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winstartmenulauncher.exe

Forden Limited

The application winstartmenulauncher.exe by Forden Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a windows Service named “Windows Start Menu Service”.
Publisher:
Forden Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8adb9001541566966f54453a817237b3

SHA-1:
2ea456984057aef40b5f7785cf3951ee22bb4766

SHA-256:
cdc805a6ed209ae2ff65c096b0d43de8cea3236c9015d7a923eef7e441f59d74

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 9:01:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Service.U
14.11.20.9

File size:
243.1 KB (248,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\smart menu\winstartmenulauncher.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Forden Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/30/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/1/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Forden Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Forden Limited, L=Hong Kong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6461487D97F357A58308D95A226D26EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/4/2014 12:02:19 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:s4a6fimvQFV6f/2AwsxQgJZ/3+EOCfD7b:s4ajmvQFVTAxQgJZ/O2b

Entry address:
0x21C00

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 87, 02, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 7E, FE, FF, FF, FF, 25, F8, 69, 00, 00, 48, 8B, C4, 4C, 89, 48, 20, 44, 89, 40, 18, 48, 89, 50, 10, 53, 56, 57, 41, 56, 48, 83, EC, 38, 4D, 8B, F1, 49, 63, F8, 48, 8B, F2, 83, 60, C8, 00, 48, 8B, DF, 48, 0F, AF, DA, 48, 03, D9, 48, 89, 58, 08, FF, CF, 89, 7C, 24, 70, 78, 10, 48, 2B, DE, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 60, 48, 8B, CB, 41, FF, D6, EB, E8, C7, 44, 24, 20, 01, 00, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 38, 41, 5E, 5F, 5E, 5B, C3, CC, CC, CC, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 10, 44, 89, 44...
 
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Entropy:
6.0672

Code size:
152.5 KB (156,160 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Windows Start Menu Service

Service name:
WinStartMenuLauncher

Type:
Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess


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