Open Software Updater
Posted: April 23, 2014
Threat Metric
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Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Ranking: | 7,177 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 35,738 |
First Seen: | April 18, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | October 10, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Open Software Updater is a potentially unwanted program (PUP)/adware that may lead to numerous PC problems on a computer system. Open Software Updater may be used for collecting the PC user's online browsing information such as the computer user's search queries, websites visited and time spent on those websites. Open Software Updater may transfer this data to third-parties and use it for commercial or other unknown purposes. Once installed, Open Software Updater may show targeted ads, in-text links and messages with the aim to benefit from ad clicks. If the PC user clicks on these ads, he may get diverted to suspicious websites. Open Software Updater may be distributed and enter the PC as an additional tool packaged with freeware that computer users download and install from download websites.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSoftwareUpdater\OpenSoftwareUpdater.exe
File name: OpenSoftwareUpdater.exeSize: 3.73 MB (3734016 bytes)
MD5: 2847f41f74d090bdc7c90bb45350e808
Detection count: 2,288
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSoftwareUpdater\OpenSoftwareUpdater.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 25, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\OpenSoftwareUpdater\OpenSoftwareUpdater.exe
File name: OpenSoftwareUpdater.exeSize: 3.66 MB (3666432 bytes)
MD5: 1b99987dce0c7ecbd5dd9cb756f8122d
Detection count: 1,068
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\OpenSoftwareUpdater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 28, 2014
C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSoftwareUpdater\OpenSoftwareUpdater.exe
File name: OpenSoftwareUpdater.exeSize: 3.73 MB (3733504 bytes)
MD5: 34ed33b78ee2bafc3b74ac20cfc8629a
Detection count: 970
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSoftwareUpdater\OpenSoftwareUpdater.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES%\OpenSoftwareUpdater\OpenSoftwareUpdater.exe
File name: OpenSoftwareUpdater.exeSize: 3.66 MB (3664384 bytes)
MD5: 1f6d26313e40c751825810fd1a7a9a51
Detection count: 40
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\OpenSoftwareUpdater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 28, 2014
Registry Modifications
File name without pathOpenSoftwareUpdater.lnkHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\PrUpdaterSoftware\OpenSoftwareUpdaterSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\PrUpdaterHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}OpenSoftwareUpdater
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