WxDFast Updater

WxDFast Updater

Known Malware

by Best Application

What is WxDFast Updater?

WxDFast Updater is software application developed by Best Application. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 72.18% of installations running this operating system. WxDFast Updater's installer is typically 551.00 KB in size and installs around 5 files.

WxDFast Updater is most popular in the United States with 21.56% of installations residing in this country.

WxDFast Updater adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About WxDFast Updater?

wxDownload Fast (also known as wxDFast) is a complimentary, open source download manager. The program includes a feature called wxDFast Updater, which is specifically designed to oversee all currently installed wxDFast programs on a user's personal computer. This tool checks for and implements any available updates for the software. The updater service operates in the background upon startup of the Windows operating system and performs periodic checks for updates. Additionally, wxDownload Fast allows for accelerated transfers and faster downloads through its support for segmented, multi-threaded downloads.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in WxDFast Updater.

uninstall.exe (MD5: 2628f4240552cc3b2ba04ee51078ae0c) has been flagged by 8 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.MultiPlug.A
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Adware.MultiPlug.A
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/MultiPlug
Dr.Web Trojan.DownLoad3.7994
Malwarebytes Trojan.Dropper.H
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.DownLoad3.tffii
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
runtime.dll (MD5: ddfdd5f85a5fde5b6b7b9b01643248ef) has been flagged by 4 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Baidu-International Trojan.Win32.GenUpdater.gen
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
ESET-NOD32 Win32/GenUpdater
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
WxDFast.exe (MD5: 2096b76b1a5d4e5ce2bcb19c0fada911) has been flagged by 29 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Agnitum Outpost Riskware.GenUpdater
ESET-NOD32 Win32/GenUpdater
K7 AntiVirus Trojan
K7GW Trojan ( 0048e3021 )
Malwarebytes Trojan.Dropper
MicroWorld-eScan Win32/GenUpdater (ES)
Sophos MultiPlug
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/Adware.Gen
Antiy-AVL AdWare/Win32.BHO
avast! Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Generic5.KKO
Bitdefender Application.Generic.408503
Clam AntiVirus WIN.Adware.BHO-65
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.Win32.BHO.axkr.AMN (A)
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/MultiPlug
F-Secure Application.Generic.408503
G Data Application.Generic.408503
IKARUS anti.virus not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BHO
Jiangmin Adware/BHO.eax
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BHO.axkr
McAfee Artemis!474A025909C7
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!474A025909C7
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.MultiPlug.xtbcx
nProtect Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.168448.D
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.BHO.axkr
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.MultiPlug.A
Dr.Web Trojan.DownLoad3.7994
bhoclass.dll (MD5: 474a025909c75c607905b9e2cae8a56f) has been flagged by 27 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Agnitum Outpost Adware.BHO!yVD1REu4Gy0
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/Adware.Gen
Antiy-AVL AdWare/Win32.BHO
avast! Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Generic5.KKO
Bitdefender Application.Generic.408503
Clam AntiVirus WIN.Adware.BHO-65
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.Win32.BHO.axkr.AMN (A)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.MultiPlug.B
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/MultiPlug
F-Secure Application.Generic.408503
G Data Application.Generic.408503
IKARUS anti.virus not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BHO
Jiangmin Adware/BHO.eax
K7 AntiVirus Adware
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BHO.axkr
Malwarebytes PUP.DownloadnSave
McAfee Artemis!474A025909C7
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!474A025909C7
MicroWorld-eScan Application.Generic.408503
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.MultiPlug.xtbcx
nProtect Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.168448.D
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.BHO.axkr
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.MultiPlug.A
Dr.Web Trojan.DownLoad3.7994
ix_updater.exe (MD5: 886535829d76a50ae0c1b605f4d3883f) has been flagged by 7 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Dr.Web Trojan.DownLoad3.7994
ESET-NOD32 Win32/GenUpdater
Malwarebytes Trojan.Dropper.H
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.DownLoad3.tffii
Baidu-International Trojan.Win32.GenUpdater.gen
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • WxDFast.exe is scheduled as a task named 'OptimizerProUpdaterRefreshTask' (runs daily at 3:35 PM).
  • ix_updater.exe is scheduled as a task named 'TheBflixUpdaterRefreshTask' (runs daily at 00:06).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • WxDFast.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named WxDFastUpdaterTask{A0CD443B-80CD-46EF-8460-D8A6A5D8B72F}.
  • ix_updater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named TheBflixUpdaterLogonTask.

Software Details

URL:
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Support:
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Installation path:
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\wxdfast
Uninstaller:
"C:\ProgramData\WxDFast\WxDFast.exe" /disable /profilepath "C:\ProgramData\WxDFast\profile.ini"
Size:
551.00 KB
Language:
English

WxDFast Updater Executable Details

Primary executable:
WxDFast.exe
Name:
WxDFast Updater
Path:
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\wxdfast\WxDFast.exe
MD5:
2096b76b1a5d4e5ce2bcb19c0fada911
SHA-1:
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SHA-256:
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Files installed by WxDFast Updater
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
2628f4240552cc3b2ba04ee51078ae0c
DLL
ddfdd5f85a5fde5b6b7b9b01643248ef
EXE
2096b76b1a5d4e5ce2bcb19c0fada911
DLL
474a025909c75c607905b9e2cae8a56f
EXE
886535829d76a50ae0c1b605f4d3883f