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Adblock.exe

Cheng Du VTools Information Technology

The application Adblock.exe by Cheng Du VTools Information Technology has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. While running, it connects to the Internet address web2.adblockplus.org on port 443.
Publisher:
Adblock  (signed by Cheng Du VTools Information Technology)

Product:
Adblock

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
2b44649510c99583d0b8678ab8e49c3c

SHA-1:
202af9df64695d69a1a44a4f7adfbbe3af9db500

SHA-256:
197b5f21e2178fbd4318a961be530fc462defbf7a034395776bc2315aba1888e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 9:09:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ChengDuVToolsInformationTechnology.H
14.6.21.12

File size:
4 MB (4,213,072 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright 2014

Original file name:
Adblock.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\secure speed dial\ie\adblock\ie\adblock.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cheng Du VTools Information Technology

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/31/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/1/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Cheng Du VTools Information Technology, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Cheng Du VTools Information Technology, L=ChengDu, S=SiChuan, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0A8A25417701491E37564B59A150624E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/22/2014 11:35:15 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:U2234C7MwcVDDi+BdsLS7QOwVndSPLjWqDRv2kFKnZqMFQrgiyAiiE572EqKzK2A:ZC7Ee+BTclmjLDFiiE59qK4

Entry address:
0x210818

Entry point:
E8, BC, F6, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 90, 86, 79, 00, E8, 02, CB, 00, 00, E8, 17, 94, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 4F, F6, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, CA, C3, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.5163

Code size:
2.3 MB (2,374,144 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to web2.adblockplus.org  (213.239.218.21:443)

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