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pinger.exe

It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Pinger’.
MD5:
d29c13988172672ee3f40baccb548a0b

SHA-1:
6ec2a2b4c38aede621ce726181700bacb43eb527

SHA-256:
b35c6f6529a4c7cbf0a7c363d0e4a87eceae8750416b46e8aebd2d5fd91d0276

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 12:54:50 PM UTC  (today)

File size:
9.8 MB (10,289,664 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pinger\pinger.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/30/2013 8:25:15 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:CWEPGkBm2HIPivPqlC/KYp4ZOOV/X39J8PzmUq7fPGDIrgh4XC9sHyMv11PZoLIb:eAZO+/Xz8PzmUqvMG9PfcWLJnIKL2mF5

Entry address:
0x12A0

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 83, EC, 08, C7, 04, 24, 02, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, F4, 27, DE, 00, E8, 98, FE, FF, FF, 90, 8D, B4, 26, 00, 00, 00, 00, 55, 8B, 0D, 3C, 28, DE, 00, 89, E5, 5D, FF, E1, 8D, 74, 26, 00, 55, 8B, 0D, 18, 28, DE, 00, 89, E5, 5D, FF, E1, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 89, E5, 83, EC, 18, C7, 04, 24, 00, C0, A8, 00, E8, 22, 94, 46, 00, 52, 85, C0, 74, 65, C7, 44, 24, 04, 13, C0, A8, 00, 89, 04, 24, E8, 15, 94, 46, 00, 83, EC, 08, 85, C0, 74, 11, C7, 44, 24, 04, 08, D0, DA, 00, C7, 04, 24, 40, 6B, D0, 00, FF, D0, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.7675

Packer / compiler:
MingWin32

Code size:
6.5 MB (6,813,696 bytes)

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

Name:
Pinger

Command:
"C:\Program Files\pinger\pinger.exe"


The file pinger.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Pinger  by Pinger Inc.
Publisher's description - “Pinger apps help people communicate in new and surprisingly simple ways. EXperience our best texting and calling app ever. EX is an EXceptional upgrade to Pinger.”
www.pinger.com/content/home.html
About 5% of users remove it
 
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