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Updater.exe

Updater

Speedchecker Ltd

This is part of a Performersoft product, a 'PC optimzation' application that provides minimal benifits and may have been bundled by a third party installer. The application Updater.exe by Speedchecker has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program PC Beschleunigen.
Publisher:
Speedchecker  (signed by Speedchecker Ltd)

Product:
Updater

Version:
1.1.2

MD5:
6ae5129a37355d878ef39c04f0075f37

SHA-1:
abf8e9eba81869dd9536b1ca7c126387a363dca8

SHA-256:
917a954b3482a8db947e8c6740a62589ed28a2f797c1f0f2db2040cbdb254584

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 3:11:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Performersoft.Speedchecker (M)
16.2.3.0

File size:
16.7 KB (17,120 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.2

Copyright:
Copyright © Speedchecker Limited 2010

Original file name:
Updater.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pc speed up\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Speedchecker Ltd

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
1/10/2011 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/9/2013 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Speedchecker Ltd, O=Speedchecker Ltd, STREET=2 high royd lane, L=Sheffield, S=Sheffield, PostalCode=S36 7JR, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
00F4384CEDE86AE94F0E52BBF94CD1E0B4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/16/2011 12:07:39 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:bpYTvvX3mK9Z2PdAfQ27hjaQt5LALYJLCbcYe:9YTX9Z2PkSQAaLCbM

Entry address:
0x46EE

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...
 
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Entropy:
6.0163

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

Code size:
10 KB (10,240 bytes)

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

PC Beschleunigen  by PC Beschleunigen
www.pcbeschleunigen.de
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