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Xin Zhou

The application task.exe by Xin Zhou has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-54-230-81-149.mia50.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Xin Zhou  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fb1849e5736c4c168dddd46efab25c6a

SHA-1:
5c851ae5fe089bf0398876d06718084f81610bb5

SHA-256:
1f1362a41fb1d51ad0002d86b4c2e00d60473572b856b8ac198b7bc83188b9d9

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/17/2024 8:40:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Mutabaha.937
9.0.1.05190

Reason Heuristics
PUP.XinZhou (M)
16.2.8.12

File size:
332.7 KB (340,664 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\window update\task update\task.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Xin Zhou

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
10/22/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/22/2016 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Xin Zhou, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
659A8A3384285135321373ABABE9503D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/30/2015 8:37:22 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:SvSi2I0FK+rcPUFm4MSX8DSzK46HZtxTT3mdED:SvSiN6K+rWULxK55LTaED

Entry address:
0x21F76

Entry point:
E8, 3C, A6, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 7C, 05, 45, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 70, E7, 44, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 7B, A7, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3...
 
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Code size:
236.5 KB (242,176 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-149.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.149:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-155.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.155:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-7-32.ord54.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.7.32:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-3-39.lhr5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.3.39:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-3-142.lhr5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.3.142:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-3-121.lhr5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.3.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-163-160.jax1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.163.160:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-163-122.jax1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.163.122:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-19-233.iad12.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.19.233:80)

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