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hohosearch.exe

Xin Zhou

The application hohosearch.exe by Xin Zhou has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Xin Zhou  (signed and verified)

Version:
201605161508

MD5:
f53cdd9f6bf1c5d668e3b9ac32ab4169

SHA-1:
84f64e9dbb63c8321a03afa8f4c58c6952aabbbf

SHA-256:
c78fb2bb86a90fe41962ef3159000cb966ba8a088b1ba6c34609cb54460dc852

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/29/2024 11:51:42 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.XinZhou (M)
16.5.18.9

File size:
842.9 KB (863,159 bytes)

Product version:
201605161508

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\hohosearch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Xin Zhou

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/17/2016 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/23/2017 5:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Xin Zhou, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
02609DC24BF7E7A35D9D62E80D1DA238

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/16/2016 1:19:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:SFtpsQHzOaf+Q73YmZCzux2WvGeu6rorEH7Wb:SFEc60+8gqxNvGLNb

Entry address:
0x3DD5E

Entry point:
E9, 63, 7F, FE, FF, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, 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, 9C, 15, 4C, 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, E0, E9, 4B, 00, 01, 0F, 82, B6, B6, 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...
 
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Entropy:
6.8081

Packer / compiler:
Xtreme-Protector v1.05

Code size:
574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

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