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cvs_mystartsearch.exe

3811_cvs_mystartsearch

Shulan Hou

The application cvs_mystartsearch.exe by Shulan Hou has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-54-192-55-168.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
WiLink.com  (signed by Shulan Hou)

Product:
3811_cvs_mystartsearch

Description:
WiLink

Version:
6.6.86.1620

MD5:
7475af515f9987b92635e846019e2f1a

SHA-1:
fa85dd228571acc53b1c6679de227245af91d462

SHA-256:
6f5a4217a38fc531288fb3af8b9cf4f35799bd40dfe572eee8706753a6acb156

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 4:09:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.ELEX
4.0.3.15526

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Mutabaha.362
9.0.1.0146

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Elex
8.15.05.29.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/ELEX.CL potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11657

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Elex
5/26/2015

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Elex.D
11.2015-29-05_6

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MyStartSearch.A
v2015.05.26.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ma Lin.ShulanHou
15.5.26.17

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0518
7.2.146

File size:
549.1 KB (562,272 bytes)

Product version:
6.6.86.1620

Copyright:
Copyright (C) WiLink.com 2008

Original file name:
WiLink.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (Storbritannien)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\exe\262bebb37d687dabfd48d85e0de76564\cvs_mystartsearch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Shulan Hou

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
12/24/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/6/2016 1:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Shulan Hou, O=Shulan Hou, L=Dingzhou, S=Hebei, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
05E9B0F049A9F311A65A4CA8412DDCAA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/18/2015 9:25:20 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pSUHCiyLCI6MPm86fRvQI3eanEyt0+TV3i4+TaZnop:wUibLCI6J8GOa9t00SfTaZnI

Entry address:
0x13886

Entry point:
E8, AD, CD, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, A8, F5, 45, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, D0, F1, 45, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.5010

Code size:
374.5 KB (383,488 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-55-168.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.55.168:80)

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