winasv.exe

Now Media Corp.

The application winasv.exe by Now Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 15 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Windows Assist Service”.
Publisher:
Windows Assist Service  (signed by Now Media Corp.)

Product:
Windows Assist Service

Version:
1.0.0.8

MD5:
99919b70543ccae9abb38f89ac652b2c

SHA-1:
b4ea9f0ea7051162c3b1a9258fb2d47911114735

SHA-256:
00eadf3540e1fd19956b91742faece2b82decf582db106bdc413c08302a2f060

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 8:53:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
SPR/Tool.WindowsAssist.A
7.11.125.168

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150718

AVG
Generic5
2016.0.3045

Baidu Antivirus
AdWare.Win32.Kraddare
4.0.3.15718

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
17630

Dr.Web
DLOADER.Trojan
9.0.1.0199

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.Kraddare.FR
9.9306

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Kraddare
7/18/2015

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.AdWare
t3scan.2.2.29

Malwarebytes
Adware.K.WinKM
v2015.07.18.06

McAfee
Artemis!99919B70543C
5600.6701

Norman
Malware
11.20150718

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.NowMediaCorp.Meta
15.7.18.2

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
25526

File size:
128.2 KB (131,280 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.8

Original file name:
winasv.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\windows assist service\winasv.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/24/2012 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/24/2013 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Now Media Corp., OU=EC Team, O=Now Media Corp., L=Uijeongbu-si, S=Gyeonggi-do, C=KR

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

Serial number:
3ACFBF44AA68CA08512B1BA9C041D893

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/30/2012 9:39:40 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:hPNUVp8j5jdVlvpNcUfvL+L9eQKbNUPyXyb6Kx8ONHxGheXc1XctDGC:hPr5jdVxL/z+Ztk7Q8ONHxGheWICC

Entry address:
0x6023

Entry point:
E8, 99, 3F, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 48, 62, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 44, 62, 41, 00, 89, 15, 40, 62, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 3C, 62, 41, 00, 89, 35, 38, 62, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 34, 62, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 60, 62, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 54, 62, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 30, 62, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 2C, 62, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 28, 62, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 24, 62, 41, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 58, 62, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 4C, 62, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 50, 62, 41, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 5C, 62, 41...
 
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Entropy:
6.2152

Code size:
62 KB (63,488 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Windows Assist Service

Service name:
winassvc

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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