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VisualDiscovery.exe

Superfish Inc.

The application visualdiscovery.exe by Superfish has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “VisualDiscovery”.
Publisher:
Superfish, Inc.  (signed by Superfish Inc.)

Product:
VisualDiscovery.exe

Version:
2.2.9.3

MD5:
090506c596d1dd52ddfa70c22217b259

SHA-1:
b09df8b11e9b239ec2f838c8b1ef1dc4861e90a5

SHA-256:
5c0b244ca49b193ace33417d2ea40fc9761daa91f1d32229d345205d591a0d83

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 5:22:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.20.13

File size:
1.3 MB (1,354,296 bytes)

Product version:
2.2.9.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\lenovo\visualdiscovery\visualdiscovery.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Superfish Inc.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/28/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/27/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Superfish Inc., O=Superfish Inc., L=Grandville, S=Michigan, C=US

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

Serial number:
3E32431476CFB3E1F90955B25396A6F4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/21/2014 8:35:25 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x359F

Entry point:
E8, E8, 3B, 00, 00, E9, A4, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 69, 0C, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 56, 6A, 01, 68, 68, 90, 41, 00, 8B, F1, E8, 23, 10, 00, 00, C7, 06, F4, 32, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, C3, C7, 01, F4, 32, 41, 00, E9, 88, 10, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, F4, 32, 41, 00, E8, 75, 10, 00, 00, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, B0, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, F4, 0F, 00, 00, C7, 06, F4, 32, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9798  (probably packed)

Code size:
64.5 KB (66,048 bytes)

Service
Display name:
VisualDiscovery

Description:
VisualDiscovery Service

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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