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maintainer.exe

The application maintainer.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 28 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “MaintainerSvc3.15.5937677”. 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.
MD5:
68de6a4116424100789ca38e099f647e

SHA-1:
8ee5eaaaf72b3b9b7478bf2072388453bb73ab18

SHA-256:
6229c4a06293a778ae7ee8a2e95af143f7897195fde8ca121c4787d36445ff68

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 2:40:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN
6213306

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse
2014.11.22

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Trash.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Adware-BYZ [PUP]
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3253

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141222

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
1.0.20.1780

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

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.281
9.0.1.0356

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox
8.10761

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Yotoon
12/22/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-de841313
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
14.12.24

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.185.14098

Kaspersky
Packed.Win32.Krap
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Artemis!09970EC1DF9E
5600.6909

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
15.0.0.1068

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgiwfc
0.28.6.63474

nProtect
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN
14.12.22.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
14.12.22.05

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.12.22.5

Sophos
Generic PUA PE
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10162

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Kranet
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
34996

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Kranet.Win32.476
2.0.0.1989

File size:
120.8 KB (123,672 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\3b9e48eb-7eb0-4e64-b897-fceb9c7c0b0b\maintainer.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/17/2014 1:30:41 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:4K35/9oxfTk+4vn6LPQI0ypxCOO3bZvWR:4KCLPceLOrZvU

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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Entropy:
6.1803

Code size:
68.5 KB (70,144 bytes)

Service
Display name:
MaintainerSvc3.15.5937677

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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