Should I block it?

60%

60% of PCs block this file from running.

Possible reason:

Performance resource utilization

Additional versions

fe546	17.65%
500d9	8.82%
b4ad3	8.82%
5941b	8.82%
f4a94	2.94%
8b672	35.29%
4f841	2.94%
93480	11.76%
27e40	2.94%

(Note, Bit Cocktail Ltd. publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

Relationships

Parent process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Related files

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

GetSidSubAuthority, GetSidSubAuthorityCount, GetSidIdentifierAuthority, IsValidSid, GetTokenInformation, OpenProcessToken, ControlService, StartServiceW, DeleteService, OpenServiceW, CloseServiceHandle, CreateServiceW, OpenSCManagerW, SetServiceStatus, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerW, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, RegDeleteValueW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegSetValueExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegCloseKey, RegDeleteKeyW, RegQueryValueExW

kernel32.dll

LocalFree, LocalAlloc, GetVersionExW, GetCurrentProcess, HeapAlloc, GetProcessHeap, CloseHandle, GetTempPathW, HeapFree, GetSystemTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, FindResourceExW, GetFileAttributesW, FindFirstFileW, FindNextFileW, DeleteFileW, FindClose, CreateFileW, RemoveDirectoryW, LCMapStringA, GetStringTypeW, LockResource, GetCurrentDirectoryW, CreateThread, Sleep, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, GetModuleFileNameW, LoadLibraryExW, FindResourceW, LoadResource, SizeofResource, MultiByteToWideChar, GetLastError, EnterCriticalSection, RaiseException, LeaveCriticalSection, lstrcmpiW, GetModuleHandleW, GetProcAddress, lstrlenW, FreeLibrary, LCMapStringW, FileTimeToSystemTime, GetModuleHandleA, WriteConsoleA, lstrlenA, CreateFileA, GetStringTypeA, WriteConsoleW, GetConsoleOutputCP, HeapDestroy, HeapReAlloc, HeapSize, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, CreateDirectoryW, TerminateProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, GetStartupInfoW, RtlUnwind, VirtualFree, VirtualAlloc, HeapCreate, ExitProcess, WriteFile, GetStdHandle, GetModuleFileNameA, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, TlsSetValue, TlsFree, SetLastError, GetCurrentThreadId, SetFilePointer, SetHandleCount, GetFileType, GetStartupInfoA, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStringsW, GetCommandLineW, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetTickCount, GetCurrentProcessId, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, LoadLibraryA, GetCPInfo, GetACP, GetOEMCP, IsValidCodePage, WideCharToMultiByte, GetConsoleCP, GetConsoleMode, SetStdHandle, FlushFileBuffers, GetLocaleInfoA

ole32.dll

CoTaskMemFree, CoCreateInstance, CoInitialize, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoUninitialize

shell32.dll

ShellExecuteExW

urlmon.dll

URLDownloadToFileW

user32.dll

CharNextW

extensionupdaterservice.exe

By Bit Cocktail Ltd. (Signed)

Remove extensionupdaterservice.exe

MD5:	500d9370de82cdee6779a97d494df236
SHA1:	255f2fd5914bd318f85c2f9af6c0cebf450e9fd4
SHA256:	4695969cbf193efeb58fe7dff5856c551084c5a8b4b1eba1317e2c1e2852ade5

What is extensionupdaterservice.exe?

Bit Cocktail Web Assistant 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 extensionupdaterservice.exe (from Bit Cocktail Ltd.)

“Bitcocktail is home to a variety of products that provide an engaging and productive experience online. Bitcocktail features a variety of social and entertainment destinations like Vidzy, Playzy, Expr”

Details

File name:	extensionupdaterservice.exe
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\web assistant\extensionupdaterservice.exe
Size:	184.34 KB (188,760 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Bit Cocktail Ltd.
Authority (CA):	Thawte
Expiration date:	Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

Web Assistant

Bit Cocktail Ltd.

76% remove

Web Assistant installs into the IE and Firefox web browsers and provides advertisier supported searchs that changes and redircts default search results as well as DNS errors. Web Assistant becomes the browser's default search provider which changes all search requests as well as tracks your Internet surfing behavior in order display targeted advertising.

Behaviors

Services

Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)

IB Updater Updater

Network connections

[UDP] listens on port 51757

[UDP] listens on port 59396

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.01461100%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00980916%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00480184%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	766 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:	9/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	10.61 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	974 KB
Private (minimum):	950 KB
Non-paged memory:	10.61 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	64.1 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	69.6 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	1020 KB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	6.79 MB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	8	12
Handles:	222	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\web assistant\extensionupdaterservice.exe"
Owner:	SYSTEM
Windows Service
Display name:	IB Updater Updater
Parent process:	services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

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