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vistahookapp.exe

Vista Start Menu

Dennis Nazarenko

The is the installer for the WebPick InstalleRex download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application vistahookapp.exe, “Vista Start Menu 64bit integration launcher” by Dennis Nazarenko has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
OrdinarySoft.  (signed by Dennis Nazarenko)

Product:
Vista Start Menu

Description:
Vista Start Menu 64bit integration launcher

Version:
1, 0, 0, 5

MD5:
39660b55fdc54272a42a7670202d569a

SHA-1:
28e0b32eaba89ef81fc43f40dd2bbf0316a83730

SHA-256:
fafb253dce93fa7b4a66360fee5a622ce12469dc9f3cc764ab52a801f912cb22

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 2:27:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick (M)
16.11.22.9

File size:
645.7 KB (661,232 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 5

Copyright:
OrdinarySoft (C) 2007

Original file name:
VistaHookApp

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\classic start menu\vistahookapp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dennis Nazarenko

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
11/1/2008 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/2/2009 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Dennis Nazarenko, O=Dennis Nazarenko, POBox=15A, STREET=Jovtneva 7A, L=Vishneve, S=Kievskaya, PostalCode=08132, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
009CA1956F3A54A095BA9D02BC02272CFA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/17/2009 4:20:08 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:XgBzvg0ceG7nmrvdszagLSik4hT1qpP5PzwyeKuqV1d8hcbR6wUhUwBpltzBh6zu:Xezvg0ceG7nmrvdszagLSep1qpP5Pzw5

Entry address:
0x5D720

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 97, E0, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 0E, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 4C, 8D, 05, 89, 96, 03, 00, 33, D2, 49, 8B, C0, 66, 66, 66, 90, 3B, 08, 74, 31, 83, C2, 01, 48, 83, C0, 08, 83, FA, 2D, 72, F0, 8D, 41, ED, 83, F8, 11, 77, 06, B8, 0D, 00, 00, 00, C3, 81, C1, 44, FF, FF, FF, B8, 16, 00, 00, 00, BA, 08, 00, 00, 00, 83, F9, 0E, 0F, 46, C2, C3, 48, 63, C2, 41, 8B, 44, C0, 04, C3, CC, CC, 48, 83, EC, 28, E8, A7, A0, 00, 00, 48, 85, C0, 75, 0C, 48, 8D...
 
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Entropy:
6.1410

Code size:
486.5 KB (498,176 bytes)

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