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vuwkoazl.exe

Finance Alert

Valid Applications

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The application vuwkoazl.exe by Valid Applications has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Valid Applications  (signed and verified)

Product:
Finance Alert

Description:
FinanceAlert

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
e1738c3b9e906963460afb95f5806468

SHA-1:
8a5dfae3ada509323fabee6c6fc6142e1885f59b

SHA-256:
0f241ba5ffbbb09400cb2ed97d9ac4837090c0340e0891db2c0fdc83885be635

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
6/23/2025 3:52:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.11.7.11

File size:
48.4 KB (49,592 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Valid Applications 2015

Original file name:
FinanceAlert.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\wgplnfl\dat\vuwkoazl.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Valid Applications

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
9/15/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/20/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Valid Applications, O=Valid Applications, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

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

Serial number:
77EC37EEE1E5112777E0776C7062CA74

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/26/2015 12:54:48 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:vGK+3fWZXdi5Ak2/+HvUFiEqzjDwNK9MR4r2B0R3akYFCzJ:u/3fuGWhwLaKG25akIqJ

Entry address:
0xBF4E

Entry point:
48, A1, 00, 20, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, E0, 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...
 
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Entropy:
7.6487

Code size:
40 KB (40,960 bytes)

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