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howcodecsrv.exe

HOW SOFT

The application howcodecsrv.exe by HOW SOFT has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 27 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a windows Service named “howcodec”.
Publisher:
HOW SOFT  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7e80ea99ed4437159e9e94fc05153443

SHA-1:
8e473bcad2d3b679617ceeab6f3ab169ce8fbad9

SHA-256:
b6b1bb2e6ae763b51dcc1fb0f24d8ef47b9d3ad53f9d7222bd3105cf3a15aae4

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 11:11:22 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Agent.AUQI
478

Agnitum Outpost
Backdoor.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.HowCodec
2014.07.04

Avira AntiVirus
BDS/Backdoor.Gen2
7.11.158.80

avast!
Win32:HowSoft-A [PUP]
2014.9-151015

AVG
Generic5
2016.0.2956

Bitdefender
Trojan.Agent.AUQI
1.0.20.1440

Bkav FE
W32.FakeCodecAAE.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
18753

Dr.Web
Trojan.Siggen2.35519
9.0.1.0288

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Agent.AUQI
8.15.10.15.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.Kraddare.EF (variant)
9.10039

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Kraddare
10/15/2015

F-Secure
Trojan.Agent.AUQI
11.2015-15-10_5

G Data
Trojan.Agent.AUQI
15.10.24

Malwarebytes
Adware.Agent
v2015.10.15.11

McAfee
Artemis!7E80EA99ED44
5600.6612

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Agent.AUQI
16.0.0.864

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Siggen2.cyagql
0.28.0.60577

nProtect
Trojan.Agent.AUQI
14.07.03.01

Panda Antivirus
Generic Trojan
15.10.15.11

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Adware.af9
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Hue Communication.HOWSOFT (M)
15.10.15.11

Sophos
Generic PUA IO
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
30918

ViRobot
Adware.Agent.203304
2011.4.7.4223

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.Agent.Win32.43743
2.0.0.1844

File size:
198.5 KB (203,304 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\howcodec\howcodecsrv.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:
8/30/2010 9:11:47 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:QVR+XJgRDM25KKzusgmSMCkumWsBylLe8PjLJRHOKOK2X9ly5HGlS4MTqLEgsBlw:QVR+XJu5nvVgQQ1LLPx1+eGDwlW

Entry address:
0x81B00

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 45, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, FA, FF, C7, 87, 90, 67, 06, 00, 86, E6, 58, CF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.8436

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
184 KB (188,416 bytes)

Service
Display name:
howcodec

Type:
Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess


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