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nielsenupdate.exe

NielsenOnline

The Nielsen Company

It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Nielsen Update”.
Publisher:
The Nielsen Company  (signed and verified)

Product:
NielsenOnline

Version:
7.4.0.13078r

MD5:
d071420836523656737b7d8252175b17

SHA-1:
04ef850d7dee419aa4f2619c269c2b46eb23cb97

SHA-256:
f88822a2a88ace2ef3f3c5df61671f8e2846f38d6405ce795d835c8406ec79b3

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
6/23/2025 11:44:15 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
3 MB (3,161,744 bytes)

Product version:
7.4.0.13078

Copyright:
Copyright © 1997-2016 The Nielsen Company All rights reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\netratingsnetsight\netsight\nielsenupdate.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
The Nielsen Company

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/5/2016 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/11/2018 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=The Nielsen Company, OU=NetSight Meter, O=The Nielsen Company, L=Oldsmar, S=Florida, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
0DC1CD78B11BB62BEF8EB4E889F5CB31

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/30/2016 4:54:44 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x1E9F59

Entry point:
E8, CA, 40, 01, 00, E9, 35, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, A1, 20, 63, 70, 00, 85, C0, 75, 1D, E8, 4D, 3E, 01, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, A3, 3E, 01, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8C, 8B, 00, 00, A1, 20, 63, 70, 00, 59, 59, 8B, 4D, 08, 85, C9, 75, 01, 41, 51, 6A, 00, 50, FF, 15, 8C, 66, 66, 00, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, FE, E0, 77, 6F, 53, 57, A1, 20, 63, 70, 00, 85, C0, 75, 1D, E8, 05, 3E, 01, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 5B, 3E, 01, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 44, 8B, 00, 00, A1, 20, 63, 70, 00, 59, 59, 85, F6, 74, 04, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.5014

Code size:
2.4 MB (2,510,336 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Nielsen Update

Service name:
NielsenUpdate

Description:
Enables automatic application upgrades for Nielsen application.

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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

Nielsen Online  by Nielsen
www.nielsennetpanel.com
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