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LEEYEON Communication Co.,Ltd

The application newtab.exe by LEEYEON Communication Co.,Ltd has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘newtab’.
Publisher:
LEEYEON Communication Co.,Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e150a5d67493af3c6d59099ae3002643

SHA-1:
ab2b24cb35c8537ba633b62c6c5e814edca6e515

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/18/2024 11:16:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.12.14.8

File size:
225 KB (230,352 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\newtab\newtab.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LEEYEON Communication Co.,Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/7/2013 4:28:00 PM

Valid to:
1/8/2014 4:28:00 PM

Subject:
CN="LEEYEON Communication Co.,Ltd", O="LEEYEON Communication Co.,Ltd", L=Jung-gu, S=Seoul, C=KR

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11212715411BE78BF1C5048E7BE6B7276A43

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 7:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x922E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, E0, 45, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 30, FA, FF, C7, 87, A0, 50, 07, 00, 6B, D3, 4A, B7, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 19, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 10, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 78, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07...
 
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Entropy:
7.8697

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
212 KB (217,088 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
newtab

Command:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\newtab\newtab.exe


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