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KakaoTalk.exe

KakaoTalk

KAKAO Co., Ltd

It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘KakaoTalk’. This is installed with KakaoTalk.
Publisher:
Daum Kakao Corp.   (signed by KAKAO Co., Ltd)

Product:
KakaoTalk

Version:
2.0.2.722

MD5:
2ff5bb5851064ea778557f226901dfdf

SHA-1:
08df79b9a2e21e52b44a2fe81d66780f4b50bc8f

SHA-256:
392efd0f9a7961aea7052c676465985fb34a6f329ee5999a7c7bbd85375ecbaa

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

False Positives:
A number of engines detected this file but were erroneous detections (false positives).

Analysis date:
1/14/2025 12:49:09 PM UTC  (today)

File size:
5.4 MB (5,709,000 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.2.722

Copyright:
Copyright (c)2014 Daum Kakao Corp. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
KakaoTalk.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\kakao\kakaotalk\kakaotalk.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
KAKAO Co., Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/15/2013 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/16/2014 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="KAKAO Co., Ltd", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="KAKAO Co., Ltd", L=Seongnam-si, S=Gyeonggi-do, C=KR

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:
50B32D226AF397E4172D1E9BD98C82F1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/4/2014 7:02:26 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:5BISEx0bGnurGoa1vjIGuiuJws8t15G5REJS1C2FVr5Ft2tLrEzh0x:YCGXLvhp85Re2jr8t/3

Entry address:
0xD1A000

Entry point:
83, EC, 04, 50, 53, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, CC, 58, 89, C3, 40, 2D, 00, B0, 2B, 00, 2D, 8F, 8E, 0A, 10, 05, 84, 8E, 0A, 10, 80, 3B, CC, 75, 19, C6, 03, 00, BB, 00, 10, 00, 00, 68, 90, 27, AD, 23, 68, 00, 39, 1F, 4F, 53, 50, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, 83, C0, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, 5B, 58, C3, 55, 89, E5, 50, 53, 51, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 0C, C1, E9, 02, 8B, 45, 10, 8B, 5D, 14, 85, C9, 74, 0A, 31, 06, 01, 1E, 83, C6, 04, 49, EB, F2, 5E, 59, 5B, 58, C9, C2, 10, 00, C5, F8, B9, 05, 20, CF, 41, 49, FE, C7, 33, 77, 5F, AE...
 
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Entropy:
7.9852  (probably packed)

Code size:
4.8 MB (4,996,096 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
KakaoTalk

Command:
"C:\Program Files\kakao\kakaotalk\kakaotalk.exe" -bystartup


3 Startup Files (User Run Once)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Name:
Application Restart #4

Command:
C:\Program Files\kakao\kakaotalk\kakaotalk.exe "kakaotalkupdate" "error" "byupdate" \restartbyrestartmanageC:2a6ff2e1-14f2-4d07-956d-f0bac8cc9dfb

Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Name:
Application Restart #3

Command:
C:\Program Files\kakao\kakaotalk\kakaotalk.exe bysetup \restartbyrestartmanageC:46655228-2461-4f76-80b1-54db09aa72ad

Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Name:
Application Restart #1

Command:
C:\Program Files\kakao\kakaotalk\kakaotalk.exe bysetup \restartbyrestartmanageC:0b8bf374-6382-417e-9d60-969792461d8f


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

KakaoTalk  by Kakao
www.kakao.com
About 5% of users remove it
 
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