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browseforthecause.exe

Domain Web Developers, LLC

The application browseforthecause.exe by Domain Web Developers 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 BrowseForTheCauseUpdate triggered to automatically run when the computer boots.
Publisher:
Domain Web Developers, LLC  (signed and verified)

Version:
0.9.0.8

MD5:
03a2ca885709ab90940afbc66cb6aa85

SHA-1:
143d8eb9d14574ce84902d1f0964dea22df60a27

SHA-256:
d17999e3260c3a8f53994a8c838fdb6a4f43b3e794e42efb5c26f647622fafa3

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 12:44:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BrowseForCause (M)
16.11.15.13

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Notifier.gen
3.12.26.0

File size:
3.6 MB (3,733,352 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browseforthecause\browseforthecause.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Domain Web Developers, LLC

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/19/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/17/2013 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Domain Web Developers, LLC", O="Domain Web Developers, LLC", L=New Orleans, S=Louisiana, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0E249EAA93362C0818B9A297F7A78E28

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/12/2012 11:00:43 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
5.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:gqhDhSn+8jAdyShzrWhFY2I22c1KmlMMWl6iX2HNTIkclT2VLNyt0OmaUiB:thD7eMebzQYMM86iXIIkcgNyqab

Entry address:
0x26A0

Entry point:
EB, 10, 66, 62, 3A, 43, 2B, 2B, 48, 4F, 4F, 4B, 90, E9, AC, 60, 6F, 00, A1, 9F, 60, 6F, 00, C1, E0, 02, A3, A3, 60, 6F, 00, 52, 6A, 00, E8, 4F, 2A, 2F, 00, 8B, D0, E8, 7A, 23, 2E, 00, 5A, E8, 9C, 22, 2E, 00, E8, CB, 24, 2E, 00, 6A, 00, E8, C8, 41, 2E, 00, 59, 68, 48, 60, 6F, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 29, 2A, 2F, 00, A3, A7, 60, 6F, 00, 6A, 00, E9, FF, E4, 2E, 00, E9, FA, 41, 2E, 00, 33, C0, A0, 91, 60, 6F, 00, C3, A1, A7, 60, 6F, 00, C3, 60, BB, 00, 50, B0, BC, 53, 68, AD, 0B, 00, 00, C3, B9, F0, 00, 00, 00, 0B, C9...
 
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Entropy:
6.5457

Code size:
3 MB (3,100,672 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
BrowseForTheCauseUpdate

Trigger:
Boot (Runs on boot)

Action:
browseforthecause.exe noninteractive


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