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howcodechper.exe

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HOW SOFT

The application howcodechper.exe, “howcodec up help_svc” by HOW SOFT 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:
HowSoft  (signed by HOW SOFT)

Product:
howcodec

Description:
howcodec up help_svc

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
7fa77592a86047157675e8eb448800a5

SHA-1:
f86c5d8353f09df6cb5eb4b11cf1ed51f5e9cfaf

SHA-256:
41916400b945ccb49555e97fba02564a80a5a739e0ae25a4b0a01589ec78e2da

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
4/26/2024 12:04:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Hue Communication (M)
17.1.4.13

File size:
235.6 KB (241,232 bytes)

Product version:
2012.11.19.01

Copyright:
HowSoft

Original file name:
howcodechper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\howcodec\howcodechper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
HOW SOFT

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/29/2011 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2013 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=HOW SOFT, O=HOW SOFT, L=Guro-gu, S=SEOUL, C=KR

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

Serial number:
567C8147E85208EFCE0495C1D8AC015F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/20/2012 9:48:36 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x9B001

Entry point:
60, E8, 03, 00, 00, 00, E9, EB, 04, 5D, 45, 55, C3, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, EB, 5D, BB, ED, FF, FF, FF, 03, DD, 81, EB, 00, B0, 09, 00, 83, BD, 88, 04, 00, 00, 00, 89, 9D, 88, 04, 00, 00, 0F, 85, CB, 03, 00, 00, 8D, 85, 94, 04, 00, 00, 50, FF, 95, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 89, 85, 8C, 04, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 8D, 7D, 51, 57, 56, FF, 95, A5, 0F, 00, 00, AB, B0, 00, AE, 75, FD, 38, 07, 75, EE, 8D, 45, 7A, FF, E0, 56, 69, 72, 74, 75, 61, 6C, 41, 6C, 6C, 6F, 63, 00, 56, 69, 72, 74, 75, 61, 6C, 46, 72, 65, 65, 00, 56, 69, 72, 74...
 
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Entropy:
7.9033

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v2.12

Code size:
486 KB (497,664 bytes)

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