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updater.exe

Creative Island Media, LLC

Part of the branded Injekt adware package, the updater mechanism is an auto-starting program that is desigend to update the web browser extensions and protect the executables ChromeHelper, FirefoxHelper and IeHelper so that these programs can inject advertisments and generate popups in the user's web browser. The application updater.exe by Creative Island Media has been detected as adware by 24 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Updater by Creative Island Media, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

updater.exe

Publisher:

Updater (signed by Creative Island Media, LLC)

Product:

Updater

Description:

Updater service

Version:

1, 0, 0, 1

MD5:

94d753be54fa53eb62690b687cbd2c77

SHA-1:

002bef7e255cb25b9f93fd0ceb9ec4f9423fbd9b

SHA-256:

a7dccaf5caf95ff91e56a0134e552d91b83209e065c6b959191215cd9765d964

Scanner detections:

24 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 8:00:30 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Adware.Agent.NUR

469

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Downware

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

TR/Trash.Gen

7.11.30.172

avast!

Win32:TubeDim-A [PUP]

2014.9-151023

AVG

Generic

2016.0.2947

Bitdefender

Adware.Agent.NUR

1.0.20.1480

Bkav FE

W32.Clod4a8.Trojan

1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web

Adware.Plugin.947

9.0.1.0296

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Adware.Agent.NUR

8.15.10.23.03

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.WebApp.A potentially unwanted application

9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure

Adware.Agent.NUR

11.2015-23-10_6

G Data

Win32.Application.TubeDimmer

15.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.Agent

t3scan.1.8.6.0

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Updater.A

v2015.10.23.03

McAfee

Artemis!94D753BE54FA

5600.6603

MicroWorld eScan

Adware.Agent.NUR

16.0.0.888

Norman

Malware

11.20151023

nProtect

Adware.Agent.NUR

15.03.25.01

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Injekt.CreativeIslandMedia (M)

15.10.23.15

Sophos

Search Donkey

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]

9552

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V1106

7.2.296

Vba32 AntiVirus

suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h

3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Injekt

34538

File size:

305.9 KB (313,208 bytes)

Product version:

1, 0, 0, 1

Original file name:

updater.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\ProgramData\updater\updater.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Creative Island Media, LLC

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

5/21/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/22/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN="Creative Island Media, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Creative Island Media, LLC", L=San Diego, 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:

68F23F4D2767F6491DEA9186F2E5CB89

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

10/23/2013 10:06:59 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:RL3CzMRBuNCt6XVFJRoy71YTUjQYouVeZVZMaZVfbOYh1W89slSVAghzOuKsIBk2:RLSzMRXuVFTRSowZvHfKSpQqiuVGp

Entry address:

0x1ED07

Entry point:

E8, 53, 96, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 74, 12, 83, E8, 08, 81, 38, DD, DD, 00, 00, 75, 07, 50, E8, 1C, D5, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, A1, 10, EC, 43, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 8B, 55, 18, 53, 33, DB, 56, 57, 3B, D3, 7E, 1F, 8B, 45, 14, 8B, CA, 49, 38, 18, 74, 08, 40, 3B, CB, 75, F6, 83, C9, FF, 8B, C2, 2B, C1, 48, 3B, C2, 7D, 01, 40, 89, 45, 18, 89, 5D, F8, 39, 5D, 24, 75, 0B, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 00, 8B, 40, 04, 89, 45, 24, 8B, 35, 44, 41, 43, 00... 
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Code size:

200.5 KB (205,312 bytes)

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

Updater by Creative Island Media, LLC

This is the updater program installed with the company's TubeDimmer software which is typically installed through a bundled offer and is potentially unwanted.

www.injekt.com

82% remove it

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to update.betterxperience.com (54.218.62.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to d.pullupdate.com (54.230.15.37:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to d.betterxperience.com (54.230.13.123:80)

http://d.betterxperience.com/updater/dedu.txt

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