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_updater.exe

Big Water Applications, LLC

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser as well as modify the computer’s system settings that control applications to run on startup. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The application _updater.exe by Big Water Applications has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Updater  (signed by Big Water Applications, LLC)

Product:
Updater

Description:
Updater service

Version:
1, 0, 0, 1

MD5:
221db4eab3a8eac34800499a8af797c1

SHA-1:
4077af2f9e6e6a4860fff2221fbc167bc10b9e3e

SHA-256:
6189c6fd70a43bb431cfdd492482ca3f79680e77a4e28689d13c27bef8908a9c

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
4/19/2024 3:47:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.BigWaterApplications (M)
16.1.20.10

File size:
479.1 KB (490,600 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:
Big Water Applications, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/21/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/22/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Big Water Applications, LLC", O="Big Water Applications, LLC", STREET=640 Grand Ave, STREET=Suite E, L=Carlsbad, S=CA, PostalCode=92008, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0088DD6A4DF46D819C84B9E99D7A0530C5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/21/2014 3:36:29 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:z8XYOXLX4gH6hW8x1ezB9vP9F5jgu9jqA4Ta/nzwZd1+A:IXYOXLX4gHwW8fezB9NF50u9jmTkwd1H

Entry address:
0x38DC2

Entry point:
E8, B9, D1, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 0F, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 3A, FE, FF, FF, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 07, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 24, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, 40, 7C, 46, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 71, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, A2, 5A, 00, 00, 59, FF, 34, F5, 40, 7C, 46, 00, FF, 15, 88, 50, 45, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, 56, 57, BE, 40, 7C, 46, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F...
 
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Entropy:
6.4438

Code size:
334 KB (342,016 bytes)

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