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3190_wpc_mystartsearch

Fuyuan Zhou

The application wpc_mystartsearch.exe by Fuyuan Zhou has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from d3kj6o4rxau601.cloudfront.net.
Publisher:
gsuwo  (signed by Fuyuan Zhou)

Product:
3190_wpc_mystartsearch

Description:
gsuwo

Version:
6,3,7601,2004

MD5:
f20eabc2f57eeb1163151db1b0f01b5f

SHA-1:
a0842eb54dcb14740b5198167c0a7a14f7e8c697

SHA-256:
a18af9816e899ee5b58688f11f5a8ef2bb79b62f31a791075360039c7acee79d

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
5/12/2024 2:46:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.ELEX
4.0.3.15313

ESET NOD32
Win32/ELEX.CE potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.197.15042

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MyStartSearch.A
v2015.03.13.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FuyuanZhou
15.3.13.8

Sophos
PUA 'Elex' (of type Adware)
5.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4726263
37788

File size:
179.1 KB (183,392 bytes)

Product version:
6,3,7601,2004

Copyright:
bmy

Original file name:
bmy

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United Kingdom)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\temp\wpc_mystartsearch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fuyuan Zhou

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
1/15/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/20/2016 3:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Fuyuan Zhou, O=Fuyuan Zhou, S=Jilin, L=Jilin, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0F23159AB625CE992A314C35F55B4F8E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2015 5:34:38 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:x6eY97KU07rQj2DXG6xQ0p3LsZ/pABl+S1UQ97x6WGv5wY8:x6d7KU0gq7G6XhIpABltL9tc5wY8

Entry address:
0x106D6

Entry point:
E8, C7, 62, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, 76, 42, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, C8, 50, 42, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, 76, 42, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.9846

Code size:
104 KB (106,496 bytes)

The file wpc_mystartsearch.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d3kj6o4rxau601.cloudfront.net/wpc_mystartsearch.exe

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