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Web Discover

The executable browser.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. 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 server-52-85-77-110.lax3.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Web Discover  (signed and verified)

Product:
Browser

Version:
55.0.2859.0

MD5:
ba3be7e982003f9e1b9dc30d8acfac10

SHA-1:
3a4b514d261ed79bfa43d89793618ddfe25f6dab

SHA-256:
6f6952f1dd1256c03c70bbc61bfb9fa95a2de7e09285a8a634fb633c913a689b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 5:16:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.2.18.0

File size:
3 MB (3,102,944 bytes)

Product version:
55.0.2859.0

Copyright:
Copyright 2016

Original file name:
browser.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webdiscoverbrowser\2.19.2\browser.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Web Discover

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/9/2017 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/23/2018 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Web Discover, O=Web Discover, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
409E4C9DD669272BE87359D12792FEE8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/15/2017 7:47:35 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

Entry address:
0x21666A

Entry point:
E8, 97, 09, 00, 00, E9, 8E, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 53, 33, FF, 8B, 44, 24, 14, 0B, C0, 7D, 14, 47, 8B, 54, 24, 10, F7, D8, F7, DA, 83, D8, 00, 89, 44, 24, 14, 89, 54, 24, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 1C, 0B, C0, 7D, 14, 47, 8B, 54, 24, 18, F7, D8, F7, DA, 83, D8, 00, 89, 44, 24, 1C, 89, 54, 24, 18, 0B, C0, 75, 18, 8B, 4C, 24, 18, 8B, 44, 24, 14, 33, D2, F7, F1, 8B, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 10, F7, F1, 8B, D3, EB, 41, 8B, D8, 8B, 4C, 24, 18, 8B, 54, 24, 14, 8B, 44, 24, 10, D1, EB, D1...
 
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Entropy:
6.5884

Code size:
2.3 MB (2,403,840 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
WebDiscover Browser Launch Task

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to li491-84.members.linode.com  (50.116.29.84:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-198-111-103.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.198.111.103:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-215-171-152.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.215.171.152:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-73-5-161.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.73.5.161:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-192-224.iad53.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.192.224:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-198-161-36.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.198.161.36:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-33-4.ewr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.33.4:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-33-96.ewr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.33.96:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-37-79.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.37.79:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-26-111.ewr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.26.111:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to rtr3.l7.search.vip.bf1.yahoo.com  (63.250.200.63:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to r2.ycpi.vip.ne1.yahoo.net  (98.138.81.73:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to qu-in-f157.1e100.net  (209.85.201.157:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-1-175-11.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.1.175.11:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-63-111-210.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.63.111.210:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-206-155.atl50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.206.155:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-122-60.dfw50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.122.60:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-48-40.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.48.40:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-201-250-36.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.201.250.36:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-8-9-154.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.8.9.154:443)

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