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Kometa (39.37)

Kometa LLC

The application kometa.exe by Kometa has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘KometaAutoLaunch_9C1BC4CD9BA445F94CF1E8A1E333F87E’.
Publisher:
Kometa Authors  (signed by Kometa LLC)

Product:
Kometa (39.37)

Description:
Kometa

Version:
39.0.2171.95

MD5:
8a1cf75ef80729723252925c4dc72e11

SHA-1:
3e45eab40fb503e905418ad9e5026f859bb19333

SHA-256:
fb6afca62638653d526190f9600977d0229c6676b2a357ac6582b713af80c88b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/22/2024 10:37:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
17.3.5.3

File size:
1.1 MB (1,118,776 bytes)

Product version:
39.0.2171.95

Copyright:
Copyright 2014 The Kometa Authors. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
chrome.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\kometa\application\kometa.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Kometa LLC

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/17/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/18/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Kometa LLC, OU=Kometa, O=Kometa LLC, L=Moscow, S=Moscow region, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
789700B04617455B34E1CD6D18230CC0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/14/2015 12:57:43 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x4C748

Entry point:
E8, 58, D8, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 99, F7, 7D, 0C, 5D, C3, CC, CC, 8B, 44, 24, 08, 8B, 4C, 24, 10, 0B, C8, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 75, 09, 8B, 44, 24, 04, F7, E1, C2, 10, 00, 53, F7, E1, 8B, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 08, F7, 64, 24, 14, 03, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 08, F7, E1, 03, D3, 5B, C2, 10, 00, A1, 44, 4F, 4A, 00, 56, 6A, 14, 5E, 85, C0, 75, 07, B8, 00, 02, 00, 00, EB, 06, 3B, C6, 7D, 07, 8B, C6, A3, 44, 4F, 4A, 00, 6A, 04, 50, E8, 80, 51, 00, 00, A3, 40, 4F, 4A, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1E, 6A, 04...
 
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Code size:
438.5 KB (449,024 bytes)

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

Name:
KometaAutoLaunch_9C1BC4CD9BA445F94CF1E8A1E333F87E

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\kometa\application\kometa.exe" --no-startup-window


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