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upservdef.exe

Pitaya Tech Ltd

The application upservdef.exe by Pitaya Tech has been detected as adware 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 “Shop For Rewards Updater”.
Publisher:
Pitaya Tech Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
82bd73521acaeb72c303b9849b951586

SHA-1:
7e39225c4da988d33ce919857dd59aa51a6c0376

SHA-256:
2cb94a07994c8813f178146e1df2a76f167580ceff21353b6f8eaec3733e2f17

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
5/5/2024 5:40:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.PitayaTech.J
14.12.11.23

File size:
216.8 KB (222,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\shop for rewards\upservdef.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pitaya Tech Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/21/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/22/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Pitaya Tech Ltd, O=Pitaya Tech Ltd, STREET=Rakefet 19, L=Hod Hasharon, S=Sharon, PostalCode=4510034, C=IL

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

Serial number:
6FAC939FE352559AD7790E9C81C9A639

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/2/2014 7:56:35 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:zBke/IEb6CruSFC00n5xJB+JgVT3UlNJdzfEo76Er:FkaQ00X/VoljdzfL76K

Entry address:
0xCF69

Entry point:
E8, 95, 4E, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 9C, 58, 42, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, E8, 40, 42, 00, 01, 0F, 82, C3, 4F, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10...
 
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Entropy:
5.8900

Code size:
103 KB (105,472 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Shop For Rewards Updater

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-1-w.amazonaws.com  (52.216.0.176:80)

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