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toolbarupdater.exe

ToolbarU Application

InfoSpace

The application toolbarupdater.exe, “ToolbarU Application (Official)” by InfoSpace has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “vToolbarUpdater17.3.0”.
Publisher:
AVG Secure Search  (signed by InfoSpace)

Product:
ToolbarU Application

Description:
ToolbarU Application (Official)

Version:
17,3,0,49

MD5:
1c3d60a3f2c9e821a5e1adb10d881c65

SHA-1:
ca9b188139171b78c9468dd01aef5f359f3bd2cb

SHA-256:
528f603add9c552c39110ab0bf22b75a2374c117879086c34d00a7805d00c42d

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:
4/27/2024 12:16:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InfoSpace (M)
17.2.16.22

File size:
1.7 MB (1,770,312 bytes)

Product version:
17,3,0,49

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2012

Original file name:
ToolbarU.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Hebreo (Israel)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\avg secure search\vtoolbarupdater\17.3.0\toolbarupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
InfoSpace

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/15/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/17/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=InfoSpace, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, OU=Systems, O=InfoSpace, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, 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:
4FA97FCF31526C9CF6D4D2149CA247DB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/23/2013 3:09:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x101C16

Entry point:
E8, 84, 0A, 01, 00, E9, A4, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, 0A, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, FE, 0C, 01, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, DF, FF, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 00, 74, 0B, 6A, 2D, 5A, 66, 89, 11, 83, C1, 02, F7, D8, 56, 8B, F1, 33, D2, F7, 75, 08, 83, FA, 09, 76, 05, 83, C2, 57, EB, 03, 83, C2, 30, 66, 89, 11, 41, 41, 85, C0, 77, E5, 33, C0, 66, 89, 01, 49, 49, 66, 8B, 16, 0F, B7, 01, 66, 89, 11, 49, 66, 89, 06, 49, 46, 46, 3B, F1, 72, EC, 5E, 5D, C2, 08, 00, 8B...
 
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Code size:
1.2 MB (1,300,992 bytes)

Service
Display name:
vToolbarUpdater17.3.0

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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