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searcher.exe

Artex Management S. A.

The application searcher.exe by Artex Management S. A has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. This file is typically installed with the program Searcher. The file has been seen being downloaded from syscos18.ru.
Publisher:
Artex Management S. A.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
395aed48a4b09ff4e8258329e06711af

SHA-1:
00b190dc438e7b73d50a118984a083adc6bc76de

SHA-256:
8193f8c544c1acecabe555b026c58a67485f5f2f35b3a514b2b88dea0404b25a

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/18/2024 3:11:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3002

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7133

Dr.Web
Trojan.Zadved.107
9.0.1.0241

McAfee
Artemis!69A9FA812883
5600.6658

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM41.2.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ArtexManagementSA (M)
15.8.29.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Dapato!6.1C47[F1]
23.00.65.15827

File size:
5.5 MB (5,741,632 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\searcher\searcher.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Artex Management S. A.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/3/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/4/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Artex Management S. A., OU=Software Development, O=Artex Management S. A., STREET="50th Street , Global Plaza Tower, 19th Floor, Suite H", L=Panama City, PostalCode=12800, C=PA

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

Serial number:
00DDAF970527F5B24C6E53754F76D21CC3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/26/2015 4:35:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:SB+EHx8wUT8SWILFH8ky5jHJ1wElY4OTFG3CpQBZ/nU4eTJEkh5SDl5UCym8S83U:SBZwLmt1wE64OhvpS/nvorSvoD26HY

Entry address:
0x3B368C

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, EC, 33, C0, 89, 45, EC, B8, FC, 5F, 7A, 00, E8, 5F, C0, C5, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 13, 37, 7B, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 8B, 0D, 90, 2B, 7D, 00, A1, 5C, 32, 7D, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, A8, EB, 79, 00, E8, FD, 4A, E3, FF, 8D, 55, EC, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, D8, 37, C5, FF, 8B, 45, EC, BA, 2C, 37, 7B, 00, E8, 63, 7B, C5, FF, 74, 0E, A1, 90, 2B, 7D, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 19, E0, FE, FF, EB, 0C, A1, 90, 2B, 7D, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 6B, E5, FE, FF, 33, C0, 5A, 59, 59, 64, 89, 10, 68, 1A, 37, 7B, 00, 8D, 45...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
3.7 MB (3,874,816 bytes)

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

Searcher  by Searcher
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The file searcher.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://syscos18.ru/.../9d1cc6897186973cdc92f224ef092a2b.exe

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