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taskbar.exe

D&V Limited

The application taskbar.exe by D&V Limited 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 set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘CFO’. This file is typically installed with the program Converter Free Online by D&V Limited which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
D&V Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4db9dda29e383fe103c374e02368e65b

SHA-1:
fafebb8c7291eedfd6c6d1d9c472e0df30746758

SHA-256:
6544221d9527459f6199ca2bdb26b0ca1992df2728fbfb6d2738f5b67b95013a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/3/2024 9:45:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Startup.H
14.9.30.13

File size:
55.6 KB (56,952 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\converter free online\taskbar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
D&V Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/5/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/5/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=D&V Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=D&V Limited, L=Hong Kong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
27598511D51F2072527D3FB8F0080208

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/2/2014 12:41:54 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:8KvwUikgRwXHn6bT2D8hq+mdQkkn452qEDOxni0OCvG9SsKzwKx:D4NkgRWH6+wXmWkf2WxOhSsKzwQ

Entry address:
0x2B63

Entry point:
E8, 77, 1A, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 24, 92, 40, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 78, 90, 40, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 48, DD, 40, 00, 89, 0D, 44, DD, 40, 00, 89, 15, 40, DD, 40, 00, 89, 1D, 3C, DD, 40, 00, 89, 35, 38, DD, 40, 00, 89, 3D...
 
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Entropy:
6.1133

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
CFO

Command:
C:\Program Files\converter free online\taskbar.exe


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

Converter Free Online  by D&V Limited
The software injects advertisements in the user's web browser as well as tracks the URLs and domains a user visits. Per the EULA: "Converter Free Online may review the content of certain pages you visit in order to provide you the most relevant advertisements."
www.converterfreeonline.com
About 69% of users remove it
 
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