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winsec.exe

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The application winsec.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “winsec”. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-54-230-190-202.maa3.r.cloudfront.net on port 443.
Publisher:
Security Verifier

Product:
winsec.exe

Version:
2.3.5.2

MD5:
72e9d7eab0f3dd62f6a6deb582ad7a2e

SHA-1:
2f26ed40bf582813eb738bf0f27d2490ae77aceb

SHA-256:
dc58d5d14d20fc1b02965f70ea5abce29905a6ff97d2c5bcf9b37f7f89c93f88

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 11:58:25 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Downloader
16.10.10.14

ViRobot
Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.1780744[h]
2014.3.20.0

File size:
1.7 MB (1,780,744 bytes)

Product version:
2.3.5.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\security\winsec.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/2/2015 11:09:51 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:bM6wLAsROd5Ipe+qK+VvprBkDttQWLBDBXu9fV9uS:pwcoOfVvpdKgWXa9MS

Entry address:
0x2E72

Entry point:
E8, B4, 28, 00, 00, E9, A4, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 50, C2, 40, 00, E8, 37, 29, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 5D, 06, 00, 00, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, F8, DD, 40, 00, E8, BB, 1B, 00, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 74, 75, 83, 3D, 7C, 1A, 41, 00, 03, 75, 43, 6A, 04, E8, FF, 2B, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 27, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 09, 56, 50, E8, 48, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 59, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.9895  (probably packed)

Code size:
43 KB (44,032 bytes)

Service
Display name:
winsec

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to cache.google.com  (85.194.198.205:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-62-99-8.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.62.99.8:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-shv-01-fra3.facebook.com  (31.13.93.3:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to lb-182-207.above.com  (103.224.182.207:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-17-100-63.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.17.100.63:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-190-202.maa3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.190.202:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-190-188.maa3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.190.188:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-192-191-197.maa3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.191.197:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-84-106-47.del51.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.106.47:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-shv-01-sjc2.facebook.com  (31.13.77.6:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-shv-01-lht6.facebook.com  (157.240.1.18:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-mini-shv-01-sin6.facebook.com  (157.240.7.35:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-mini-shv-01-cdg2.facebook.com  (179.60.192.36:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-69-9-44.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.69.9.44:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-235-182-183.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.235.182.183:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-89-23-117.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.89.23.117:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-27-92-252.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.27.92.252:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to adobe.com.ssl.d1.sc.omtrdc.net  (63.140.40.98:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a96-17-182-98.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (96.17.182.98:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a96-17-182-107.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (96.17.182.107:443)

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