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catalinacrashhandler.exe

CatalinaGroup Update

Catalina Group Limited

The application catalinacrashhandler.exe by Catalina Group Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘CatalinaGroup Update’. While running, it connects to the Internet address 199-193-116-231.static.hvvc.us on port 443.
Publisher:
Catalina Group Ltd.  (signed by Catalina Group Limited)

Product:
CatalinaGroup Update

Version:
1.3.25.203

MD5:
0988139589445ccd92a45e4212658351

SHA-1:
bdcdcdf52a52a24ec8d987191de93fe499c38293

SHA-256:
ec8820a833524af8ef68aeca55fbfdcacc3c4793129495dfe4d3472ac9bbef48

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 10:21:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Shopper.363
9.0.1.0332

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Startup.CatalinaGroupLimited.U
14.9.22.1

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.GenericKDV!6.B5C
23.00.65.131211

File size:
144 KB (147,440 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.25.203

Copyright:
Copyright 2007-2010 Google Inc.

Original file name:
CatalinaUpdate.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\catalinagroup\update\1.3.25.203\catalinacrashhandler.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Catalina Group Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
8/16/2013 3:34:08 PM

Valid to:
9/27/2016 6:56:54 AM

Subject:
CN=Catalina Group Limited, O=Catalina Group Limited, L=Kwun Tong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B8F32520620F6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/6/2013 1:40:00 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:ehiYVL1+mcnRcPs5eI+26ibY4pztzSof2QHlTjgbhHhgIFcprYpUqiCq2tVoDjEu:xYVL1VcqLI+PKn

Entry address:
0x4E06

Entry point:
E8, 3E, 24, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 28, 31, 41, 00, E8, 84, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 74, 75, 83, 3D, 9C, 0C, 41, 00, 03, 75, 43, 6A, 04, E8, 28, 26, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 50, 26, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 09, 56, 50, E8, 71, 26, 00, 00, 59, 59, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0B, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, E4, 00, 75, 37, FF, 75, 08, EB, 0A, 6A, 04, E8, 14, 25, 00, 00, 59, C3, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 04, F7, 40, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 10, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 16, E8, F0, 06, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.7018

Code size:
51.5 KB (52,736 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
CatalinaGroupUpdateTaskUserSID

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 10:36 PM)


Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
CatalinaGroup Update

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\catalinagroup\update\catalinaupdate.exe" \c


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

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to 199-193-116-231.static.hvvc.us  (199.193.116.231:443)

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