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Starter.exe

Computer Up-dater Service Starter

SafeApp Software, LLC

The application Starter.exe by SafeApp Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
SafeApp Software, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Computer Up-dater Service Starter

Version:
1.00.0213

MD5:
6e9cc68eb49032d9b87a986d88e9dff4

SHA-1:
b9fb82c42a644fe86bc1e0b0bb9c1fdf4deb8fe4

SHA-256:
4894d1e42ea34dcd148eeddddc4bdf9ac8bb194121a8b696b779235346443add

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
4/23/2024 4:11:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.4.0

File size:
49.4 KB (50,576 bytes)

Product version:
1.00.0213

Copyright:
Copyright 2010 - SafeApp Software, LLC

Trademarks:
Computer Up-dater is a registered trademark of SafeApp Software, LLC

Original file name:
Starter.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\computer updater\starter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SafeApp Software, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/23/2009 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/12/2010 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="SafeApp Software, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="SafeApp Software, LLC", L=Harrison, S=New York, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
315BDFBDAE7949E2748A5E45CB06F55F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2010 9:27:00 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x1240

Entry point:
68, EC, 13, 40, 00, E8, F0, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 70, 00, 00, 00, 48, 00, 00, 00, CE, F1, E8, B4, FD, FA, CC, 42, 95, 0A, E1, C2, 38, 0A, E2, 17, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, F0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 76, 62, 70, 53, 65, 72, 76, 69, 63, 65, 48, 61, 6E, 64, 6C, 65, 72, 00, F0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 75, 74, 65, 72, 20, 55, 70, 2D, 64, 61, 74, 65, 72, 20, 53, 65, 72, 76, 69, 63, 65, 20, 53, 74, 61, 72, 74, 65, 72, 00, F0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.4224

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0/v6.0

Code size:
20 KB (20,480 bytes)

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