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hohosearch.exe

Zealot Games Limited

The application hohosearch.exe by Zealot Games 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:
Zealot Games Limited  (signed and verified)

Version:
201604090114

MD5:
8d26cfc33b2d71285b4a2ff418d17173

SHA-1:
b1385eaecac52b84032965aef2500b85be85a8f0

SHA-256:
71f6b77cf6167e36a594bbfb828c94aedbb5722a2c1ceeb86c2aff811b84cafc

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 7:43:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.YesSearches (M)
16.5.2.14

File size:
1.4 MB (1,479,712 bytes)

Product version:
201604090114

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Zealot Games Limited

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/17/2016 8:58:17 AM

Valid to:
1/21/2017 1:45:31 PM

Subject:
CN=Zealot Games Limited, O=Zealot Games Limited, L=香港, S=香港, C=HK

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

Serial number:
112126DD7DE0597C29C000320C0D93A97121

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/9/2016 12:26:43 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:4ctR4nZxKGNvg+VS4UBitD1CNCRaOn8xFSTpqGTzwHBgq:4cfoKGlLU4sO8zYpqGTzc

Entry address:
0xEF01C

Entry point:
E8, 98, CB, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 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, AF, 56, 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, 40, 1B, 56, 00, 01, 0F, 82, AE, D0, 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, 03, C1, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.6704

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,118,720 bytes)

The file hohosearch.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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