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ashpdu.exe

Ashampoo Driver Updater

Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG

The application ashpdu.exe by Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. While running, it connects to the Internet address 67-219-144-82 on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Ashampoo  (signed by Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG)

Product:
Ashampoo Driver Updater

Version:
1.0.0.19087

MD5:
2a9a6f59f052414c9a8e2b47ea25d3c8

SHA-1:
5a8ba7f1b8c5d7a5a17518cfc80e4ac39f98da2c

SHA-256:
02fccc36548dc2448404fb36bdc3512dfe4798fd6cf56f49fcca51ef09cb5b8e

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 5:50:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Program.Unwanted.1766
9.0.1.0352

ESET NOD32
MSIL/AdvancedPcCare.B potentially unwanted (variant)
10.14619

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.MSIL.Advancedpccare
0.1.3.4

File size:
3.6 MB (3,776,720 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.19087

Copyright:
Copyright © ashampoo.com 2016

Original file name:
ashpdu.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ashampoo\ashampoo driver updater\ashpdu.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
11/4/2016 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/8/2019 9:00:00 PM

Subject:
E=support@ashampoo.com, CN=Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG, O=Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG, L=Oldenburg, S=Lower Saxony, C=DE, PostalCode=26125, STREET=Felix-Wankel-Str. 16, SERIALNUMBER=HRA 3618, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Lower Saxony, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=DE, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2), OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0E3F7AE395D8C83D3CC32A660ED3784D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/12/2016 7:39:15 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x3279AE

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, 70, 32, 00, 0C, 00, 00, 00, B0, 39, 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:
7.6052

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

Code size:
3.1 MB (3,299,840 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Ashampoo Driver Updater_Logon

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to pc-b.bitgravity.com  (64.185.181.238:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 67-219-144-82  (67.219.144.82:80)

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