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hohosearch.exe

VANKY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

The application hohosearch.exe by VANKY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from d2xvc2nqkduarq.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
VANKY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED  (signed and verified)

Version:
201604211327

MD5:
c0d14c6dc3077e31cfcbf34766c696d0

SHA-1:
8f7e3784111c41df7c94d6fd3b7a387330f56e96

SHA-256:
541aef30f0a41fdfdb75d5aa7c45fe48c2ddfe727cf6f98354e3ef2aef3a3298

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 12:43:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.YesSearches.VANKYTEC (M)
16.5.2.14

File size:
961.6 KB (984,632 bytes)

Product version:
201604211327

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\hohosearch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
VANKY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/22/2016 6:25:35 PM

Valid to:
1/21/2017 2:41:53 PM

Subject:
CN=VANKY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, O=VANKY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, L=香港, S=香港, C=HK

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

Serial number:
1121D8237D7169E88BDA04260FE3FCAF2D56

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/21/2016 1:31:57 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ttiRkSzxbq962kRkG6fl5P3mUW0/7bIyhTvMY+:tiXbq9EYWr0/7brhTvMY

Entry address:
0x4CCA9

Entry point:
E8, 92, B5, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 5C, 20, 4F, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, E0, E9, 4E, 00, 01, 0F, 82, A5, BA, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10...
 
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Entropy:
6.6362

Code size:
737.5 KB (755,200 bytes)

The file hohosearch.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

http://d2xvc2nqkduarq.cloudfront.net/.../nbyfr_su.exe

http://d2xvc2nqkduarq.cloudfront.net/.../epf_ht.exe

http://d2xvc2nqkduarq.cloudfront.net/.../nbyit_su.exe

http://d2xvc2nqkduarq.cloudfront.net/.../wsy_ly.exe

http://d2xvc2nqkduarq.cloudfront.net/.../isr_jq.exe

http://d2xvc2nqkduarq.cloudfront.net/.../bzt_jq.exe

http://d2xvc2nqkduarq.cloudfront.net/.../nbybr_su.exe

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