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DesktopContainer.exe

NEWSNET WIDGET

International News Network Limited

The application DesktopContainer.exe, “DesktopContainer Module” by International News Network Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 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 ‘BreakingNews’.
Publisher:
International News Network Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
NEWSNET WIDGET

Description:
DesktopContainer Module

Version:
1, 0, 0, 7

MD5:
06b715ef417b82d261cb6ec6acab0e71

SHA-1:
49def4307b83ff48181ba474e7832193ac086037

SHA-256:
d5659f025b6d527634e36f27906a34f02df6d57dde1754bdc60f547e3a6d86e3

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/4/2024 4:54:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3114

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
22058

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InternationalNewsNetwork
15.5.10.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4791858
39676

File size:
558.6 KB (572,048 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 7

Original file name:
DesktopContainer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\breakingnews\breakingnews\desktopcontainer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
International News Network Limited

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/16/2013 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/17/2015 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=International News Network Limited, O=International News Network Limited, STREET="Unit 902, 9th Floor,", STREET=Loke Yew Building, STREET=50-52 Queens Rd, L=Central, S=Hong Kong, PostalCode=999077, C=HK

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

Serial number:
17EFC172DA59DDF23B9F1131C93ADE7F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/2/2013 4:02:42 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Xrk9eafamAXWJh+59K0nNO27HP0pn5DnB++dbI4QpH3Dj:XKDfadXWJh+5Fnc2D8pnpnU+Bu3n

Entry address:
0x1C41B0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, F0, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 20, EC, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.9020

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
536 KB (548,864 bytes)

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

Name:
BreakingNews

Command:
C:\Program Files\breakingnews\breakingnews\desktopcontainer.exe


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