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backgroundhost.exe

Wolters Kluwer U.S Corporation

The application backgroundhost.exe by Wolters Kluwer U.S has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Wolters Kluwer U.S Corporation  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.1.11.5

MD5:
7c62500e33abfd00a194f87f13d1367b

SHA-1:
9827f5f6f177ccf2ed983fe418d0cd492f2779d8

SHA-256:
17f2433cd5a627193016a08fbd9d7954d6316166e10e07b46fd8a0feb0392305

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
2/27/2025 12:32:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WoltersKluwerUSCorporation (M)
16.2.22.10

File size:
690.6 KB (707,216 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.11.5

Copyright:
Wolters Kluwer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\intelliconnect search\backgroundhost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Wolters Kluwer U.S Corporation

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/25/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/24/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Wolters Kluwer U.S Corporation, OU=Tax and Accounting, O=Wolters Kluwer U.S Corporation, L=Riverwoods, S=Illinois, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
17F693486AFB477418267B3B011DBD93

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/5/2014 12:22:05 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:fo17CBDrTabj0wx4W9GxCWiAxxDz9G9tTThvDe5GL/WlfIgoj+:QNgVAIBDRG9OGL/Wlw

Entry address:
0x60C41

Entry point:
E8, 4B, BD, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 54, 4A, 4A, 00, 33, C5, 50, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 54, 4A, 4A, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B...
 
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Entropy:
6.3304

Code size:
535 KB (547,840 bytes)

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