Extended Update

Extended Update

Known Generic

by installCore

What is Extended Update?

Extended Update is software application developed by installCore. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 46.16% of installations running this operating system. Extended Update's installer is typically 664.00 KB in size and installs around 45 files.

Extended Update is most popular in the United States with 84.99% of installations residing in this country.

Extended Update adds 6 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Extended Update.

dtuser.exe (MD5: 541d52441b96386fd1928fc8e831820a) has been flagged by 5 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Visicom.81
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.C
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.SearchAndMedia
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
searchresultsDx64.dll (MD5: 363eb0792c4bd7965184b542a5642f61) has been flagged by 8 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.K potentially unsafe
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 004b90b41 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004b90b41 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.SearchSuite.w
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Visicom.81
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.SearchAndMedia

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • CVHSVC.EXE runs as a service named 'cvhsvc' (cvhsvc) "Client Virtualization Handler Service (unlocalized description)".
  • CVHBS.EXE runs as a service named 'McAfee Application Installer Cleanup (0201661432130199)' (0201661432130199mcinstcleanup).
  • Adobe AIR Updater.exe runs as a service named 'McAfee Application Installer Cleanup (0265021448337632)' (0265021448337632mcinstcleanup).
  • atcliun.exe runs as a service named 'Optimizer Pro Crash Monitor' (70e6ca8c).
Scheduled tasks:
  • CVH.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{A39DACC4-31DF-466F-A88B-716DF45C2724}' (runs on registration).
  • UpdateTask.exe is scheduled as a task named 'WSE_Vosteran' (runs daily at 3:32 PM).
  • CVHBS.EXE is scheduled as a task named 'UpdaterEX' (runs daily at 3:07 PM).
  • C2RICONS.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{C9D0AF2A-4179-4A5C-A53B-BA0FF5C4894F}' (runs on registration).
  • CVHSVC.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{9CCF83FE-C6A1-43D4-AC4A-58785C8D2252}' (runs on registration).
  • OFFICEVIRT.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{3B23BCDA-6BDB-437D-B180-6439CB4337D7}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • CVH.EXE is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Microsoft Office Client Virtualization Handler' and executes as C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Virtualization Handler\CVH.EXE.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.installcore.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\updaterex\updateproc
Uninstaller:
C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\UpdaterEX\UpdateProc\UpdateTask.exe /Uninstall
Size:
664.00 KB
Language:
English

Extended Update Executable Details

Primary executable:
UpdateTask.exe
Name:
Extended Update
Path:
C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\updaterex\updateproc\UpdateTask.exe
MD5:
5f6f4ee3faa18ef7e386864cedf6dc06
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Extended Update
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
f2c82ba7e80c6054d5d20f3fbd4cfd34
EXE
dtuser.exe
Malware
541d52441b96386fd1928fc8e831820a
EXE
5f6f4ee3faa18ef7e386864cedf6dc06
DLL
75e0f057c9fc088fdda0a751cc342d4b
DLL
fe6b5a67543c47a3ccbc41c459e850fb
EXE
4a58983547f4bb7877d082c6c0a7e92e
DLL
363eb0792c4bd7965184b542a5642f61
DLL
da234fa9f73a19a8cae52cfeaa2031ad
DLL
a26de78056e56baeb527cf3ccdcde63d
DLL
9274deb5715746f32f837c9330f96b65