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maintainer.exe

The application maintainer.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 21 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “MaintainerSvc1.47.6049145”. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Version:
1.0.5440.38839

MD5:
4b548278239f6cf63e1924eca6999643

SHA-1:
8bcdaedb96daa00eaa041bc4a921e467a67e0eb3

SHA-256:
ddb027f94938f2415abf1748d36af58e34a683ba0ae3a7168c8484b7ab2fef19

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 5:51:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.163020
802

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse
2014.11.24

avast!
Win32:Adware-BYZ [PUP]
2014.9-141124

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141124

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.163020
1.0.20.1640

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-22685
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.B
20178

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.281
9.0.1.0328

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.163020
8.14.11.24.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox
8.10770

F-Prot
W32/A-de841313
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.163020
11.2014-24-11_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.163020
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.185.14113

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Yotoon
14.0.0.2897

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.163020
15.0.0.984

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgiwfc
0.28.6.63474

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.24.03

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.11.24.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Kranet
3.12.26.3

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Kranet.Win32.476
2.0.0.1991

File size:
114.5 KB (117,248 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5440.38839

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\2ce8e63b-5e53-4efc-b4cf-6a6e52e017a4\maintainer.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/24/2014 12:35:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:k3eRgxyOpGX5sfnC6P2dV59IikYYf9J892bbY+m0bcQ/Wm1sWjcdaPQI0ypxCO87:0K35/9oxfTk+jvn6aPQI0ypxCOW3bZv

Entry address:
0x8A72

Entry point:
E8, 95, 57, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 68, B2, 41, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 79, 45, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 7A, F3, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
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Code size:
68.5 KB (70,144 bytes)

Service
Display name:
MaintainerSvc1.47.6049145

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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