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wechat.exe

Dmitry Taranov

The application wechat.exe by Dmitry Taranov 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 scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered daily at a specified time.
Publisher:
Dmitry Taranov  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3ee75b1cd65fffec91d17773e0c857f3

SHA-1:
7c6bfb33f9d62507f3443ef0af77d0c8ffbb3fdc

SHA-256:
8673a76bcd487f771554a4a3b0533f995e3052e5f8cb50a6868e2c523f926fd8

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:
6/25/2025 1:08:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.30.16

File size:
2 MB (2,055,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\{27bd8d5e-61a5-9bf5-27bd-d8d5e61a3579}\wechat.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dmitry Taranov

Authority:
Unizeto Technologies S.A.

Valid from:
6/25/2014 6:19:58 PM

Valid to:
6/25/2015 6:19:58 PM

Subject:
E=taranov.1968@inbox.ru, CN=Dmitry Taranov, O=Dmitry Taranov, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=Certum Code Signing CA, OU=Certum Certification Authority, O=Unizeto Technologies S.A., C=PL

Serial number:
04503F98B79B450E89CC1ADE70810548

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/31/2012 2:56:15 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x1E748

Entry point:
E8, 54, 12, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, D0, 67, 47, 00, E8, 62, 17, 00, 00, E8, 21, 14, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, E7, 11, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, C8, 0B, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
142 KB (145,408 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Bidaily Synchronize Task[pr]

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 9:18)


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