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hohosearch.exe

VANKY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

The application hohosearch.exe by VANKY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The file has been seen being downloaded from d2xvc2nqkduarq.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
VANKY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED  (signed and verified)

Version:
201605011414

MD5:
bb8811d7ce6fb6af461e4e2d269edfd5

SHA-1:
c9d64f48a7d46f55dc65f816a3bc7aaffac68803

SHA-256:
0dd567fe9deed9cacbfdaa18a98c5dd25fdb0ee6e71cdb0d738817f91cb2d6b6

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 7:56:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.219.450.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.YesSearches.VANKYTEC (M)
16.5.2.14

File size:
958.8 KB (981,760 bytes)

Product version:
201605011414

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
VANKY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/27/2016 1:20:24 PM

Valid to:
1/21/2017 12:11:53 PM

Subject:
CN=VANKY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, O=VANKY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, L=香港, S=香港, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121A627188EDF937BFF2FD1C59A2942BC6C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/1/2016 11:46:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:XtC5J8KYcnf+2VWl4QXBSAe+uqEDWdfarT+3c/V3:XQtY+f+p+sBEDWdirT+3O9

Entry address:
0x4C12C

Entry point:
E8, 76, B5, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 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, 1C, FF, 4E, 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, C9, 4E, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 8C, BA, 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...
 
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Entropy:
6.6542

Code size:
733.5 KB (751,104 bytes)

The file hohosearch.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://d2xvc2nqkduarq.cloudfront.net/.../bzt_jq.exe

http://d2xvc2nqkduarq.cloudfront.net/.../nbyes_su.exe

http://d2xvc2nqkduarq.cloudfront.net/.../wsy_ly.exe

http://d2xvc2nqkduarq.cloudfront.net/.../isr_jq.exe

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