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Northcode proxy

Northcode Inc.

The application start.exe by Northcode has been detected as adware 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:
Northcode Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Northcode proxy

Description:
proxy

Version:
3, 1, 0, 0

MD5:
f807a0c9a0d4107866d7976578aaf2c5

SHA-1:
83ebe20c0e0c2f18277082c89f0ff053ce795722

SHA-256:
32402e43909e6d41cdb181f652902a4367d5fcf59bc99e54b694bc7774967d02

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:
4/19/2024 9:32:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.2.25.22

File size:
57.4 KB (58,800 bytes)

Product version:
3, 1, 0, 0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2007

Trademarks:
All Rights Reserved

Original file name:
proxy.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\drp15\drp_15.6_full\tools\start.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Northcode Inc.

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
3/11/2009 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/10/2010 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Northcode Inc., OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Northcode Inc., L=Ottawa, S=ON, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
418234F1A99F61F7C5EA116AB09AD596

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/31/2009 2:58:48 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x2ED4

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, E0, 80, 40, 00, 68, F8, 65, 40, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 58, 80, 40, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 6C, B9, 40, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 68, B9, 40, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, 64, B9, 40, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, 60, B9, 40, 00, 33, F6, 56, E8, 40, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, B0, 00, 00, 00, 59, 89, 75, FC, E8, FA, 34, 00, 00, FF, 15, 54, 80, 40, 00, A3, 88, CE, 40, 00, E8...
 
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Entropy:
5.1266

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

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