hycwzg.exe

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Data Protection Solutions

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The application hycwzg.exe by Data Protection Solutions has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Data Protection Solutions  (signed and verified)

Product:
Share This

Description:
ShareThis

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
a106a58335cbd141a468cefdf28338b7

SHA-1:
77a2f841a3b4c581f1ed6bdc614d9e3af82e79ca

SHA-256:
505dd67c554316c2a002ff74d19fc39c3e2bdb6336ab9a418158205ee75de905

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 12:33:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
17.2.5.16

File size:
47.4 KB (48,496 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Data Protection Solutions 2014

Original file name:
ShareThis.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\aybvvhuhn\dat\hycwzg.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/9/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/10/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Data Protection Solutions, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Data Protection Solutions, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6FA5269C2FC95B961427D4FD1474CDC5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/5/2014 6:14:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xB82E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.6682

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
38.5 KB (39,424 bytes)

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