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weather.vshost.exe

Microsoft Visual Studio 2013

JH Software Private Limited

While the file properties state the file is developed by 'Microsoft Corporation', this is not the case and it is designed just to look like a legitimate Microsoft system file. The application weather.vshost.exe by JH Software Private Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation  (signed by JH Software Private Limited)

Product:
Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2013

Description:
vshost-clr2.exe

Version:
12.0.21005.1

MD5:
9804a0db8cb47dd017bb697ffa68b8c0

SHA-1:
06ce942c09ee6e5c137f53887c83ae47d92150b2

SHA-256:
8e40075785ef17067498f0e875a4dc63f40282eb92872edbd18da00d53101f46

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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 2:55:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.JHSoftwarePrivate (M)
15.11.28.14

File size:
13.3 KB (13,576 bytes)

Product version:
12.0.21005.1

Copyright:
© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
vshost-clr2.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\portable weatherapp\weather.vshost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
JH Software Private Limited

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/27/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/19/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=JH Software Private Limited, OU=IT, O=JH Software Private Limited, L=New Delhi, S=Delhi, C=IN

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

Serial number:
1EB0D774DCDE92063F522689F4040A38

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/5/2013 2:05:06 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:e0SVxB6lW5aW3cwnne0Fcou7+wse+PjPeQ+QfsMwNA5KX:SfIW5aWMin/fuSPLzqSKX

Entry address:
0x2BDE

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 20, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, 38, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 50, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 68, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.4543

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
3 KB (3,072 bytes)

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