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OOO

The application hosts.exe by OOO has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
OOO   (signed and verified)

MD5:
8106e2da1b171dd1a531de79c0433365

SHA-1:
ae6d81aa77b794c30b6af62874efddcbdc51edf9

SHA-256:
633f12436fd1856ceb4cd6071b9bd95c795ad9ab80bd4fe21eeee66a7c47f895

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 4:40:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.2.22.18

File size:
769 KB (787,488 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hosts.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OOO

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/19/2016 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/20/2017 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="OOO ""TERRA BIT""", O="OOO ""TERRA BIT""", STREET="p-t Mira, 7, of.1", L=Kaliningrad, S=Kaliningradskaya, PostalCode=236022, C=RU

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

Serial number:
00C2F0DDC8372EA9907FED8023E2DCAC21

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/9/2016 5:32:22 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x1550

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 68, 3B, 41, 00, 68, 08, 2A, 40, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 58, B0, 40, 00, A3, F4, 95, 4B, 00, A1, F4, 95, 4B, 00, C1, E8, 08, 25, FF, 00, 00, 00, A3, 00, 96, 4B, 00, 8B, 0D, F4, 95, 4B, 00, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, FC, 95, 4B, 00, 8B, 15, FC, 95, 4B, 00, C1, E2, 08, 03, 15, 00, 96, 4B, 00, 89, 15, F8, 95, 4B, 00, A1, F4, 95, 4B, 00, C1, E8, 10, 25, FF, FF, 00, 00, A3, F4, 95, 4B, 00, 6A, 01, E8, ED...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
40 KB (40,960 bytes)

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