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OpenKeywordAgent.exe

OpenKeywordAgent

Maroin Co., Ltd

The application OpenKeywordAgent.exe, “Agent Application Tools” by Maroin Co. 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 ‘OpenKeyword’.
Publisher:
Maroin  (signed by Maroin Co., Ltd)

Product:
OpenKeywordAgent

Description:
Agent Application Tools

Version:
2.0.0.22

MD5:
903b288ba4573015ef9532ed1ee58248

SHA-1:
bcddf405f7e71f705c610d9a5a55d226640c9fbd

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:
4/25/2024 10:53:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MaroinCo (M)
15.12.27.1

File size:
3.3 MB (3,463,720 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.22

Copyright:
ⓒ 2014 Maroin. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
OpenKeywordAgent.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\openkeyword\openkeywordagent.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Maroin Co., Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/18/2013 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/17/2016 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Maroin Co., Ltd", O="Maroin Co., Ltd", L=Haeundae-gu, S=Busan, C=KR

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5DF1E27BEBF6F3BA4B33632B858EC872

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/14/2014 9:57:30 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:e1zt8+azcqPGJTzYAmpmDdAoD3XyGNFLOAkGkzdnEVomFHKnPlim:UfEcqqFbAoD3pNFLOyomFHKnPlim

Entry address:
0x11D430

Entry point:
E8, A5, B1, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 40, D3, 58, 00, E8, 5A, 1F, 00, 00, E8, 72, B3, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 38, B1, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 4C, 98, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.7955

Packer / compiler:
PEQuake V0.06

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,334,784 bytes)

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

Name:
OpenKeyword

Command:
C:\Program Files\openkeyword\openkeywordagent.exe


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