What is EpicUpdateOnDemand.exe?

EpicUpdateOnDemand.exe is part of Epic Privacy Browser Installer and developed by Epic Privacy Browser according to the EpicUpdateOnDemand.exe version information.

EpicUpdateOnDemand.exe's description is "Epic Privacy Browser Installer"

EpicUpdateOnDemand.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\epic privacy browser\installer\1.3.27.13\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected EpicUpdateOnDemand.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on EpicUpdateOnDemand.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameEpic Privacy Browser Installer
Company nameEpic Privacy Browser
File descriptionEpic Privacy Browser Installer
Internal nameEpic Privacy Browser Installer
Original filenamegoopdate.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright 2007-2010 Google Inc.
Product version1.3.27.13
File version1.3.27.13

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameEpic Privacy Browser Installer
Company nameEpic Privacy Browser
File descriptionEpic Privacy Browser Installer
Internal nameEpic Privacy Browser Installer
Original filenamegoopdate.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright 2007-2010 Google Inc.
Product version1.3.27.13
File version1.3.27.13

Digital signatures [?]

The verification of EpicUpdateOnDemand.exe's digital signature failed.

PropertyValue
Signer nameGoogle Inc (TEST)
Certificate issuer nameGoogle Inc (TEST)
Certificate serial numberf9084ee762b2c8af4d091ba3ba6d2912

VirusTotal report

1 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the EpicUpdateOnDemand.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.41FC
1 of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the EpicUpdateOnDemand.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\f9c8f2d658faf86ed3963739e985a5c2a624e0f2c84e8f8d27ed7473a07709a1.bin",
        "process_name": "f9c8f2d658faf86ed3963739e985a5c2a624e0f2c84e8f8d27ed7473a07709a1.bin",
        "pid": 2504,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1575319984.53125,
        "ppid": 2676
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1575319984.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\epicbrowser-epic_omaha-bb32383f0d3f\\omaha\\scons-out\\dbg-win\\obj\\goopdate\\EpicUpdateOnDemand_unsigned.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.0781240463256836,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3346,
            "time": 3.0394041538238525,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3674,
            "time": 1.033951997756958,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4002,
            "time": 3.054617166519165,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4330,
            "time": 1.5376100540161133,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4658,
            "time": -0.08958888053894043,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 4986,
            "time": 1.5488770008087158,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 11456,
            "time": 1.062493085861206,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 15648,
            "time": 3.108969211578369,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "b6452c712afce69bac61894341cdd276b1930adf51c8494e68597357ca0c0ebd",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "fee1c498bf42a88d168bd3e80c257dbde70d6dbe75e95510de0c3fc09015b588",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD50c34a4f1da39d6db6a584628e72be7e9
SHA256f9c8f2d658faf86ed3963739e985a5c2a624e0f2c84e8f8d27ed7473a07709a1

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to epicupdateondemand.exe:

epicupdateondemand.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

epicupdateondemand.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Epic Privacy Browser Installer has stopped working.

End Program - epicupdateondemand.exe. This program is not responding.

epicupdateondemand.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

epicupdateondemand.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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