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gcodecinstall.exe

HANcommunication

The application gcodecinstall.exe by HANcommunication has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
HANcommunication   (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
ed054974e7b6c0a8f8a4a79c84b940e5

SHA-1:
3018770198897ae59c66925e719d4dcc9c03751d

SHA-256:
ccf9cd45fb25e593f926968076e19fef0b9dae673255c0743648b97261818446

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:
4/25/2024 2:22:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Hue Communication.Installer
16.2.23.20

File size:
11.5 MB (12,048,992 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\gcodec\gcodecinstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
HANcommunication

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2012 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/19/2013 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="HANcommunication ", O="HANcommunication ", L=seoul, S=Guro-gu, C=KR

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4DE37E21660280BEB7915BC467A96193

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/5/2012 5:20:35 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:oWdMH+70QPI6e1nhTDBrosrPMZWmkUQdJEaGe6SYkDHCpiH+wMJcyDVX:TWe7rneHTRQ94JSSYMCpi6pX

Entry address:
0x203E5A0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 80, 8C, 01, 8D, BE, 00, 90, B3, FE, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 45, C6, 03, 02, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 91, 65, B7, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9999  (probably packed)

Code size:
11.5 MB (12,025,856 bytes)

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