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uninstall.exe

ZenSearch

The application uninstall.exe by ZenSearch has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. While running, it connects to the Internet address zensearch.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
ZenSearch  (signed and verified)

MD5:
78e1611223ffa8a4a86b365e133acb6b

SHA-1:
4ccf8e82deebf2f3af54ecc9185e7ff6e2af5c6e

SHA-256:
1124e4c3fc25754b3671d40fd23c259b603590f4775d7998b7371b0db6e9c0de

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
4/24/2024 4:15:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ZenSearch.J
14.8.31.22

File size:
1.3 MB (1,331,896 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\zensearch updater\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ZenSearch

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/8/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/8/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=ZenSearch, O=ZenSearch, STREET=Bysoestraede 2B, L=Holbaek, S=DK, PostalCode=4300, C=DK

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C453BD7E7881A198DDECCC1FC432D3ED

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/14/2014 4:04:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:J33pfTSiD7rPVMRnnV+1QbQaPC698wjUdvNzLbe:dZfTlDPynoEjC6bIdFbe

Entry address:
0x82962

Entry point:
E8, FE, 97, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 44, C6, 4A, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 70, 98, 4A, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 44, C6, 4A, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6...
 
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Entropy:
7.3896

Code size:
591.5 KB (605,696 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to zensearch.com  (216.92.114.3:80)

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