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FreeApps

Cheng Du VTools Information Technology

The application freeapps.exe by Cheng Du VTools Information Technology 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 start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘FreeApp’.
Publisher:
VTools  (signed by Cheng Du VTools Information Technology)

Product:
FreeApps

Version:
1.4.1.1

MD5:
f519dc9e8e7fd745fd8ac24f2c26bb55

SHA-1:
354fd7fa5fdd634e7243babd0a6170840b52f7df

SHA-256:
dd6645888a25e858a5274018c532cb840b5d24b3445ea8e422f83749b42bf267

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:
11/30/2024 8:11:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ChengDuV.Startup
17.2.3.23

File size:
795.4 KB (814,496 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright(C) 2009-2010

Trademarks:
VTools

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cheng Du VTools Information Technology

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/26/2010 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/27/2012 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Cheng Du VTools Information Technology, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Cheng Du VTools Information Technology, L=ChengDu, S=SiChuan, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
74ABEBE80CBD793FD40D60CBD6D03A38

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/29/2011 9:03:38 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x22FB50

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 50, 58, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, E7, FF, C7, 87, C4, 97, 1A, 00, 67, 5A, F7, 64, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 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, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.7930

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
684 KB (700,416 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
FreeApp

Command:
"C:\windows.old\Program Files\freeapps\freeapps.exe" \autorun


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