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eventwatch.exe

Heise Zeitschriften Verlag GmbH & Co. KG

The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.heise.de.
Publisher:
Heise Zeitschriften Verlag GmbH & Co. KG  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0985629f3e5df016fe360540468baa49

SHA-1:
b773fe674dfeb924380c5ae6c49f5bc4b663db0e

SHA-256:
5909ff2e36287638b36efb16edb662a11e036ac254712abc1da6da36fd6c0a04

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Clean  (1 probable false positive detection)

Explanation:
This is mosty likely a false positive detection, the file is probably clean.

Analysis date:
5/3/2024 5:09:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0707
7.2.233

File size:
104.6 KB (107,152 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\eventwatch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Heise Zeitschriften Verlag GmbH & Co. KG

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/13/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/14/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Heise Zeitschriften Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, O=Heise Zeitschriften Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, STREET=Karl-Wiechert-Allee 10, L=Hannover, S=Niedersachsen, PostalCode=30625, C=DE

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

Serial number:
00C96082F90B763FD2B28C02B89F3A2F25

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2014 10:03:42 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:w4UHxpN/MUXsLTvCj0DBXJaOCkT8W8IuFo8mSJixi/Q6xj8NqzmlK5PXWrWMXGmc:w4URpNUUX6z/DBXJfC1FDfJRy0l+u

Entry address:
0x30E2

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 90, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 1C, 71, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, E4, 42, 00, E8, 95, 2D, 00, 00, A3, A4, E3, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, E0, 87, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, DB, 42, 00, E8, 3F, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 20, 71, 40, 00, BD, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 55, E8, 2D, 2A...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file eventwatch.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.heise.de/ct/downloads/04/.../2/2/6/8/8/.../eventwatch.exe

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