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NewsNetService.exe

NewsNet Service

International News Network Limited

The application NewsNetService.exe by International News Network Limited 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:
International News Network Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
NewsNet Service

Description:
NewsNetService

Version:
1.0.0.3

MD5:
f5cf651373efda550c62056c864230ad

SHA-1:
c1a127f1d8ac384ac412ee3ee1c486e1227056dc

SHA-256:
86d6818b6127de4e95e47efc79b6c53bf23e404fc9c0ffdc3a36138e1a29b93f

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:
7/7/2025 5:16:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Besttoolbars (M)
16.8.20.4

File size:
243.1 KB (248,976 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

Original file name:
NewsNetService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\news.net\newsnetservice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
International News Network Limited

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/16/2013 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/17/2015 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=International News Network Limited, O=International News Network Limited, STREET="Unit 902, 9th Floor,", STREET=Loke Yew Building, STREET=50-52 Queens Rd, L=Central, S=Hong Kong, PostalCode=999077, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
17EFC172DA59DDF23B9F1131C93ADE7F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/18/2013 4:58:22 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:JsNe6g5HXN8o0VpU033q+c9Sp6nFTc7jhK5:qNBghXWo0jU033qN9JnFYJA

Entry address:
0x19583

Entry point:
E8, EC, CD, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, FF, 75, 0C, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, C2, DF, FF, FF, 8B, 45, F0, 83, B8, AC, 00, 00, 00, 01, 7E, 16, 8D, 45, F0, 50, 68, 03, 01, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, 29, B4, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, 12, 8B, 80, C8, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 4D, 08, 0F, B7, 04, 48, 25, 03, 01, 00, 00, 80, 7D, FC, 00, 74, 07, 8B, 4D, F8, 83, 61, 70, FD, C9, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, C8, CD, 43, 00, 00, 75, 14, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 0D, 98, B2, 43, 00, 0F, B7, 04, 41, 25, 03, 01, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.5209

Code size:
192 KB (196,608 bytes)

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