8c0407fd76d86

SHA-256:
86a1533067e81a4defcc3177bafa2d5a5ddb62d85c746ad472580989b64b534a

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

Explanation:
The file is infected by a polymorphic file infector virus.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 10:53:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.3
5813612

avast!
Win32:Kukacka
160118-1

AVG
Win32/Sality
2015.0.4522

Boost by Reason
Optional
188838

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.30
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.gen2
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.3
5.15.21

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.562

McAfee
Virus.W32/Sality.gen.z
18.0.204.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.213.5087.0

Norman
Win32.Sality.3
03.12.2014 13:20:04

Sophos
Virus 'Mal/Sality-D'
5.23

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4721115
46800

File size:
208.8 KB (213,832 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.29.1

Copyright:
Copyright 2007-2010 Google Inc.

Original file name:
GoogleUpdate.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\google\update\googleupdate.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/20/2015 6:55:40 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:aoSFdgnIvdWZJjmhJVvN+SlVS0fvZ/0vuIuD0pFkc9vE5nLwQpq3jUbjpEkG9Zfw:Cg7ZJGnN+QWmjJO6Im

Entry address:
0x7A82

Entry point:
60, 3B, CD, 73, 07, 80, F9, 3A, 38, CD, 1C, A4, 00, EF, 69, D2, 0A, DF, BF, BB, 3D, D1, 9D, 00, 00, 78, 03, C6, C7, F6, F3, 0F, BE, DA, 8D, 05, 25, AA, 02, 03, 86, D9, E8, ED, 00, 00, 00, 87, C6, 8D, 3D, FE, 73, 65, D7, B8, 33, 3F, 39, A4, 88, E5, 3B, CB, 76, 09, 81, E7, 62, 43, BA, 39, C6, C0, 37, C7, C1, 8F, 29, 33, 68, 3D, 43, CB, 00, 00, 74, 02, 87, CB, 6B, C0, 00, 0F, AF, DE, 0F, BE, FC, 33, C1, 69, FD, 16, 12, 70, AB, 69, FE, 7E, 2F, B6, 6F, B3, 04, 8D, 10, C7, C1, C7, 47, 00, 04, 0B, DE, 87, F9, 6A...
 
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Entropy:
6.7722

Code size:
66.5 KB (68,096 bytes)

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