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 22 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 ‘Updater’. This file is typically installed with the program Updater by Creative Island Media, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Updater  (signed by Creative Island Media, LLC)

Product:
Updater

Description:
Updater service

Version:
1, 0, 0, 1

MD5:
fdfe3f7838cbbddd35f09dd1d368fad5

SHA-1:
60170a3e479a4489fedde03855e51dbbe936529f

SHA-256:
78b86699a2f038a7302e1b0f7dbbe0d2358093b3b45d9afb63f5f46c2b06beec

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
4/23/2024 9:39:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.NUF
933

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Trash.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:TubeDim-A [PUP]
2014.9-140717

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.NUF
1.0.20.990

Bkav FE
W32.Clod4a8.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Boost by Reason
Optional.Startup.CreativeIslandMedia.H
188838

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.130
9.0.1.0198

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Agent.NUF
8.14.07.17.05

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.NUF
11.2014-17-07_5

G Data
Adware.Agent.NUF
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.TubeDimmer
v2014.07.17.05

McAfee
Artemis!A5F634DAE5C0
5600.7067

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.NUF
15.0.0.594

Norman
Malware
11.20140717

nProtect
Adware.Agent.NUF
14.04.24.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Startup.CreativeIslandMedia.H
14.8.7.20

Sophos
Search Donkey
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10435

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1106
7.2.198

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Injekt
28592

File size:
469.9 KB (481,144 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
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/22/2014 12:59:59 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:
11/12/2013 6:41:00 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:T8X+upRuUt5eDpOkodlAgGqDHiW5zaqUICi:T8OupbcDjIlAmda2Ci

Entry address:
0x37F62

Entry point:
E8, F9, CB, 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, 6C, 46, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 71, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 92, 5A, 00, 00, 59, FF, 34, F5, 40, 6C, 46, 00, FF, 15, 88, 40, 45, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, 56, 57, BE, 40, 6C, 46, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F...
 
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Entropy:
6.4622

Code size:
329 KB (336,896 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Updater

Command:
C:\ProgramData\updater\updater.exe


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.
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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)

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