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windowsearchsetup.exe

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The application windowsearchsetup.exe, “WindowSearch Installation program. ” 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. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Copyright (C)WindowSearch. All Right Reserved.   (signed by HOW SOFT)

Description:
WindowSearch Installation program.

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
7d7b81c002272fe5f987310c5cccd23f

SHA-1:
bdd65618a5fa1f0e5ed241b74786819da580c026

SHA-256:
4ca6b56b294ac7968bc90d946b8cfebcca9ac5d66f58ec2f0a3fe6f723a52c03

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 7:16:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Hue Communication.HOWSOFT.Installer (M)
15.12.28.11

File size:
917.8 KB (939,800 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\windowsearch\windowsearchsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
HOW SOFT

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/28/2011 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2013 3:59:59 PM

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:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:OiV4PaBeCbpNJ+KntaV0Mi4Y81eQJEp86ECJn208:34aTp+P44ZeZpRA08

Entry address:
0x94E4

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, D4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, E4, E8, E2, 9B, FF, FF, E8, 8D, AE, FF, FF, E8, 80, D0, FF, FF, E8, C7, D0, FF, FF, E8, DA, F5, FF, FF, BE, C4, BD, 40, 00, 33, C0, 55, 68, C0, 9B, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 76, 9B, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, EF, FE, FF, FF, E8, AE, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 40, D5, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, B8, BD, 40, 00, E8, 93, 9C, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, B8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9783

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
35.5 KB (36,352 bytes)

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