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Web Bar Media

The application winwb.exe by Web Bar Media has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘WebBar Toolbar’.
Publisher:
Web Bar Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
App

Version:
5.5.5995.17222

MD5:
f38c35871023704e08d324fe26f396e9

SHA-1:
6bf618d02e596be50ac3c23af1449ced8d875f90

SHA-256:
4b9df0b8986fb45c76c5a53524fd825d24b1db832449d6899a9bdba6113d689d

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:
4/29/2024 5:17:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebBarMe.Startup
16.12.26.14

File size:
193.7 KB (198,376 bytes)

Product version:
5.5.5995.17222

Copyright:
Copyright © 2016

Original file name:
winwb.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\webbar\5.5.5995.17222\winwb.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Web Bar Media

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/2/2016 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/2/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Web Bar Media, O=Web Bar Media, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
557EE075927E4334A03C38B0D013B188

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/31/2016 10:34:04 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x2C8AE

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
5.9893

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
170.5 KB (174,592 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
WebBar Toolbar

Command:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\webbar\5.5.5995.17222\winwb.exe


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