Updater.exe

Updater

Escolade Solutions LTD.

This adware is a web browser extension that will inject advertising in the browser in the form of unwanted banners and text-links which may link to malware sites and install unwanted software. The application Updater.exe by Escolade Solutions has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named Escolade triggered daily at a specified time. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including iPumper Installer by Escolade Solutions LTD and iPumper by Escolade Solutions LTD, both potentially unwanted software. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
Escolade Solutions LTD.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Updater

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
f522bc729222f08a3e530383f41ec676

SHA-1:
9cdaa2ca224014bd431887bee5dcc1b308784f67

SHA-256:
22226d0d5ee85ae0c7ce7d99a793dde4cd51d2d49a415e9f9bc561ff6c6b28f4

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 8:10:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iPumper.L.1
7.11.109.226

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-131226

AVG
AdInstaller.U
2014.0.3613

Bkav FE
W32.Clodd17.Trojan
1.3.0.4261

Boost by Reason
Optional.Task.EscoladeSolutions.H
188838

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.iPumper
t3scan.2.0.127

McAfee
RDN/Generic.tfr!dr
5600.7269

Panda Antivirus
Suspicious file
13.12.26.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Task.EscoladeSolutions.H
14.8.8.0

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0C1H06JL13
7.2.360

VIPRE Antivirus
iPumper
22806

File size:
15.9 KB (16,256 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013

Original file name:
Updater.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\ipumper\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/25/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/26/2013 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Escolade Solutions LTD., O=Escolade Solutions LTD., STREET=Akademica Vernadskogo blvd. 36-507, L=Kiev, S=Kiev, PostalCode=03451, C=UA

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

Serial number:
0FB283CB6EEA8D0204BFA51C4BCE925C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/4/2013 10:19:15 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:LepTHyHaYO5B7SmReFPKBZCxV8xXGGPOJv:LenXB7rRe5W08dG3v

Entry address:
0x42EE

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
5.8348

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
9 KB (9,216 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Escolade

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 16:21)


The file Updater.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

iPumper  by Escolade Solutions LTD
iPumper is a download manager and just a re-branded/distributed version of "Fast File Downloader" by www.anyfiledownloader.com. Which is distributed by FreeMediaPack that bundles various potentially unwanted programs.
62% remove it
iPumper Installer  by Escolade Solutions LTD
Publisher's description - “iPumper is a small, flexible and easy-to-use application that lets you to download popular software from the web without leaving the application’s window.”
products-placement.com/ipumper
81% remove it
Oxy Installer  by Escolade Solutions LTD
Oxy Installer is a potentially unwanted download and install manager from FINEDREAM INVEST that is desigend to deliver additional offers, typically adware in nature such as web browser toolbars and extensions.
65% remove it
PileFile downloader  by Escolade Solutions LTD
This is a potentially unwanted download and install manager from FINEDREAM INVEST that is desigend to deliver additional offers, typically adware in nature such as web browser toolbars and extensions.
79% remove it
 
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to lb-182-250.above.com  (103.224.182.250:80)

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