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windowsearchinstall_castmywidget.exe

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HOW SOFT

The application windowsearchinstall_castmywidget.exe 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

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
f35f33315cd0d111d6690167b18a8876

SHA-1:
caab06f42c3f37ea76b80107f5fa047e301dc63d

SHA-256:
9fbb310c785a239472cf66343ab437e9aa2ed7b07a91c7f61045fadf82a0811d

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:
4/26/2024 4:22:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Hue Communication (M)
17.1.6.18

File size:
185.1 KB (189,560 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:\Program Files\windowsearch\windowsearchinstall_castmywidget.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:
7/18/2012 9:40:11 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x80080

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 45, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, FA, FF, C7, 87, B4, 07, 06, 00, 55, A5, F3, 1A, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 67, EA, 07, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 73, 90, 02, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9...
 
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Entropy:
7.9266  (probably packed)

Code size:
168 KB (172,032 bytes)

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