V-bates
What is V-bates?
V-bates is software application developed by Bit Cocktail Ltd.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 54.90% of installations running this operating system. V-bates's installer is typically 5.00 MB in size and installs around 19 files. The most common release is 2.0.0.442 with 70.99% of all installations currently using this version.
V-bates is most popular in the United States with 67.62% of installations residing in this country.
V-bates adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.
About V-bates?
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Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in V-bates.
Software Behaviors
- Services:
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- ExtensionUpdaterService.exe runs as a service named 'V-bates Updater' (V-bates Updater).
- Scheduled tasks:
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- PrefHelper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'FF Watcher {5547EFC4-6E5D-4CB6-8978-1BBB0D295BD6}'.
Startup Entries
- Startup tasks:
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- PrefHelper.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named FF Watcher {047ACC18-6D1C-4A44-9029-AAD8CA307DC7}.
- PrefHelper.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named FF Watcher {14CABEE5-1F2F-447B-A633-274B777B84D7}.
Software Details
- URL:
- –
- Support:
- –
- Installation path:
- C:\Program Files\V-bates\
- Uninstaller:
- "C:\Program Files\V-bates\unins000.exe"
- Size:
- 5.00 MB
- Language:
- English
V-bates Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- ExtensionUpdaterService.exe
- Name:
- V-bates
- Path:
- C:\Program Files\V-bates\ExtensionUpdaterService.exe
- MD5:
- cf66ca0b94d9ca6f02aa36f78aca5542
- SHA-1:
- –
- SHA-256:
- –
| File Type | Filename | MD5 |
|---|---|---|
|
EXE
|
717e78c455ac2ee64060c6af9573ce1f | |
|
DLL
|
9306c7873fb88df77d09e847c5ac9d3d | |
|
EXE
|
notifier.exe
Malware
|
afe8f17cb9444b2f78681e4cb9a71c9c |
|
DLL
|
d196a5253c6f4c2af863178c2b59b88c | |
|
DLL
|
Extension64.dll
Malware
|
6047ff74d5f44577390893cb1ecbc5ea |
|
EXE
|
ExtensionUpdaterService.exe
Malware
|
cf66ca0b94d9ca6f02aa36f78aca5542 |
|
DLL
|
Extension32.dll
Malware
|
81391e0177f7f853f89ac488fa6ab20d |
|
EXE
|
c7f40fc7f9968f74ba320a63578eded0 | |
|
CRX
|
81792b6e2ae9bf716d9e4ded73ec52b8 | |
|
DLL
|
25d0b2f54f0605c227d9e75c07878e7a |