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winstartmenulauncher.exe

Tripro Ltd

The application winstartmenulauncher.exe by Tripro has been detected as adware 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:
Tripro Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0386959224ca70d29540354ffa7411d3

SHA-1:
f600066a7dd1bd563ad7deb43c0fa15f07baef71

SHA-256:
ae0587ab75522bd44f2560d6f55eb542e0acdf7fe41312c59ed3ec69fb11519b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
5/10/2024 7:31:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tripro (M)
16.2.2.18

File size:
195.1 KB (199,768 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tripro Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/30/2013 2:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=Tripro Ltd, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Tripro Ltd, 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:
1189C239E85299F4464322E094264D91

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/4/2014 9:53:06 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:CHaN+Jma7/3joknvNpTqM0+d9RV9RSGSM:CHaN+Jma7/3jBvNpTqM0+d9Rn7SM

Entry address:
0x1C75B

Entry point:
E8, A1, 03, 00, 00, E9, 91, FE, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 04, 23, 42, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, A0, 6C, 42, 00, E8, 48, 01, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, C3, 8B, 7D, 10, 0F, AF, C7, 8B, 75, 08, 03, F0, 89, 75, 08, 83, 65, FC, 00, 4F, 89, 7D, 10, 78, 0C, 2B, F3, 89, 75, 08, 8B, CE, FF, 55, 14, EB, EE, 33, C0, 40, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 14, 00, 00, 00, E8, 49, 01, 00, 00, C2, 10, 00, 8B, 7D, 10, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 45, E4, 85, C0, 75, 0B, FF, 75, 14, 57, 53, 56, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, C3...
 
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Code size:
129 KB (132,096 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Windows Start Menu Service

Service name:
WinStartMenuLauncher

Type:
Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess


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