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askinstallchecker.exe

Pandora Corp

The application askinstallchecker.exe by Pandora Corp has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Pandora Corp  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ae2f57f3de4f62664a8ea93d5266497e

SHA-1:
8498b27935e43c9d6ef9ff260b3fe3b78e1c5eec

SHA-256:
a6de3cd0252a0ddc257089c20679f3f687e2e8e91d0336dc112f647e7a7d2477

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/10/2024 9:08:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask
16.10.4.22

File size:
53.3 KB (54,592 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\askinstallchecker.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pandora Corp

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/3/2008 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/8/2009 3:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Pandora Corp, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Pandora Corp, S=Nevada, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0ACF71615F1F75854906D92ABFDACD4F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/30/2008 11:09:58 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:q/rTCYSGIKlcftRTwkCrKq3ymYuLNY9jACCXocNyaPz2JloUZg7RaYJLWhwbDxS:mnCYgKqwka7tzV48JPzWlomiRTLxbDxS

Entry address:
0x16B6

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, D8, 70, 40, 00, 68, DC, 21, 40, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 28, 70, 40, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 10, AF, 40, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 0C, AF, 40, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, 08, AF, 40, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, 04, AF, 40, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 7E, 1C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, 9A, 00, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, E8, 48, 19, 00, 00, FF, 15, 24, 70, 40, 00, A3, 44, C4, 40, 00, E8...
 
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Entropy:
5.1111

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

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