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nielsenupdate.exe

NielsenOnline

THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC

It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Nielsen Update”.
Publisher:
The Nielsen Company  (signed by THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC)

Product:
NielsenOnline

Version:
5.2.7.47r

MD5:
33fea967497e9f6b2457d1c4e8eb11a0

SHA-1:
8fd903aa3249d6794a4f8097afaf4c5c1a7a71b0

SHA-256:
aee7914f7a6804a17d2cffb1214c317e0770f1f6eecfbd9a76112a3202d2c8e3

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
6/23/2025 11:33:28 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
299.3 KB (306,496 bytes)

Product version:
5.2.7.47

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 1997-2008 The Nielsen Company

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 (US), LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/6/2009 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/6/2012 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC", OU=5501111, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC", L=Schamburg, S=Illinois, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
288A1B83597B0B08BB0E742878A83B82

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/4/2011 3:42:19 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:XGv3dY2bSTj9UijZ2eDMRlCVb/AYduBz1KX:KqeSFUmFb/LduBzw

Entry address:
0x2047F

Entry point:
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Code size:
232.5 KB (238,080 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.

NCP Connect  by National Consumer Panel
Publisher's description - “The National Consumer Panel is an operational joint venture between the two leading longitudinal consumer insights providers in the United States – IRi and Nielsen. By recruiting, incenting, and equipping a representative sample of U.S.”
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