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healthcaregovtool.exe

P4hostcom

The application healthcaregovtool.exe by P4hostcom has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer.
Publisher:
P4hostcom  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ac577cfc89eb6b8948a3180773c2671d

SHA-1:
8629f343c00ab5f0afb0eb980f25ea8943e8eba3

SHA-256:
85f44c3f43db12aa4264e8d3c772e60c571e8f9144e80bb7f47eba9a2855aca7

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:
12/25/2024 3:21:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.P4hostco.Installer (M)
16.6.7.6

File size:
1.2 MB (1,254,776 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webwatcher\healthcaregovtool.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
P4hostcom

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/10/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=P4hostcom, O=P4hostcom, STREET=15339 WYANDOTTE ST, L=VAN NUYS, S=California, PostalCode=91406, C=US

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

Serial number:
41454C8A0557125C4B0C373A489B1003

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:PmOeeYdk6xnAX/sCrS7bdRbHFBid1KE4XE+mMCFlZL77Zg+p:jeeYdkN/sCrmdlqKE49mDFlh77ZN

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9870

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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