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mpkinst.exe

Refog Inc.

The application mpkinst.exe by Refog has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Refog Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1921e196c26ef392659483d7f02e4010

SHA-1:
3b23226c20a5a17b6fbaaace3c1337639cf33485

SHA-256:
19560307b8a325a0180e578b37cd3c759db5c3c41e6238b9144f8c3350205c86

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 2:22:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Refog (M)
16.1.14.9

File size:
645.1 KB (660,600 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ts\mpkinst.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Refog Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/3/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/5/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Refog Inc., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Refog Inc., L=Alexandria, S=Virginia, C=US

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:
7FF3DAF8E8B0D4A05A226B85F1054E87

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/30/2013 11:42:07 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:iMTkXaXvZd8RZH/i888888888888W88888888888OmwVbtvVI3qhK5Cvt3zFZaFX:iMtXvfaHbdtS6hK5Cvt3jePnS2+vu

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
68, 01, E0, 4B, 00, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, C3, C3, BF, 22, 21, D0, CB, 8A, 17, 50, 0D, 92, 60, 5A, B5, A1, 81, 1B, 00, B5, 21, 3D, FA, DE, 6B, 46, 6A, AC, 11, 3C, 8C, BB, B1, 80, 96, 00, 36, EB, 42, 4C, 5C, B1, CF, D3, 77, A4, 70, 90, 4F, 5A, AF, 2A, CF, B1, 0F, 85, CD, 5D, A6, 43, 11, A1, B6, E1, B7, 82, 36, DB, 00, 40, B3, 9E, C0, 16, 0C, AB, 5D, 8C, 09, 40, AE, 13, 41, 5B, 36, 7E, 76, 4B, AC, 13, 3D, 19, DE, 13, E4, BF, C5, 60, 80, B6, 47, E8, 12, AB, D3, AC, 00, 61, 11, EA, 86, 83, C1, 50, E0, 6F, 85, 3C...
 
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Entropy:
7.8365

Packer / compiler:
ASProtect v1.2x (New Strain)

Code size:
457.5 KB (468,480 bytes)

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