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vistahookdll.dll

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 module vistahookdll.dll, “Vista Start Menu 64bit integration hook” 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 hook

Version:
1, 0, 2, 1

MD5:
8db45c44d29f8639c0dcb14d5087b2c8

SHA-1:
14eb07824c00a8eaefede82275e5ecf968631354

SHA-256:
f9a1bfb8e4a1d109fbf340d01c53f1f7207bcb0afc76bd0034718cb23fc780e1

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:
4/20/2024 8:38:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DennisNazarenko.J
14.3.14.16

File size:
653.7 KB (669,416 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 2, 1

Copyright:
OrdinarySoft (C) 2008

Original file name:
VistaHookDll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win64 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\vista start menu\vistahookdll.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dennis Nazarenko

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:
4/17/2009 3:58:18 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:S1TobxhWpF5F4mgdTl3DT5W5enBaonhclmjXMrTjZmFlHVQJM5t5Jy2x3uvSb0Gf:S1TobxhW75F4mgdTl3DT5W5eBaonhclm

Entry address:
0x5DDB0

Entry point:
48, 89, 5C, 24, 08, 48, 89, 74, 24, 10, 57, 48, 83, EC, 20, 83, FA, 01, 49, 8B, F8, 8B, DA, 48, 8B, F1, 75, 05, E8, 0F, E1, 00, 00, 4C, 8B, C7, 8B, D3, 48, 8B, CE, 48, 8B, 5C, 24, 30, 48, 8B, 74, 24, 38, 48, 83, C4, 20, 5F, E9, 83, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, 48, 8D, 05, 09, FE, 01, 00, 48, 89, 01, E9, 01, C1, FF, FF, CC, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 08, 57, 48, 83, EC, 20, 48, 8D, 05, EF, FD, 01, 00, 8B, DA, 48, 8B, F9, 48, 89, 01, E8, E2, C0, FF, FF, F6, C3, 01, 74, 08, 48, 8B, CF, E8, 05, D7, FF, FF, 48, 8B, C7, 48, 8B...
 
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Code size:
488 KB (499,712 bytes)

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