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desktopdockapp.exe

Desktop Dock

The application desktopdockapp.exe by Desktop Dock 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 is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘DesktopDock’.
Publisher:
Desktop Dock  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.2.18

MD5:
827ae6a8e3d217aa77b0f35e2922bea3

SHA-1:
897d71b9034bdba5ac4fb04d4aa8619da9a5ead0

SHA-256:
4a833e05f0dc0d5f1b1e1e9ec73ee9bea72574160e28f9b166b620d48942f1fd

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
12/24/2024 11:45:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.9.22.0

File size:
1.5 MB (1,524,760 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.2.18

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\desktop dock\desktopdockapp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Desktop Dock

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/8/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/8/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Desktop Dock, O=Desktop Dock, STREET=44 Primrose Crescent, L=SUNDERLAND, S=Tyne and Wear, PostalCode=SR6 9RJ, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
72D187E754B89EF452FF82C8A9DE9B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/25/2015 1:15:39 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:YMuBJ1W9OMl2mnUctXBo7uGfO71InJNNwN35i1gGPLOaL0/psBRpbDqnwhDBiJz7:m71Ij/xCm1InSi1gGab+BRiwhDeR9t

Entry address:
0x4BE43

Entry point:
E8, C0, C7, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 00, 82, 53, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 99, A2, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, A9, C3, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
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Entropy:
5.9534

Code size:
944 KB (966,656 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
DesktopDock

Command:
"C:\Program Files\desktop dock\desktopdockapp.exe"


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