What is braveupdate.exe?

braveupdate.exe is part of BraveSoftware Update and developed by BraveSoftware Inc. according to the braveupdate.exe version information.

braveupdate.exe's description is "BraveSoftware Update"

braveupdate.exe is digitally signed by Brave Software, Inc..

braveupdate.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files (x86)\bravesoftware\update\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about braveupdate.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on braveupdate.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameBraveSoftware Update
Company nameBraveSoftware Inc.
File descriptionBraveSoftware Update
Internal nameBraveSoftware Update
Original filenameBraveUpdate.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2007-2010 Google Inc.
Product version1.3.99.0
File version1.3.99.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameBraveSoftware Update
Company nameBraveSoftware Inc.
File descriptionBraveSoftware Update
Internal nameBraveSoftware Update
Original filenameBraveUpdate.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2007-2010 Google Inc.
Product version1.3.99.0
File version1.3.99.0

Digital signatures [?]

braveupdate.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameBrave Software, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number0815c9ccd49a7c0e6de478efe90f9669

VirusTotal report

None of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the braveupdate.exe file.

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the braveupdate.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\goopdate.dll"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\BraveSoftware\\Update\\Clients\\{B131C935-9BE6-41DA-9599-1F776BEB8019}"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32",
        "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0"
    ]
}

Generic

[
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        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\7ea4b3d0e904f21dcc59f84168249de69eb2e2dd8c552689049a44b9363ef86f.bin",
        "process_name": "7ea4b3d0e904f21dcc59f84168249de69eb2e2dd8c552689049a44b9363ef86f.bin",
        "pid": 1664,
        "summary": {
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\goopdate.dll"
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            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\BraveSoftware\\Update\\Clients\\{B131C935-9BE6-41DA-9599-1F776BEB8019}"
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        },
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        "ppid": 2456
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1593420785.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

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        "markcount": 1,
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        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
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Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

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Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD541bb50a805fca03d9ca7eb2ff9c09982
SHA2567ea4b3d0e904f21dcc59f84168249de69eb2e2dd8c552689049a44b9363ef86f

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to braveupdate.exe:

braveupdate.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

braveupdate.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

BraveSoftware Update has stopped working.

End Program - braveupdate.exe. This program is not responding.

braveupdate.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

braveupdate.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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