Upd Inst

Upd Inst

Known Adware

by PremiumSoft

What is Upd Inst?

Upd Inst is software application developed by PremiumSoft. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 75.00% of installations running this operating system. Upd Inst's installer is typically 717.00 KB in size and installs around 2 files. The most common release is 4.3.0.1963 with 0.41% of all installations currently using this version.

Upd Inst is most popular in the United States with 7.97% of installations residing in this country.

About Upd Inst?

Upd Inst is a browser extension designed to deliver various ad formats such as banners, text-links, and search-related advertisements directly within popular web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox. These ads are targeted based on the user's browsing activity and the context of the web page. Additionally, Upd Inst may track the user's browsing behavior and report back on the web pages visited and advertisements displayed and clicked. It is important to note that this software may also prompt the installation of additional bundled adware.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Upd Inst.

Upd Inst.exe (MD5: 1d283dd3ae2312eee624e8b8c46f6adb) has been flagged by 28 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Agent
Avira AntiVir TR/Downloader.A.988
avast! Win32:Agent-ASOC [Adw]
AVG Downloader.Generic13
Baidu-International Trojan.Win32.Agent.50
Bkav FE W32.SauseiLTAR.Trojan
Commtouch SDK W32/Trojan.IDAE-2984
Comodo Security TrojWare.Win32.TrojanDownloader.Agent.AFD
Dr.Web Trojan.DownLoad3.30962
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/TrojanDownloader.Agent.AFD
Fortinet FortiGate W32/Agent.AFD!tr.dldr
G Data Win32.Trojan-Downloader.Agent.AU
IKARUS anti.virus Win32.SuspectCrc
K7 AntiVirus Trojan-Downloader
K7GW Trojan-Downloader ( 0048ec4f1 )
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MultiPlug.A
McAfee RDN/Downloader.a!oi
McAfee-GW-Edition RDN/Downloader.a!oi
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.Agent.cojdgu
Norman Suspicious_Gen4.FKQEC
Panda Antivirus Trj/Genetic.gen
Sophos Troj/Agent-AFFX
Symantec Trojan.Gen
Trend Micro TROJ_SPNR.29L213
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_SPNR.29L213
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.729600.B

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • Upd Inst.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SW_Booster-S-2021471501.

Software Details

URL:
Support:
Installation path:
C:\ProgramData\superbapp\upd inst
Uninstaller:
"C:\ProgramData\superbapp\upd inst\upd inst.exe" /uninstall
Size:
717.00 KB
Language:
English

Upd Inst Executable Details

Primary executable:
Upd Inst.exe
Name:
Upd Inst
Path:
C:\ProgramData\superbapp\upd inst\Upd Inst.exe
MD5:
1d283dd3ae2312eee624e8b8c46f6adb
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Upd Inst
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
1d283dd3ae2312eee624e8b8c46f6adb
EXE
16547948c53c0da57912c893ed24af66