Should I block it?
Yes, 98% block recommendation.
Possible reasons:
Multiple malware detections
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
| 9, 4, 0, 2 |
1.08% |
|
| 9, 3, 0, 4 |
1.08% |
|
| 9, 2, 0, 3 |
1.08% |
|
| 8, 9, 0, 3 |
1.08% |
|
| 8, 8, 0, 3 |
2.15% |
|
| 8, 2, 0, 3 |
1.08% |
|
| 8, 1, 0, 2 |
5.38% |
|
| 8, 0, 0, 1 |
1.08% |
|
| 7, 6, 0, 2 |
12.90% |
|
| 7, 2, 0, 1 |
7.53% |
|
| 7, 2, 0, 1 |
1.08% |
|
| 7, 1, 0, 3 |
2.15% |
|
| 7, 0, 0, 1 |
4.30% |
|
| 6, 9, 0, 1 |
11.83% |
|
| 6, 6, 0, 4 |
3.23% |
|
| 6, 5, 0, 3 |
12.90% |
|
| 6, 3, 0, 3 |
1.08% |
|
| 6, 2, 0, 2 |
20.43% |
|
| 6, 0, 0, 3 |
1.08% |
|
| 5, 7, 0, 2 |
1.08% |
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| 4, 9, 0, 5 |
1.08% |
|
| 4, 6, 0, 1 |
5.38% |
|
ApplicationUpdater.exe
Application Updater by Spigot (Signed)
| Version: | 4, 6, 0, 1 |
| MD5: | df7f37f2a23bd1b3a6721b328355dc91 |
| SHA1: | d5317043002013c9d1558262acd4b1539f2db04d |
| SHA256: | 1e6c4e9cf8571c8a95f35ded2305f0b8a892b3611ebb1a379e3a792aad94c6f7 |
Warning 3 antivirus scanners has detected malware.
What is ApplicationUpdater.exe?
Application Updater is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.
About ApplicationUpdater.exe (from Spigot)
“Spigot, Revenue and Engagement on Tap. Keep your customers coming back and delight them with contextually relevant content and applications. Your users already search, shop, and consume a variety of a”
Details
| File name: | applicationupdater.exe |
| Publisher: | Spigot, Inc. |
| Product name: | Application Updater |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\application updater\applicationupdater.exe |
| File version: | 4, 6, 0, 1 |
| Size: | 392.9 KB (402,328 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Spigot |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, March 28, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Network connections
[TCP] 174.36.215.20-static.reverse.softlayer.com (174.36.215.20:80)
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 3 of them detected the following malware.
| Antivirus engine | Engine version | Detection |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
5.1.0.11 |
Adware.Win32.Toolbar.Dealio.AMN!A2 |
| eSafe |
7.0.17.0 |
Win32.Trojan |
| NOD32 |
7252 |
probably a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Widgi |
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00761484% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00621336% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00140148% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 53 ms/min | |
| User CPU time: | 1 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.18 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 289.33 KB | |
| Private (minimum): | 228 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.18 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 32.72 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 37.18 MB | |
| Working set: | 230.67 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.94 MB | |
| Page faults: | 4,299/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 105 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 31 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 659 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 35/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 123 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 1 | |
Process properties
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\application updater\applicationupdater.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Application Updater |
| Description: | “Automatically downloads and installs application updates.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
23.86% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
21.59% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
19.32% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
17.05% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
4.55% |
|
| Windows 8 |
3.41% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
3.41% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.27% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
2.27% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
1.14% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.14% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 40.51% of Application Updater.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
20.34% |
|
| Dell |
20.34% |
|
| Acer |
18.64% |
|
| Gateway |
10.17% |
|
| Toshiba |
10.17% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
8.47% |
|
| Compaq |
3.39% |
|
| American Megatrends |
3.39% |
|
| ASUS |
3.39% |
|
| Samsung |
1.69% |
|
