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ZenSearch

The application uninstall.exe by ZenSearch has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. 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:
3a6482a80f495880b6cb23bbcf5809b0

SHA-1:
ef3e993a75240400c1558622e73d0131cafe86a8

SHA-256:
b39c0c068545b50565b38f8c07a2e188161a41e4d26bf6b1cc78c1a4ef053d07

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 12:52:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
MalSign.Zensea
2015.0.3472

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:
4/23/2014 5:03:25 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:C33pfTSiD7rPVMRTSV+1QilxjNxtskJplGjq7L3M/E6LbG:0ZfTlDPWSoNlJv2kXAjq7LcvbG

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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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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