queryexplorer.exe

QueryExplorer.com

The application queryexplorer.exe by QueryExplorer.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
QueryExplorer.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
15efa281d5209d34bad30eab1dcdbaf5

SHA-1:
ad5b92010e36d516907423fb7ac39fa19223ba65

SHA-256:
4129421fdcc7dbd79091009ddb3f4892414af95cb9906bb6fe774fcefdd27fd4

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:
4/23/2024 9:24:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.QueryExplorer (M)
16.2.5.2

File size:
60.3 KB (61,720 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\queryexplorer.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
6/23/2010 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/23/2012 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=QueryExplorer.com, O=QueryExplorer.com, STREET=2141 Rosecrans Ave, STREET=Suite 2020, L=El Segundo, S=CA, PostalCode=90245, C=US

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
00CD04446163D04D867F3D3A8C6A78A2CD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2010 5:32:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:XO2kLNv8c6FgaEh2OI4CQKCYL1SVlUJFOV2DVf8:XKb6FglApCYLPOV2DVE

Entry address:
0x5F82

Entry point:
6A, 60, 68, A8, B2, 40, 00, E8, 8A, 1B, 00, 00, BF, 94, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C7, E8, D6, 1C, 00, 00, 89, 65, E8, 8B, F4, 89, 3E, 56, FF, 15, 30, B0, 40, 00, 8B, 4E, 10, 89, 0D, CC, D3, 40, 00, 8B, 46, 04, A3, D8, D3, 40, 00, 8B, 56, 08, 89, 15, DC, D3, 40, 00, 8B, 76, 0C, 81, E6, FF, 7F, 00, 00, 89, 35, D0, D3, 40, 00, 83, F9, 02, 74, 0C, 81, CE, 00, 80, 00, 00, 89, 35, D0, D3, 40, 00, C1, E0, 08, 03, C2, A3, D4, D3, 40, 00, 33, F6, 56, 8B, 3D, 24, B0, 40, 00, FF, D7, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 75, 1F, 8B, 48, 3C, 03...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v7.0

Code size:
40 KB (40,960 bytes)

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