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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.
Publisher:
Web Discover  (signed and verified)

Product:
Browser

Version:
55.0.2859.0

MD5:
cdca10e04eca37b3fee486804e0dd711

SHA-1:
fa4755b5ef684ea7910202b4534fa40f0b7e0132

SHA-256:
191afbf94ce1ea0f7f4de3a8beb3fdb9feb97fe18bf109c3f1721517ba0252eb

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
11/22/2024 9:37:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.2.9.14

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\2.12.2\browser.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Web Discover

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/22/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/22/2017 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:
6A8AE55D88F918454899216E122FA657

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/21/2016 5:57:17 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:
6.5883

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

Scheduled Task
Task name:
WebDiscover Browser Launch Task

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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