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KakaoTalk.exe

KakaoTalk

KAKAO Co., Ltd

It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘KakaoTalk’. This file is installed with the program KakaoTalk.
Publisher:
Kakao Inc.  (signed by KAKAO Co., Ltd)

Product:
KakaoTalk

Version:
2.0.1.698

MD5:
3ea587bfdd10be068bcec955daed9e99

SHA-1:
6a56e4277902103229e346844dbe3b298745c78c

SHA-256:
f0285f9258f514a1e99668bafe9c97954119f86655f6239697eafb33e5120dab

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Clean  (2 probable false positive detections)

Explanation:
These detections are probably false positives (erroneous), the file is probably malware free.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 11:54:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

F-Secure
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.@B1abm4WEeaO
11.2014-22-10_4

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0509
7.2.295

File size:
5.2 MB (5,468,360 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.1.698

Original file name:
KakaoTalk.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\kakao\kakaotalk\kakaotalk.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
KAKAO Co., Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/14/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/15/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="KAKAO Co., Ltd", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="KAKAO Co., Ltd", L=Seongnam-si, S=Gyeonggi-do, C=KR

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:
50B32D226AF397E4172D1E9BD98C82F1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/21/2014 6:16:00 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:mx7x74+ZTjbBWcKgoHvZZfBd1xurBLmfhG5mdpwf8RJPJalFY1j51/6Q:m/71IQoHBtD1xcChuc7RJPAPU/r

Entry address:
0xCA7000

Entry point:
83, EC, 04, 50, 53, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, CC, 58, 89, C3, 40, 2D, 00, C0, 28, 00, 2D, 8F, 8E, 0A, 10, 05, 84, 8E, 0A, 10, 80, 3B, CC, 75, 19, C6, 03, 00, BB, 00, 10, 00, 00, 68, 58, C7, AC, 4A, 68, E8, 88, CD, 75, 53, 50, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, 83, C0, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, 5B, 58, C3, 55, 89, E5, 50, 53, 51, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 0C, C1, E9, 02, 8B, 45, 10, 8B, 5D, 14, 85, C9, 74, 0A, 31, 06, 01, 1E, 83, C6, 04, 49, EB, F2, 5E, 59, 5B, 58, C9, C2, 10, 00, A7, 41, 8B, FF, 4C, 14, 51, DB, 3A, 9C, 83, 9C, 41, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.9847  (probably packed)

Code size:
4.7 MB (4,905,984 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
KakaoTalk

Command:
"C:\Program Files\kakao\kakaotalk\kakaotalk.exe" -bystartup


The file KakaoTalk.exe has been discovered within the following program.

KakaoTalk  by Kakao
www.kakao.com
About 5% of users remove it
 
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