» appawarevmwareguesttool.exe
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appawarevmwareguesttool.exe

AppawareVmwareGuestTool

Vembu Technologies Inc.

The application appawarevmwareguesttool.exe, “AppawareVmwareGuestTool Setup ” by Vembu Technologies has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.

File name:

Publisher:

Vembu Technologies Inc. (signed and verified)

Product:

AppawareVmwareGuestTool

Description:

AppawareVmwareGuestTool Setup

MD5:

c2a71f4b04307e4a1ad2364a523c59c0

SHA-1:

49e96358e291573e5f47453e5b9aa28cb15aaf78

SHA-256:

3f86d1fe6c57da4b863540ddcd8114dd7af877b2ff863feff7e7aa65aa4506e2

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Explanation:

Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:

4/30/2024 4:48:41 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)

17.2.9.4

File size:

1.2 MB (1,221,696 bytes)

Product version:

1.0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Inno Setup

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Program Files\vembu\vembunetworkbackup\plugins\appawarevmwareguesttool.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Vembu Technologies Inc.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

7/28/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:

7/28/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Vembu Technologies Inc., O=Vembu Technologies Inc., L=Addison, S=Texas, C=US

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:

22B7BDF20C11D89DF2FAA603952536BA

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

Entry address:

0xA5F8

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55... 
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Entropy:

7.9860

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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