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PioneerSoft

The application clients.exe by PioneerSoft has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
PioneerSoft  (signed and verified)

Product:
banner

Description:
banner

Version:
1, 0, 0, 1

MD5:
d4b63cd50e89ae58b92e36025aec2cda

SHA-1:
f8b76ee55766ddc81fd9f142e3f0dfda34a59221

SHA-256:
b814db10d971ac2dca0220f569920a858d44a4af903f666230c6629a81854e42

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 5:17:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.7.14

File size:
30.3 KB (31,024 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2017

Original file name:
banner.EXE

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\windows\temp\clients.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PioneerSoft

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
6/13/2016 1:29:13 PM

Valid to:
7/16/2017 5:50:18 PM

Subject:
CN=PioneerSoft, O=PioneerSoft, L=Yongin-si, S=Gyeonggi-do, C=KR

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121239E0D9C33AA6594ADCD0ACB2FADC025

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/3/2017 10:25:21 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0xD020

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 40, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, FF, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, EF, 75, 09, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 73, E4, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 0D, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 74, 89, C5, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 75, 20, 41, 01, DB, 75...
 
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Entropy:
6.6217

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
12 KB (12,288 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-79-124-201.ap-northeast-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.79.124.201:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-13-124-21-149.ap-northeast-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (13.124.21.149:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a118-215.57-156.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (118.215.57.156:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-76-81-252.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.76.81.252:80)

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