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kos_earchch.exe

HOW SOFT

The application kos_earchch.exe by HOW SOFT has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 13 anti-malware scanners.
Publisher:
하우소프트  (signed by HOW SOFT)

Product:
kos_earchch.exe

Version:
2014.10.8.1

MD5:
f30b36b6ad0a5d41d5892de02079847e

SHA-1:
7b5d0ed1d1ab14b7a285ea31aab750c5fff4c938

SHA-256:
e07dfb81f25bb72bb345a20598aefe830b53f6d9e6e2c82f9a1a02a2c1eed59f

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 7:43:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.12024468
815

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.KOSearch
2014.11.02

avast!
Win32:HowSoft-A [PUP]
2014.9-141111

AVG
HowSoft
2015.0.3293

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.12024468
1.0.20.1575

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.12024468
8.14.11.11.01

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.12024468
11.2014-11-11_3

G Data
Trojan.Generic.12024468
14.11.24

McAfee
Artemis!F30B36B6AD0A
5600.6949

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.12024468
14.10.31.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HOWSOFT.L
14.11.11.13

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1028
7.2.315

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
34448

File size:
567 KB (580,640 bytes)

Product version:
2014.10.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright(c) by HOWSOFT All rights reserved.

Original file name:
kos_earchch.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\kth_opensearch\kos_earchch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
HOW SOFT

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/30/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/2/2015 3:59:59 PM

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:
10/7/2014 10:45:10 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ktBL9wJ37Y8+kHBMr/EQYbadDy09bTZPhSx4nWxmEpz0T5:k7wV+aBMrlYbadL9bVPTWxmuz0

Entry address:
0x1D9001

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, 90, 1D, 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:
7.9774

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v2.12

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,653,760 bytes)

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