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install_regwork.exe

Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited

The application install_regwork.exe by Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from regwork.s3.amazonaws.com.
Publisher:
Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c2ae29ec47539ec4600902c07f95dcab

SHA-1:
5794e33589ff11c92eadbb437b8c2b171f519abe

SHA-256:
1b8a1a5f408dbbd5aa6fa7c376485a41a808c91eecaf547a93b0814cbc6d1681

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 4:45:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.8943

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.HonlynMacaoCommercialOffshoreLimited.P
14.7.30.15

File size:
319 KB (326,632 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/10/2010 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/24/2012 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited, L=Macau, S=Macau, C=MO

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
51646B013CA26E06A37C5AB790DF1B60

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:SQqxwGQM1RsnAIaXeVMj1edJi3riAQ1HeFqQCwdftMxIyjt5drmlopP4hc1HGr+7:iwO1fPOqh4CrtFqNeuIyp5olwPoc1Hv7

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8255

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file install_regwork.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://regwork.s3.amazonaws.com/Install_Regwork.exe

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