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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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:
0.9.0.1

MD5:
faaf925cfeb86bea0f512c4ed23cfc3b

SHA-1:
8170d9f29eb3c775d6719ddea6928b7f9e686f4b

SHA-256:
7fb3bcfc0c06ead62e73e40b37742f510ec2ff2c0ae654b7f28d80fad5a448b0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 12:52:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BrowseForCause (M)
16.11.15.13

File size:
10.6 MB (11,116,360 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:
9/24/2012 9:56:19 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
5.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:JKzsdyNgG1rGRfFwuWDYMaIDd+sfqPk4a7GBqPkeJl4Jh1SZ+fH9y:/dyNgOrGr/WDFFy8iqsel431SZCg

Entry address:
0x2694

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, 9F, 22, 2F, 00, 8B, D0, E8, 22, 1C, 2E, 00, 5A, E8, 44, 1B, 2E, 00, E8, 73, 1D, 2E, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 70, 3A, 2E, 00, 59, 68, 48, 60, 6F, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 79, 22, 2F, 00, A3, A7, 60, 6F, 00, 6A, 00, E9, A7, DD, 2E, 00, E9, A2, 3A, 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:
7.7160  (probably packed)

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

Scheduled Task
Task name:
BrowseForTheCauseUpdate

Trigger:
Boot (Runs on boot)


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