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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. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from d3tufnia3qwp0y.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
VANKY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED  (signed and verified)

Version:
201605241559

MD5:
55b6953169c9445122885d62c1d847b6

SHA-1:
d87e47e16dbb04cfb45da8b6ffb056d6f1301bf0

SHA-256:
f8a3300f743ee9a1a3c89a31160da851256d6073562e4ea0a7124fb975799835

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 4:15:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.YesSearches.VANKYTEC (M)
16.5.24.10

File size:
811.1 KB (830,520 bytes)

Product version:
201605241559

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:
5/23/2016 12:29:47 PM

Valid to:
1/21/2017 1:41:53 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:
1121C0E8CB5EDAE0599EF1A0CC7750386587

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/24/2016 3:01:52 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:j9ptt3v3swSC1u+6slgg498B8T0G0cp+XUq88JeBOW6SFbvHgROiB7A0bJWITRXY:pt/3swSCQ2XVGzp+KLiB7ASao192

Entry address:
0x762DF

Entry point:
E8, 19, CD, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 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, 2C, C7, 4C, 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, 80, 9B, 4C, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 32, D2, 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, CA, 83, E2...
 
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Code size:
617.5 KB (632,320 bytes)

The file hohosearch.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 11 URLs.

http://d3tufnia3qwp0y.cloudfront.net/.../bzt_jq.exe

http://d3tufnia3qwp0y.cloudfront.net/.../nbyes_su.exe

http://d3tufnia3qwp0y.cloudfront.net/.../nby_zc.exe

http://d3tufnia3qwp0y.cloudfront.net/.../nbyit_su.exe

http://d3tufnia3qwp0y.cloudfront.net/.../ftp_ht.exe

http://d3tufnia3qwp0y.cloudfront.net/.../nbybr_su.exe

http://d3tufnia3qwp0y.cloudfront.net/.../clc_jq.exe

http://d3tufnia3qwp0y.cloudfront.net/.../amz.exe

http://d3tufnia3qwp0y.cloudfront.net/.../wsy_ly.exe

http://skygetfile.co/.../310714_a13.exe

http://d3tufnia3qwp0y.cloudfront.net/.../isr_jq.exe

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