Software Management Module

Software Management Module

Known Malware

by Maxiget Limited

What is Software Management Module?

Software Management Module is software application developed by Maxiget Limited. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 59.23% of installations running this operating system. Software Management Module's installer is typically 50.00 MB in size and installs around 3 files. The most common release is 0.1.17.0 with 47.81% of all installations currently using this version.

Software Management Module is most popular in the United States with 19.25% of installations residing in this country.

Software Management Module adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Software Management Module.

MasterUpdater.exe (MD5: b5e4586dcf8c35b2cf4aa04addb2210a) has been flagged by 4 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Avira APPL/Maxiget.P
Dr.Web Adware.Downware.1751
Symantec WS.Reputation
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0122

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • MasterUpdater.exe is scheduled as a task named 'MaxigetMasterUpdate' (runs daily at 5:46 PM).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • MasterUpdater.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'MaxigetMasterUpdate' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\Maxiget\Master\Updater\MasterUpdater.exe" -autorun.

Software Details

URL:
Support:
Installation path:
C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\maxiget\master\updater
Uninstaller:
"C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\Maxiget\Master\Updater\MasterUpdater.exe" -uninstall
Size:
50.00 MB
Language:
English

Software Management Module Executable Details

Primary executable:
MasterUpdater.exe
Name:
Software Management Module
Path:
C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\maxiget\master\updater\MasterUpdater.exe
MD5:
b5e4586dcf8c35b2cf4aa04addb2210a
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Software Management Module
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
b5e4586dcf8c35b2cf4aa04addb2210a
EXE
ff104a54bc0a9c852e44dadd9e124846
EXE
f5f70e4efe7b42258e5a64233b2919cb