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HowCodecSvc.exe

HOW SOFT

The application HowCodecSvc.exe by HOW SOFT has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners.
Publisher:
HowSoft  (signed by HOW SOFT)

Version:
2013.4.10.1

MD5:
9c059456cfe70ea028ac91d1ade9acb9

SHA-1:
ac63b69cd9c986848cb8efd0ee1a8c63f41f3add

SHA-256:
bf26f3c41a980900e3374e2b73b2aa9c26aaad48eeeac1e10d7c61d4d2a5e589

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/9/2024 4:28:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
BDS/Backdoor.Gen2
7.11.144.12

avast!
Win32:HowSoft-A [PUP]
2014.9-140424

Bkav FE
W32.Clod15c.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

IKARUS anti.virus
Backdoor.Gen2
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes
Adware.Kraddare
v2014.04.24.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HOWSOFT.L
14.5.10.12

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.0

File size:
228 KB (233,504 bytes)

Product version:
2013.4.10.1

Copyright:
copyright(c) 2009 by howcodec all right reserved.

Original file name:
HowCodecSvc.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
HOW SOFT

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/31/2013 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/3/2015 8:59:59 AM

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

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

Serial number:
7BA3F775C5D05768F56F97039538592C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2013 3:52:27 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:uWnw8HW5kEukS84X89LKZWksmXcsgBAMulfhNJVfv8M:uWnwPyG4lqmrgilhJ

Entry address:
0x93001

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, 30, 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:
7.9139

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v2.12

Code size:
468.5 KB (479,744 bytes)

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