What is FMPCheckForUpdates.exe?

FMPCheckForUpdates.exe is developed by Bitberry Software according to the FMPCheckForUpdates.exe version information.

FMPCheckForUpdates.exe's description is "Bitberry Software Update Checker"

FMPCheckForUpdates.exe is digitally signed by Bitberry Software.

FMPCheckForUpdates.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\FinalMediaPlayer\' folder.

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

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on FMPCheckForUpdates.exe:

PropertyValue
Company nameBitberry Software
File descriptionBitberry Software Update Checker
CommentsBitberry Software Update Checker
Product version1.0.0.2
File version1.0.0.2

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

Company nameBitberry Software
File descriptionBitberry Software Update Checker
CommentsBitberry Software Update Checker
Product version1.0.0.2
File version1.0.0.2

Digital signatures [?]

FMPCheckForUpdates.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameBitberry Software
Certificate issuer nameUTN-USERFirst-Object
Certificate serial number0cc5065224e5caa1f9961c524f8b229d

VirusTotal report

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

ScannerDetection Name
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.5BF6
1 of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the FMPCheckForUpdates.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "dll_loaded": [
        "API-MS-Win-Core-LocalRegistry-L1-1-0.dll",
        "kernel32.dll",
        "dwmapi.dll",
        "rpcrt4.dll",
        "ole32.dll",
        "SETUPAPI.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b5-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Borland\\Locales",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\Rpc",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Rpc",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Borland\\Locales",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b6-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Borland\\Delphi\\Locales",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\FontSubstitutes"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\shutdown",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\updcheck.cfg",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\updates.cfg"
    ],
    "mutex": [
        "UpdateCheckerMutex"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup\\SourcePath",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\FontSubstitutes\\MS Shell Dlg 2",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\DevicePath",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b5-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Generation",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b6-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Data",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b5-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Data",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings\\ProxyEnable",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b6-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Generation",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName"
    ]
}

Generic

[
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        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1584571985.421875,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\a7c5bba5a5e3e9f03d9df15a0946cd5ad7d573ac258c9ab1779d3c3c83a04405.bin",
        "process_name": "a7c5bba5a5e3e9f03d9df15a0946cd5ad7d573ac258c9ab1779d3c3c83a04405.bin",
        "pid": 2308,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "API-MS-Win-Core-LocalRegistry-L1-1-0.dll",
                "kernel32.dll",
                "dwmapi.dll",
                "rpcrt4.dll",
                "ole32.dll",
                "SETUPAPI.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b5-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Borland\\Locales",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\Rpc",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Rpc",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Borland\\Locales",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b6-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Borland\\Delphi\\Locales",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\FontSubstitutes"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\shutdown",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\updcheck.cfg",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\updates.cfg"
            ],
            "mutex": [
                "UpdateCheckerMutex"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup\\SourcePath",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\FontSubstitutes\\MS Shell Dlg 2",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\DevicePath",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b5-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Generation",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b6-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Data",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b5-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Data",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings\\ProxyEnable",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b6-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Generation",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1584571985.71875,
        "ppid": 3040
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Checks amount of memory in system, this can be used to detect virtual machines that have a low amount of memory available",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "system",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "GlobalMemoryStatusEx",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {},
                    "time": 1584571985.89075,
                    "tid": 2588,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2308,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 279
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "antivm_memory_available"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Allocates read-write-execute memory (usually to unpack itself)",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "process",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "NtAllocateVirtualMemory",
                    "return_value": 0,
                    "arguments": {
                        "process_identifier": 2308,
                        "region_size": 4096,
                        "stack_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "stack_pivoted": 0,
                        "heap_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "protection": 64,
                        "process_handle": "0xffffffff",
                        "allocation_type": 4096,
                        "base_address": "0x003c0000"
                    },
                    "time": 1584571985.85975,
                    "tid": 1664,
                    "flags": {
                        "protection": "PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE",
                        "allocation_type": "MEM_COMMIT"
                    }
                },
                "pid": 2308,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 167
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "allocates_rwx"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.342645868430887,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x0003b000",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00142000",
                    "entropy": 7.342645868430887,
                    "name": ".rsrc",
                    "virtual_size": "0x0003b000"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            }
        ],
        "references": [
            "http:\/\/www.forensickb.com\/2013\/03\/file-entropy-explained.html",
            "http:\/\/virii.es\/U\/Using%20Entropy%20Analysis%20to%20Find%20Encrypted%20and%20Packed%20Malware.pdf"
        ],
        "name": "packer_entropy"
    }
]

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": 662,
            "time": 6.190666913986206,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 5342,
            "time": 12.190197944641113,
            "dport": 138,
            "sport": 138
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7186,
            "time": 6.146031856536865,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
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            "time": 4.125712871551514,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
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            "offset": 7842,
            "time": 6.156589031219482,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8170,
            "time": 4.6956000328063965,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
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            "offset": 8498,
            "time": 3.01647686958313,
            "dport": 5355,
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        },
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            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8826,
            "time": 4.14657187461853,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
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        },
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            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
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            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "86bc0ad1b005fd505f77a020aebff1a2a0b073ec76eadb295b3b1706e0fa28ed",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "b239d975db64e2f00274005c2d0d2dd4f5305b5d0e243cef813c04614d26413c",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5043e565de901f2c284f44b3c834cc0b2
SHA256a7c5bba5a5e3e9f03d9df15a0946cd5ad7d573ac258c9ab1779d3c3c83a04405

Error Messages

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

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

fmpcheckforupdates.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.

Bitberry Software Update Checker has stopped working.

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

fmpcheckforupdates.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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Votes
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2

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Comments

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Bob writes

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Bitdefender keeps reporting FMPCheckForUpdates.exe as a phishing attempt

# 11 Mar 2020, 9:14

Roger Karlsson writes

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Bkav reports FMPCheckForUpdates.exe as W32.HfsAdware.5BF6. I guess that is a false positive, since all other scanners are silent.

# 6 May 2020, 3:03

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