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Is the Patch My PC v5 Updater a Fixed File Path?

Started by RVST, November 05, 2024, 07:26:21 AM

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RVST

There are three Patch My PC v5 updaters.

1) The first one is located at the below location and is used to check for updates and download third-party software updates.

C:\Program Files\Patch My PC\Patch My PC Home Updater\updater.exe
2) The second one is located at the below location and is used to download updates for the actual Patch My PC application itself.  These updates come from https://patchmypc.com/freeupdater/PatchMyPC.exe – Cloudflare IP addresses 104.22.68.185, 104.22.69.185, 172.67.7.92.

C:\Windows\SystemTemp\2d20c907e1aef7dca6db4aed69664c90\updater.exe
3) The third one is located at the below location.

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\2d20c907e1aef7dca6db4aed69664c90\updater.exe

These second and third updaters use what looks like a 32-character MD5 hash in the file path to the updater executable.

Not having a fixed file path is problematic at this makes it impossible to create rules – for example adding a firewall exception to allow it to make outbound connections.  Therefore, is this 32-character hash going to remain constant – so that the updaters are always using an expected file path?  Or is it likely to randomly change?