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Installer.exe

Web Companion Installer

Lavasoft Limited

The application Installer.exe by Lavasoft 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 and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Web Companion by Lavasoft.
Publisher:
Lavasoft  (signed by Lavasoft Limited)

Product:
Web Companion Installer

Version:
2.0.1025.2130

MD5:
5aa8b18b3788f065a2a5b969e57d7cf5

SHA-1:
8182ccdea07a7d6c1044d332055c2cf336c7a15d

SHA-256:
a8caa7bba526d8fd826888541eea9b8575aa7856e4b538bc6362d69f5716b3fd

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 12:35:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebCompanion (M)
17.2.16.18

File size:
7.7 MB (8,080,696 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.1025.2130

Copyright:
c Lavasoft Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Original file name:
Installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\lavasoft\web companion\application\installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lavasoft Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/8/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/25/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Lavasoft Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Lavasoft Limited, L=sliema, S=Malta, C=MT

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:
0E13B3A79AA60B7EA934163F5237606B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/8/2015 8:10:38 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x1C89CF

Entry point:
E8, CE, FC, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 10, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 05, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 10, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 53, 57, 33, DB, 8D, 7D, E4, 6A, 07, 33, C0, 89, 5D, E0, 59, F3, AB, 39, 45, 0C, 75, 15, E8, 33, 1C, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, 2F, B1, 00, 00, 83, C8, FF, EB, 6D, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 74, E4, 56, FF, 75, 14, 89, 45, E8, FF, 75, 10, 89, 45, E0, 8D, 45, E0, FF, 75, 0C, C7, 45, EC, 42, 00, 00, 00, 50, C7, 45, E4, FF, FF, FF, 7F, E8, 98, FD, 00...
 
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Code size:
2.7 MB (2,786,304 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Web Companion

Display publisher:
Lavasoft

Display version:
2.0.1025.2130

Uninstall string:
"C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Installer.exe" --uninstall


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