updates.exe

BankTree Personal Finance 3.0 Update

BankTree Software Limited

The application updates.exe, “BankTree Personal Finance 3.0 Update Setup ” by BankTree Software Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
BankTree Software Ltd   (signed by BankTree Software Limited)

Product:
BankTree Personal Finance 3.0 Update

Description:
BankTree Personal Finance 3.0 Update Setup

Version:
3.15.10.0

MD5:
b3c51a3b3d70b9c5065e14bf25619dc8

SHA-1:
9274c9ea5870b16b6c0a1862252c2129047f0654

SHA-256:
dbaba9be3dd5305f29ad63b5187409315170d17ad4105076431413d5c4b7f68a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
6/22/2025 12:30:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.IM (L)
17.1.18.15

File size:
2.8 MB (2,929,984 bytes)

Product version:
3.15.10.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\updates.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/30/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/30/2017 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=BankTree Software Limited, O=BankTree Software Limited, STREET=35 Lowlands Road, STREET=Harrow on the Hill, L=Middlesex, S=London, PostalCode=HA1 3AW, C=GB

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

Serial number:
00DA2D2C9EE36A0F380B701EBB5EBCCA88

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9969

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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