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wasvc.exe

WA Client Service

Word Anchor

The application wasvc.exe by Word Anchor 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 separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “WA 1.10.0.19 Client Service”.
Publisher:
WA  (signed by Word Anchor)

Product:
WA Client Service

Version:
1.10.0.19

MD5:
2ebe48b4fbffc235e02ca3b4d117349e

SHA-1:
1acf29ea5925a3981f83cd0ef1b0f635d6add1bd

SHA-256:
130c0044257c431161ac14b3b9bb127fafa5866aaaf7edf61f1c5edcf9c9c016

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
7/5/2025 4:06:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InfoAtoms (M)
17.3.5.20

File size:
292.1 KB (299,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.10.0.19

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
wasvc.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\wordanchor_1.10.0.19\service\wasvc.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Word Anchor

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/23/2015 12:03:04 AM

Valid to:
5/23/2017 12:03:04 AM

Subject:
E=support@wordanchorapp.com, CN=Word Anchor, O=Word Anchor, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121881197A2243E556A1A11A1D4B17AE0A0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/16/2015 2:21:33 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x251D5

Entry point:
E8, 28, 65, 00, 00, E9, 7B, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 10, 57, 33, FF, 85, DB, 75, 14, E8, 1A, 1F, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, 6A, 39, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, 73, 56, 68, BC, 03, 00, 00, 6A, 01, E8, 44, 3B, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 59, 59, 85, F6, 74, 49, E8, C8, 30, 00, 00, FF, 70, 6C, 56, E8, 46, 31, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 14, 83, 4E, 04, FF, 89, 46, 58, 8B, 45, 1C, 59, 59, 89, 5E, 54, 85, C0, 75, 03, 8D, 45, 10, 50, FF, 75, 18, 56, 68, 3F, 53, 42, 00, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, FF, 15, 44, 31, 43, 00, 85, C0...
 
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Code size:
198 KB (202,752 bytes)

Service
Display name:
WA 1.10.0.19 Client Service

Service name:
wasvc_1.10.0.19

Description:
This service enables WA 1.10.0.19 on HTTP websites

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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