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avast.exe

Cobind

The application avast.exe by Cobind has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named HPHELPER triggered to execute each time a user logs in.
Publisher:
Cobind  (signed and verified)

MD5:
27839fbe56db55dad32069e60db1ee67

SHA-1:
ddc2e4413e51cee8e095eadb5b00b10f6e70518a

SHA-256:
dcf68fce934aa97264b8a0077cfa89c617b1328fd239596fb21b6fd4871646f2

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 7:31:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Injector.PZX trojan
6.3.12010.0

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Cobind.Kryptic (M)
16.10.4.11

File size:
561.4 KB (574,880 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\avast.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cobind

Authority:
Cobind

Valid from:
8/5/2016 4:36:03 PM

Valid to:
8/3/2026 4:36:03 PM

Subject:
E=admin@cobind.com, CN=cobind.com, OU=Ques Unit, O=Cobind, L=New York City, S=New York, C=US

Issuer:
E=admin@cobind.com, CN=cobind.com, OU=Ques Unit, O=Cobind, L=New York City, S=New York, C=US

Serial number:
00ABF3127C9761E782

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/6/2016 2:27:38 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:yyfjfEKjRjhPRrLiDO0q/qWh9F6G9ja6Xsn0GQH:rfj1RtPt9/BnjaKbH

Entry address:
0x7780E

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, 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:
7.6378

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

Code size:
472 KB (483,328 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
HPHELPER

Path:
\Update\HPHELPER

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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