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protectium.exe

PINWID LTD

The application protectium.exe by PINWID has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Protectium by Pinwid Ltd which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
PINWID LTD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
af60d9099288b19cd1f668eac484eab0

SHA-1:
244273e63b11b73389718ad47b97329ee79ba808

SHA-256:
0e932967be2cfa6f970b6bc016988aeeb904e6179c32beee4889ffc8dc171eaf

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 7:46:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Pindi
2015.0.3320

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PINWID.K
14.10.16.11

File size:
1 MB (1,076,632 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\protectium\navigator\protectium.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PINWID LTD

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/5/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/5/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PINWID LTD, O=PINWID LTD, STREET=14 Shenkar Arie, L=HERZLIYA, S=NA, PostalCode=46733, C=IL

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

Serial number:
00D9AC9FC9A1B1E8FD63013E3CCE7B0578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/29/2014 3:21:38 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:mmGtwiY8AfkmSCMZbUBU7SJqjaEwBLMfOW2H3+ibD8er7PUm:mhAfkmCQBUBjNwWfOW2H3+ibD8er7Pv

Entry address:
0xB361A

Entry point:
E8, 69, F4, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 14, 68, E8, 68, 4E, 00, E8, D0, 4F, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, 4D, 10, 78, 3A, 8B, 4D, 08, 2B, 4D, 0C, 89, 4D, 08, FF, 55, 14, EB, ED, 8B, 45, EC, 89, 45, E4, 8B, 45, E4, 8B, 00, 89, 45, E0, 8B, 45, E0, 81, 38, 63, 73, 6D, E0, 74, 0B, C7, 45, DC, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, DC, C3, E8, 37, 75, 00, 00, 8B, 65, E8, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, C6, 4F, 00, 00, C2, 10, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 08, 69, 4E, 00, E8, 72, 4F, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, C6, 0F, AF, 45...
 
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Entropy:
6.6793

Code size:
844 KB (864,256 bytes)

Shell Open Command
Open type:
http

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\protectium\navigator\protectium.exe" url "%1"


The file protectium.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Protectium  by Pinwid Ltd
Protectium (Resoft) is a Chromium based web browser that is designed to deliver advertisements and search modifications via SimilarSites.
www.protectium.com
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