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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, 1, 1

MD5:
1887bc219001569135f11922d30aaa9d

SHA-1:
5c13c9d095b94ab32b5ea1525dd573d9b6f4d753

SHA-256:
c07a7b6ab8e5cfd5290078969ba5f201ffb59f9fed93930543ee17029778ef2e

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:
4/16/2024 7:23:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DennisNazarenko.J
14.5.25.16

File size:
72.7 KB (74,432 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 1, 1

Copyright:
OrdinarySoft (C) 2007

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:
11/2/2007 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:
11/2/2008 3:29:59 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:
00DBE65D78CE895A82ADCC70F584A6A0BB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/17/2007 4:16:43 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:lyzhh9fOM7IS/ORD/8sp3TfZOKdg6uaLK4P2kNQP:YFh9fZ7ISgD/8Y3TfZOKdg6zL59WP

Entry address:
0x1B70

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, 2F, 1F, 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, 89, 4C, 24, 08, 48, 81, EC, 88, 00, 00, 00, 48, 8D, 0D, BD, F8, 00, 00, FF, 15, 1F, B5, 00, 00, 48, 8B, 05, A8, F9, 00, 00, 48, 89, 44, 24, 58, 45, 33, C0, 48, 8D, 54, 24, 60, 48, 8B, 4C, 24, 58, E8, 8B, 69, 00, 00, 48, 89, 44, 24, 50, 48, 83, 7C, 24...
 
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Entropy:
6.1767

Code size:
46 KB (47,104 bytes)

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