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jZip

Discordia Limited

The application jZip.exe by Discordia 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 file is typically installed with the program jZip by Discordia Limited which is a potentially unwanted software program. While running, it connects to the Internet address 94.31.0.28.IPYX-076665-ZYO.above.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Discordia Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
jZip

Version:
1.3

MD5:
58324c899be31006cff631030477b71b

SHA-1:
5cba1be20568a303100221934a9d776f29517bc5

SHA-256:
53ccea232f7982db10a2afaeb6f8be306856ef765c113f86bd7ef5d51eabd448

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
12/26/2024 4:27:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DiscordiaLimited.E
14.4.13.23

File size:
3.6 MB (3,777,472 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.0.107702

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2011 by Discordia Limited

Original file name:
jZip.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\jzip\jzip.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Discordia Limited

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
6/22/2010 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2012 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Discordia Limited, OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Discordia Limited, L=Limassol, S=Limassol, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
365134344F55842D5CCE133A8C629064

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2011 5:56:38 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:y73WB1atBRyHeJUYWRXho0ojJ7uNYSD5oH2:3ktzyHeJUYWRTogvyH2

Entry address:
0x257C7E

Entry point:
E8, D7, CB, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 56, 8B, 44, 24, 14, 0B, C0, 75, 28, 8B, 4C, 24, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 33, D2, F7, F1, 8B, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 08, F7, F1, 8B, F0, 8B, C3, F7, 64, 24, 10, 8B, C8, 8B, C6, F7, 64, 24, 10, 03, D1, EB, 47, 8B, C8, 8B, 5C, 24, 10, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 44, 24, 08, D1, E9, D1, DB, D1, EA, D1, D8, 0B, C9, 75, F4, F7, F3, 8B, F0, F7, 64, 24, 14, 8B, C8, 8B, 44, 24, 10, F7, E6, 03, D1, 72, 0E, 3B, 54, 24, 0C, 77, 08, 72, 0F, 3B, 44, 24, 08, 76, 09, 4E...
 
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Entropy:
6.1795

Code size:
2.8 MB (2,962,944 bytes)

The file jZip.exe has been discovered within the following program.

jZip  by Discordia Limited
Publisher's description - “jZip lets you open files in many archive formats, including the popular RAR format. RAR files are compressed archives, which are files that are designed to store both single and groups of related files while minimizing their memory size to save on storage space.”
www.jzip.com
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 94.31.0.28.IPYX-076665-ZYO.above.net  (94.31.0.28:80)

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