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kutoghsystemservice.exe

Yupeng Zhang

The application kutoghsystemservice.exe by Yupeng Zhang 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 “Kutogh System”. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-54-192-130-124.ams50.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Yupeng Zhang  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d24abc813695d58e2fd4ec7d3a0bfa75

SHA-1:
e798963b0b20a45b825e6f23623c03969cca8f73

SHA-256:
c6fbb72c1a875bcf3a1394df2bc223112dd06e6b4110755cc4ddf48d06d61b61

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/22/2025 3:15:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Elex (M)
16.6.27.0

File size:
968.1 KB (991,384 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\kutogh\kutoghsystemservice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Yupeng Zhang

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2016 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/3/2017 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Yupeng Zhang, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4ACB18410FB56F7862490FBD563A7B34

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/26/2016 7:12:28 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Ttp3t/5QLl1xrK9T1s0/qDWWVaBZocTUh48Ud8mShj9:T7t5QLl1Opt/qD3Vu/TUh4Rd8xhj9

Entry address:
0x4349D

Entry point:
E8, C8, 5D, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 84, 81, 4E, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 70, C4, 4D, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DF, 62, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA...
 
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Entropy:
6.7294

Code size:
702 KB (718,848 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Kutogh System

Service name:
KutoghSystemService

Description:
Provides the core technology for Kutogh.

Type:
Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-130-67.ams50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.130.67:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-130-46.ams50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.130.46:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-130-124.ams50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.130.124:80)

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