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UtilZone.EXE

UtilZone

nbiz Ltd.

The application UtilZone.EXE by nbiz has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘UtilZone’.
Publisher:
NBIZ Corp.  (signed by nbiz Ltd.)

Product:
UtilZone

Version:
1, 0, 1, 8

MD5:
071d3a5601cf13c97e489d1a4c3d0d2c

SHA-1:
932c21742ed79a197b231d87c3049fc1c31b1506

SHA-256:
1d5c8a52c6ac02d79223eb848674dcfb15d09883cb68d6e40c1bd2290c92aee1

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:
4/26/2024 2:00:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.nbiz (M)
16.2.12.13

File size:
126.5 KB (129,560 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 1, 8

Copyright:
(c) NBIZ. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
UtilZone.EXE

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\utilzone\utilzone.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
nbiz Ltd.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/25/2013 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/27/2015 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=nbiz Ltd., O=nbiz Ltd., L=Gangnam-gu, S=Seoul, C=KR

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

Serial number:
4169B218A122412E6D5CC3230C1EC9C2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/20/2013 11:33:25 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:o5LXCcNLQOJOphB3KJL8ErjhMR6hlOtw75l3p/R6gX7qkInPz79G:oAcNLQOJehB3KJL8ErjhMIlrf/RwPQ

Entry address:
0x1295C

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, F8, 5D, 41, 00, 68, 50, 29, 41, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, 98, 53, 41, 00, 59, 83, 0D, AC, CB, 41, 00, FF, 83, 0D, B0, CB, 41, 00, FF, FF, 15, 88, 53, 41, 00, 8B, 0D, A0, CB, 41, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, 8C, 53, 41, 00, 8B, 0D, 9C, CB, 41, 00, 89, 08, A1, 90, 53, 41, 00, 8B, 00, A3, A8, CB, 41, 00, E8, 16, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, 80, C9, 41, 00, 75, 0C, 68, DE, 2A, 41, 00, FF, 15, 94, 53...
 
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Entropy:
5.8552

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
80 KB (81,920 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
UtilZone

Command:
"C:\Program Files\utilzone\utilzone.exe"


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