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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’.
Publisher:
UpdateStar GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
UpdateStar

Version:
11.0.1297

MD5:
fc685e436ba0eaf4e41381333ec825b3

SHA-1:
e865d39dde1c2d969d963a13eb15e18905f87c45

SHA-256:
a391a44e865d7b594f313feeb64633a963aa7afe508ae6f2b3ed6d93765fca2e

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:
4/16/2024 8:03:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.2.19.20

File size:
9.3 MB (9,762,480 bytes)

Product version:
11.0.1297

Copyright:
(c) 2006-2013 All rights reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
UpdateStar GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/12/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2019 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=UpdateStar GmbH, O=UpdateStar GmbH, STREET=Gneisenaustr. 44/45, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, PostalCode=10961, C=DE

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

Serial number:
00FBADF674BC78E279821FBDF9D937DF06

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/29/2016 4:32:57 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

Entry address:
0xA8A00

Entry point:
E8, 9B, 0A, 00, 00, E9, 80, FE, FF, FF, E9, 77, 13, 00, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 68, 61, 6A, 00, E8, D5, 0D, 00, 00, C6, 45, E7, 00, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, C3, 8B, 7D, 10, 0F, AF, C7, 8B, 75, 08, 03, F0, 89, 75, 08, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, C7, 4F, 89, 7D, 10, 85, C0, 74, 14, 2B, F3, 89, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 14, E8, 90, 0D, 00, 00, 8B, CE, FF, 55, 14, EB, E2, B0, 01, 88, 45, E7, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 14, 00, 00, 00, E8, CC, 0D, 00, 00, C2, 10, 00, 8B, 7D, 10, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 75, 08, 8A, 45, E7, 84, C0, 75, 0B, FF, 75, 14...
 
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Entropy:
6.4929

Code size:
2.2 MB (2,302,976 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


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