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twxgaf.exe

Desktop Recipe

Exciting Technology

The application twxgaf.exe, “DesktopRecipe Service” by Exciting Technology 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 runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “TwxGaF”.
Publisher:
Exciting Technology  (signed and verified)

Product:
Desktop Recipe

Description:
DesktopRecipe Service

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
60c8298d61769ded50ded70b187666ba

SHA-1:
b26feee70c1e9f62cfe65834d4a62b1f6a0ec8e0

SHA-256:
5fd8f25da67ba1ab95a3477c884682691b06c9ab43d659e2c0cdbb33d3eb97d9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
8/10/2025 9:10:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.8.20.3

File size:
2.9 MB (3,000,808 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Exciting Technology 2015

Original file name:
DesktopRecipeService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\npxbsdphmpk\twxgaf.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Exciting Technology

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/22/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/23/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Exciting Technology, O=Exciting Technology, L=St. Michael, S=St. Michael, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
78090672DF6104656959D799BD62B471

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/1/2015 7:27:13 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:rHqxELsu7/n6tdCyriLEJV9BZcxg6NpEEpbP+XYWvrbQNk3rrmwq8FWjbb06mwEp:7qxEYuD6t0y2YTegEpEE1mdHQus8Fafa

Entry address:
0x2DC42E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9996

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
2.9 MB (2,991,616 bytes)

Service
Display name:
TwxGaF

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
Winmgmt CryptSvc


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-171-43-206.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.171.43.206:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-16-174-255.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.16.174.255:80)

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