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backgroundhost.exe

Wolters Kluwer U.S Corporation

The application backgroundhost.exe by Wolters Kluwer U.S 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:
Wolters Kluwer U.S Corporation  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.1.11.5

MD5:
f9462cd79e9c164b650bc09061033806

SHA-1:
082f8f010017945d555e9a8d89d85cb6c9c3bb3d

SHA-256:
e728df9d400e9d5c3b8b2ec29ab10671370da7c579f28bd5b9538f629ef72d32

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/12/2025 8:36:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WoltersK (M)
16.8.2.8

File size:
690.3 KB (706,848 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.11.5

Copyright:
Wolters Kluwer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\intelliconnect search\backgroundhost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Wolters Kluwer U.S Corporation

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/26/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/24/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Wolters Kluwer U.S Corporation, OU=Tax and Accounting, O=Wolters Kluwer U.S Corporation, L=Riverwoods, S=Illinois, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
6E43EB1E8EEF2372ED52161A3E4B475B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/20/2015 5:17:01 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:I8IT4OjHWT6vhVLjrE6xx7nry0xCadKFPAvljp6o9HEcm7nThgQzfMsbHxcGzl:v89RgKzxrdPjp6o9kcm7nThxzfFbRcGx

Entry address:
0x60B91

Entry point:
E8, 4B, BD, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 74, 4A, 4A, 00, 33, C5, 50, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 74, 4A, 4A, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B...
 
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Entropy:
6.3292

Code size:
535 KB (547,840 bytes)

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