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UpdateAdmin.exe

Download Admin

This is a component of the Tightrope WebInstall, a setup program that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application UpdateAdmin.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘UpdateAdmin’. This file is typically installed with the program UpdateAdmin by Download Admin which is a potentially unwanted software program. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension toolkit. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider.

File name:

UpdateAdmin.exe

Publisher:

DownloadAdmin (signed by Download Admin)

Version:

2.0.2003

MD5:

2c6a02b89a3b82d6ef36d8549c841852

SHA-1:

9d7fd5121c30eac4ca9b0bba7a387086ca19b4d8

SHA-256:

eefdbc2d63c14341904f731a7bfda1b7e5a536f0225136135e4e12041054aa5e

Scanner detections:

17 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

The software may change the browser's home page and search provider settings as well as display advertisements.

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 10:44:20 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Application.Downloader.YF

525

Arcabit

Application.Downloader.YF

1.0.0.425

avast!

Win32:DownloadAdmin-K [PUP]

2014.9-150828

AVG

Generic

2016.0.3003

Baidu Antivirus

PUA.Win32.DownloadAdmin

4.0.3.15828

Bitdefender

Application.Downloader.YF

1.0.20.1200

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.7133

Dr.Web

Trojan.Crossrider1.24884

9.0.1.0240

ESET NOD32

Win32/DownloadAdmin.K potentially unwanted (variant)

9.12162

F-Secure

Application.Downloader.YF

11.2015-28-08_6

G Data

Application.Downloader.YF

15.8.25

K7 AntiVirus

Adware

13.2017031

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.DownLoadAdmin.C

v2015.08.28.01

MicroWorld eScan

Application.Downloader.YF

16.0.0.720

Quick Heal

PUA.Downloadad.Gen

8.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Tightrope.DownloadAdmin (M)

15.8.28.13

Sophos

Download Admin (PUA)

4.98

File size:

231.8 KB (237,328 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.2003

Original file name:

UpdateAdmin.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\updateadmin\updateadmin.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Admin

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

3/19/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

5/29/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, 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:

2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

8/21/2015 1:32:12 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:GRt7kD2VbTFbvsPOW4VHJX4/1+GNtdgxiXgfEm6PuRH5AbUr:G/7YIZbv7W4lJI0EngfH6W38U

Entry address:

0x11BC0

Entry point:

E8, AF, 71, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 60, B3, 42, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, F0, 91, 42, 00, 01, 0F, 82, E4, 72, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.3113

Code size:

115.5 KB (118,272 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

UpdateAdmin

Trigger:

Daily (Runs daily at 2:40 PM)

Startup File (User Run)

Registry location:

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:

UpdateAdmin

Command:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\updateadmin\updateadmin.exe \run

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

UpdateAdmin by Download Admin

Download Admin, part of Tightrope Interactive, is a software installer that will bundle additional software, mostly potentially unwanted software such as web toolbars and PC optimizer utilities.

www.downloadadmin.com

89% remove it

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-54-69-76-198.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com (54.69.76.198:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to cache.google.com (190.57.158.215:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-37-43-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.37.43.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-37-37-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.37.37.163:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to static.vnpt.vn (113.171.202.40:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-41-75-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.41.75.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-41-69-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.41.69.163:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-41-139-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.41.139.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a184-51-144-75.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (184.51.144.75:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-52-45-84-141.compute-1.amazonaws.com (52.45.84.141:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to corp-190-57-158-168.uio.puntonet.ec (190.57.158.168:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a88-221-235-154.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (88.221.235.154:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-74-19-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.74.19.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a184-25-204-19.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (184.25.204.19:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a104-116-245-18.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (104.116.245.18:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to 125.235.30.227.adsl.viettel.vn (125.235.30.227:80)

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