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updatestar.exe

UpdateStar

UpdateStar GmbH

The application updatestar.exe by UpdateStar GmbH 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 start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘UpdateStar’. This file is typically installed with the program UpdateStar by UpdateStar GmbH.
Publisher:
UpdateStar GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
UpdateStar

Version:
5.0.978

MD5:
35d4c7b80ee8a2794185b52be3bac4b4

SHA-1:
eddd546cc5151f3ff800f6dbde23f61b6d646a27

SHA-256:
cafe2f1ca831a1b694870d81caa4249c2359efb18cd19211da55b8a029bc50dd

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
4/26/2024 7:12:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.UpdateStar (M)
16.2.22.2

File size:
4.5 MB (4,710,640 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.978

Copyright:
(c) 2006-2007 All rights reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
UpdateStar GmbH

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
9/9/2009 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/10/2010 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=UpdateStar GmbH, O=UpdateStar GmbH, STREET=Am Borsigturm 48, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, PostalCode=13507, C=DE

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

Serial number:
008FBC036C7269194F17005FD05177A3AE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/16/2009 1:14:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:3X0YVrlIT4j3gTU9yVqJVJQgOKJIH62LbZq:H0cOT4LkwJh2M

Entry address:
0x99D71

Entry point:
E8, 7A, 06, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, EC, 54, 59, 00, 53, 8A, 5C, 24, 08, F6, C3, 02, 56, 8B, F1, 74, 24, 57, 68, 70, A6, 49, 00, 8D, 7E, FC, FF, 37, 6A, 0C, 56, E8, AE, 00, 00, 00, F6, C3, 01, 74, 07, 57, E8, CF, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C7, 5F, EB, 13, E8, B8, 08, 00, 00, F6, C3, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, B9, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5B, C2, 04, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, FF, 25, 54, 53, 59, 00, FF, 25, 58, 53, 59, 00, 3B, 0D, 40, 14, 5F, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 99, 06, 00, 00, CC, FF, 25, 5C, 53, 59...
 
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Code size:
1.6 MB (1,650,688 bytes)

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

Name:
UpdateStar

Command:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\updatestar\updatestar.exe -a


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

UpdateStar  by UpdateStar GmbH
UpdateStar is a freeware software application recognizing and providing update information for approximately 1.3 million software programs. Implementing a social computing aspect, the update database is maintained by the users.
www.updatestar.com
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