What is updater-launcher.exe?

updater-launcher.exe is part of Elcomsoft Updater and developed by Elcomsoft according to the updater-launcher.exe version information.

updater-launcher.exe's description is "Elcomsoft Updater"

updater-launcher.exe is digitally signed by Elcomsoft s.r.o..

updater-launcher.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Elcomsoft Password Recovery\Elcomsoft Updater\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on updater-launcher.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameElcomsoft Updater
Company nameElcomsoft
File descriptionElcomsoft Updater
Internal nameUpdater
Original filenameupdater-launcher.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2019 ElcomSoft Co. Ltd.
Product version1.5.171.0
File version1.5.171.0

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

Product nameElcomsoft Updater
Company nameElcomsoft
File descriptionElcomsoft Updater
Internal nameUpdater
Original filenameupdater-launcher.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2019 ElcomSoft Co. Ltd.
Product version1.5.171.0
File version1.5.171.0

Digital signatures [?]

updater-launcher.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameElcomsoft s.r.o.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number0584b669fde529139dc7d9dd0a9a7c60

VirusTotal report

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

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

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1576407188.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.755319243232815,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x00014000",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00005000",
                    "entropy": 7.755319243232815,
                    "name": ".rdata",
                    "virtual_size": "0x00013e0c"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            },
            {
                "entropy": 0.22988505747126436,
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "Overall entropy of this PE file is high"
            }
        ],
        "references": [
            "http:\/\/www.forensickb.com\/2013\/03\/file-entropy-explained.html",
            "http:\/\/virii.es\/U\/Using%20Entropy%20Analysis%20to%20Find%20Encrypted%20and%20Packed%20Malware.pdf"
        ],
        "name": "packer_entropy"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.078115940093994,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5326,
            "time": 3.0397629737854004,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5654,
            "time": 1.0359489917755127,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5982,
            "time": 3.0497450828552246,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6310,
            "time": 1.5351850986480713,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6638,
            "time": -0.09339404106140137,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6966,
            "time": 1.5627119541168213,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16764,
            "time": 1.0644779205322266,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 25148,
            "time": 3.1412150859832764,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "9f27d473a3409799cbe603c65252a41f0fbd4b76e1f81a62dea2b8a2e5f0802b",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "72db782e4c35df3f85cd871cd60cd85adaf34d2f68cccf1ae521ba8eb6971005",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5259f913ee3a224c05fb897bdca1fcf8a
SHA25678bbb85e3277ebdf5e52a9892dc6ed1af060342f4df4015dcd629d08cafd613e

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to updater-launcher.exe:

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

updater-launcher.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.

Elcomsoft Updater has stopped working.

End Program - updater-launcher.exe. This program is not responding.

updater-launcher.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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