What is update_notifier.exe?

update_notifier.exe is part of Vivaldi update notifier and developed by Vivaldi Technologies AS according to the update_notifier.exe version information.

update_notifier.exe's description is "Vivaldi update notifier"

update_notifier.exe is digitally signed by Vivaldi Technologies AS.

update_notifier.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\vivaldi\application\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on update_notifier.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameVivaldi update notifier
Company nameVivaldi Technologies AS
File descriptionVivaldi update notifier
Internal nameupdate_notifier_exe
Original filenameupdate_notifier.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2019 Vivaldi Technologies AS. All rights reserved.
Product version3.1.1929.48
File version3.1.1929.48

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

Product nameVivaldi update notifier
Company nameVivaldi Technologies AS
File descriptionVivaldi update notifier
Internal nameupdate_notifier_exe
Original filenameupdate_notifier.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2019 Vivaldi Technologies ..
Product version3.1.1929.48
File version3.1.1929.48

Digital signatures [?]

update_notifier.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameVivaldi Technologies AS
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2)
Certificate serial number039f5c6e32e8efc888125782b16bed8b

VirusTotal report

None of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the update_notifier.exe file.

None of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the update_notifier.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1597038786.53125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "update_notifier.exe.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 4,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".00cfg",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".retplne",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "CPADinfo",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "_RDATA",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 826,
            "time": 4.163995027542114,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1154,
            "time": 3.0629160404205322,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1482,
            "time": 4.232720136642456,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "db69e9749b2288980b65fc76540901b9a5f22f425536de7facf739b2f70732c2",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "d00da6ed03be1b5ba894b799c927259d42a9a29d1882048985b98646272f9135",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5d47dd731b77a240aaf162c76f5c0a821
SHA256ddce281fff590ea6b6bd5890b509a72c0421a5603e87ffac09626d2f7342a5a6

Error Messages

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

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

update_notifier.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.

Vivaldi update notifier has stopped working.

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

update_notifier.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 0% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep100 %
1
Remove0 %
0

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Comments

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