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chocolatebar.exe

We-Care.com

The application chocolatebar.exe by We-Care.com has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘ChocolateBar Sidebar’.
Publisher:
We-Care.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8eeccf050240b6ea2dbe15fe17baaa8e

SHA-1:
6d8b0d5451dd1759951cb7162815dc431a0480e6

SHA-256:
d27b89ba65b941d0db12dba8ef91e05ecf593d14f5513a2f1300091ef04245f7

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/19/2024 1:14:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WeCare (M)
17.1.10.23

File size:
473.1 KB (484,416 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\chocolatebar\chocolatebar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
We-Care.com

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/25/2012 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/25/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=We-Care.com, OU=Tech, O=We-Care.com, STREET=330 Old Country Rd, STREET=Suite 206, L=Mineola, S=NY, PostalCode=11501, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
7BBC8FDB7868684BD3BA7F685EFF7F2A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/9/2014 6:50:17 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x322CF

Entry point:
E8, 0D, D4, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 1C, 46, 46, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 80, 27, 46, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 05, D5, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2...
 
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Entropy:
6.2916

Code size:
299 KB (306,176 bytes)

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

Name:
ChocolateBar Sidebar

Command:
C:\Program Files\chocolatebar\chocolatebar.exe


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