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:
b79fb2d6a2d956d65f26ef2ce36884ab

SHA-1:
955761788702c03bd76ba16727c7affb6f8dd9bb

SHA-256:
6b67b78fc511e2780fb973a40ed3d9f0f6de4e2ca84c192d63db5cbe09dadb3f

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:
4/23/2024 8:52:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DennisNazarenko.M
14.3.14.16

File size:
645.7 KB (661,224 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\vista start menu\vistahookapp.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
11/2/2008 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/3/2009 12:59:59 AM

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:
4/18/2009 1:20:08 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:EgBzvg0ceG7nmrvdszagLSik4hT1qpP5PzwyeKuqV1d8hcbR6wUhUwBpltzBh6zR:Eezvg0ceG7nmrvdszagLSep1qpP5Pzwq

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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Code size:
486.5 KB (498,176 bytes)

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