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3198_pcs_istartsurf

Xiaoqing Liu

The application istartsurf.exe by Xiaoqing Liu has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
ogu  (signed by Xiaoqing Liu)

Product:
3198_pcs_istartsurf

Description:
ogu

Version:
6,3,7601,2017

MD5:
349860beb9045c163373e9e196651708

SHA-1:
1e85cafbf4df3904983227b58c91146e3736ffab

SHA-256:
349205b23ae4ad73a0171ad0f4f43bcb26a26c544d3b87b70624e309b528cce6

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 6:06:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
2014.9-150430

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader
2016.0.3124

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.ELEX
4.0.3.15430

Dr.Web
Adware.Mutabaha.228, Adware.Mutabaha.190
9.0.1.0120

ESET NOD32
Win32/ELEX.CE potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup_magic_ct.exe (Adware)
2015.7.30.4

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.201.15304

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.IStartSurf.A
v2015.04.30.07

McAfee
Program.Artemis!349860BEB904
5600.6780

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Li Mo.XiaoqingLiu
15.4.30.7

Sophos
PUA 'Elex' (of type Adware)
5.13

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0318
7.2.120

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4726263
38050

File size:
179.4 KB (183,752 bytes)

Product version:
6,3,7601,2017

Copyright:
ocjs

Original file name:
ogu

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United Kingdom)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\istartsurf.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Xiaoqing Liu

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
8/13/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/17/2015 8:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Xiaoqing Liu, O=Xiaoqing Liu, L=Zaozhuang, S=Shandong, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0EBAB4AC38B70A33EE517D238BDE49D7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/16/2015 4:04:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:cxy0k7iy0KLwD2DvG6Bo0p3LsZ/pABZ+phU9Xx6W8G5ZY:cxk7iy0fKzGCvhIpABZWmpn5ZY

Entry address:
0x106D6

Entry point:
E8, C7, 62, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, 76, 42, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, C8, 50, 42, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, 76, 42, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.0101

Code size:
104 KB (106,496 bytes)

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