UpdateAdmin

UpdateAdmin

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by Download Admin

What is UpdateAdmin?

UpdateAdmin is software application developed by Download Admin. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 60.12% of installations running this operating system. UpdateAdmin's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 78 files. The most common release is 2.0.1885 with 50.36% of all installations currently using this version.

UpdateAdmin is most popular in the United States with 77.29% of installations residing in this country.

UpdateAdmin adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About UpdateAdmin?

Tightrope Interactive's Download Admin is a software installation tool that may include additional software, including web toolbars and PC optimizer utilities. The UpdateAdmin component of the installer is responsible for managing and installing updates on the user's computer. According to the website, the software is free of charge due to being supported by advertisers. Users have the option to decline any offers presented during the installation process, and there is no obligation to accept them. By choosing to accept offers, users can support the continued availability of free software.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in UpdateAdmin.

updateadmin.exe (MD5: be8e0779649d22951a4124b0dc68ca78) has been flagged by 5 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG Generic
McAfee Artemis!BE8E0779649D
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.dh
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Pity
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V1107

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • updateadmin.exe is scheduled as a task named 'UpdateAdmin' (runs daily at 8:49 PM).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • updateadmin.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named UpdateAdmin.
Registry entries:
  • updateadmin.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'UpdateAdmin' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\UpdateAdmin\UpdateAdmin.exe /RUN.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.downloadadmin.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\updateadmin
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /I{07B4B423-E4DA-47D1-8327-B589EB4BEB58}
Size:
1.00 MB
Language:
English

UpdateAdmin Executable Details

Primary executable:
updateadmin.exe
Name:
UpdateAdmin
Path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\updateadmin\updateadmin.exe
MD5:
be8e0779649d22951a4124b0dc68ca78
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by UpdateAdmin
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
9a5126f37342e8e076a836eb7364db9f
EXE
90fedc0a35ce83a15ce7fe29cdc48f0e
EXE
c7fdbd08136e272956cfd397bf01b90f
DLL
2f784148f2e845b1b4d5522113d82711
DLL
e8e6c3354ff42a6ce23ebe28d2fdb33b
DLL
503381463268f942c82812df9f3b92c6
DLL
f1c5c542d63e7473d2f8ddb208591052
DLL
333f969362837fe9b60517a360a55c19
DLL
238cc244a920b2047bdf8ec0a906385a
DLL
ddc23574c510e1848ad578e1fad6f4a1