iehistory.exe

Wajam Internet Technologies Inc

The file is part of Wajam, a web browser extension that injects social search integration into various search portals such as Google. The application iehistory.exe by Wajam Internet Technologies Inc has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Wajam Internet Technologies Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3b958b0db0f8ac55bb3d56354aeeecf8

SHA-1:
87b7e919c57fb9b04449ad0284fc1768dda55076

SHA-256:
d345d16380a560a9cd724bcb4d57a917c29b7245f7907ecdae284ea3a3471b21

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 4:34:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Wajam (M)
16.8.13.7

File size:
231.3 KB (236,864 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/8/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/9/2018 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Wajam Internet Technologies Inc, O=Wajam Internet Technologies Inc, STREET=4115 Saint-Laurent Blvd, L=Montreal, S=Quebec, PostalCode=H2W 1Y7, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
008DAB5910F20F42BD7B16C6EBC90BB13C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:53:24 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:DCuFP2lXIHDgXJF8FsLMZ3/H/vJRdwAA76pZIPiyimjTNcAhHBjwBO0A2Pl/ZUtK:D183Y6Livzc7OkiXmtvB4FWf0F+7m

Entry address:
0x355E

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B8, A7, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 10, 43, 00, E8, D6, 2E, 00, 00, A3, E4, 0F, 43, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, E8, A7, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 81, 40, 00, 68, AC, A7, 40, 00, 68, E0, 07, 43, 00, E8, DC, 29, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 80, 40, 00, BF, 00, 70, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, CA, 29, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9044

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

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