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Installer.exe

Web Companion Installer

Lavasoft Limited

The application Installer.exe by Lavasoft Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Web Companion by Lavasoft.
Publisher:
Lavasoft  (signed by Lavasoft Limited)

Product:
Web Companion Installer

Version:
2.0.1025.2130

MD5:
9b4c995fb03c7d13d1e003c687e9e15c

SHA-1:
629fe2348970952c679ec70866899a492c7819d6

SHA-256:
8179547fe22ecbcc65922f76e610f57e37c477c74f59093605a99ad50d1ffd72

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 11:49:37 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebCompanion (M)
17.2.14.7

File size:
7.7 MB (8,080,696 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.1025.2130

Copyright:
c Lavasoft Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Original file name:
Installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\lavasoft\web companion\application\installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lavasoft Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/8/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/25/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Lavasoft Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Lavasoft Limited, L=sliema, S=Malta, C=MT

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0E13B3A79AA60B7EA934163F5237606B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/8/2015 8:10:38 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x1C89CF

Entry point:
E8, CE, FC, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 10, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 05, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 10, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 53, 57, 33, DB, 8D, 7D, E4, 6A, 07, 33, C0, 89, 5D, E0, 59, F3, AB, 39, 45, 0C, 75, 15, E8, 33, 1C, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, 2F, B1, 00, 00, 83, C8, FF, EB, 6D, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 74, E4, 56, FF, 75, 14, 89, 45, E8, FF, 75, 10, 89, 45, E0, 8D, 45, E0, FF, 75, 0C, C7, 45, EC, 42, 00, 00, 00, 50, C7, 45, E4, FF, FF, FF, 7F, E8, 98, FD, 00...
 
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Code size:
2.7 MB (2,786,304 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Web Companion

Display publisher:
Lavasoft

Display version:
2.0.1025.2130

Uninstall string:
"C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Installer.exe" --uninstall


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