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HOW SOFT

The application windowsearchinstall.exe, “windowsearch setup” by HOW SOFT 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:
Copyright (C) 2012 howsoft Co. LTD., All rights reserved.  (signed by HOW SOFT)

Product:
windowsearch

Description:
windowsearch setup

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
c00fa3fb58be6c59f3ff50e87f98efdd

SHA-1:
29d4322d1e0320183407ec856cb401f2f3db0612

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:
4/23/2024 7:42:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Hue Communication (M)
16.9.21.16

File size:
471.1 KB (482,448 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2012 neoux Co. LTD., All rights reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\temp\windowsearchinstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
HOW SOFT

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/29/2011 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2013 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=HOW SOFT, O=HOW SOFT, L=Guro-gu, S=SEOUL, C=KR

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

Serial number:
567C8147E85208EFCE0495C1D8AC015F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/24/2012 2:37:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6jab2KjUmx29TONBjOTY8BgADtq7qbUXInBKW+X:HyKRx29TONBCDDtcbXGB5S

Entry address:
0x6074C

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 10, F4, 45, 00, E8, C8, 65, FA, FF, A1, CC, 2A, 46, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 40, B4, FF, FF, 8B, 0D, FC, 29, 46, 00, A1, CC, 2A, 46, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, D0, E9, 45, 00, E8, 40, B4, FF, FF, A1, CC, 2A, 46, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 6C, B5, FF, FF, E8, 33, 46, FA, FF, 8D, 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, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.6182

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
379.5 KB (388,608 bytes)

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