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Updater.exe

Updater

Dictionary.com

The application Updater.exe, “Dictionary Updater” by Dictionary.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘ApnUpdater’.
Publisher:
Dictionary  (signed by Dictionary.com)

Product:
Updater

Description:
Dictionary Updater

Version:
1.0.0.16752

MD5:
ba684e3133084e66dbd9d0eb85d482f1

SHA-1:
b76a3483f80cfe2c410d2743e0e4acc9216cee6b

SHA-256:
8ed17edb6799c6c0d0c5a96758ad3f3e5b9daabd832b9e0a0f85873033fd6af6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 4:51:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.Updater.Startup.Meta (M)
15.8.11.1

File size:
386 KB (395,216 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.16752

Copyright:
(c) Ask. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Updater.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ask.com\updater\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dictionary.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/15/2009 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2011 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Dictionary.com, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Dictionary.com, L=Oakland, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
345BD4AD5F18CB3CF53744DDDB3E0903

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/17/2011 5:10:02 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:bSSDIQPhqECzF1rny8DSNaLnQv3K4gwkLnGXZZ31bMVJRPcQ+:bSYIQJqEAFdn1DSNaLI3gwkqX5scQ+

Entry address:
0x352BA

Entry point:
E8, AF, 7E, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 84, 80, 45, 00, 33, C5, 50, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 84, 80, 45, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, CC, CC, CC, 68, F0, 4B, 43, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.2552

Code size:
275 KB (281,600 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
ApnUpdater

Command:
"C:\Program Files\ask.com\updater\updater.exe"


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