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UPDATE.EXE

World Cyberkiwon Corp.

The application UPDATE.EXE, “Application update helper.” by World Cyberkiwon has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Cynthesis Software Inc.  (signed by World Cyberkiwon Corp.)

Description:
Application update helper.

Version:
3.0.0.0

MD5:
9097b959978538b4b0bb6d3ff53b8688

SHA-1:
ff91d9577e9c6b4f98e5082d3e231748137df13c

SHA-256:
974518c0bf9651883ef1a20d7663e958aba3c3ca65205bd7999bdc6de791625b

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 3:47:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.53
9.0.1.0294

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.czompy
0.28.2.61942

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.ENG (L)
16.12.6.0

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Genome.Win32.202961
2.0.0.1914

File size:
393.1 KB (402,504 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.0

Copyright:
(c) Copyright 1999, 2000 by Cynthesis Software Inc.

Original file name:
UPDATE.EXE

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (Canada)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\wbaduk\update.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
World Cyberkiwon Corp.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/16/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/16/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=World Cyberkiwon Corp., O=World Cyberkiwon Corp., L=Jung-gu, S=Seoul, C=KR

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
39BA9BA1A62F4CBF607A77AE4F1D0CE0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:4pdigcSIMh7fXoIBLU6EAoOaawjz7nzBHyh1Y8Zkg52YzCDsp9sT8lg:4qgcSIMRxBLUhAg7zaeHY3uoPg

Entry address:
0x4CD38

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, B8, 78, CB, 44, 00, E8, D3, 93, FB, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 02, CE, 44, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, A1, 7C, DE, 44, 00, 8B, 00, E8, A5, E6, FD, FF, A1, 7C, DE, 44, 00, 8B, 00, BA, 18, CE, 44, 00, E8, 98, E2, FD, FF, 8B, 0D, 88, DE, 44, 00, A1, 7C, DE, 44, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, 2C, B5, 44, 00, E8, 94, E6, FD, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, A0, F8, DB, 44, 00, E8, 5D, 5B, FB, FF, 8B, 55, F0, A1, 88, DE, 44, 00, 8B, 00, E8, B2, EB, FF, FF, 84, C0, 74, 3A, A1, 88, DE, 44, 00, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.5066

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
304 KB (311,296 bytes)

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