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linkd.exe

Utility to create a directory name grafting

NetZone Info-Tech Co., Ltd., Shanghai

While the file properties state the file is developed by 'Microsoft Corporation', this is not the case and it is designed just to look like a legitimate Microsoft system file. The application linkd.exe, “Utility to create a directory name grafting” by NetZone Info-Tech Co.,, Shanghai has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation  (signed by NetZone Info-Tech Co., Ltd., Shanghai)

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System

Description:
Utility to create a directory name grafting

Version:
5.2.3790.0 built by: dnsrv_dev(v-smgum)

MD5:
27bcea7ac4e9a78bfb0c84e0aa09f20a

SHA-1:
14d77cc7704927b31a0a32033529220291cc9c85

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 5:42:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.NetZoneI
17.3.14.10

File size:
17.9 KB (18,296 bytes)

Product version:
5.2.3790.0

Copyright:
© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
linkd.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\linkd.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
NetZone Info-Tech Co., Ltd., Shanghai

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/5/2010 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/6/2011 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="NetZone Info-Tech Co., Ltd., Shanghai", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="NetZone Info-Tech Co., Ltd., Shanghai", L=Shanghai, S=Shanghai, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2FBDB61DD0A2FAB0ABC7C4C996FBD722

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/19/2003 9:05:52 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
7.10

Entry address:
0x1C96

Entry point:
6A, 28, 68, 48, 11, 00, 01, E8, DE, 01, 00, 00, 66, 81, 3D, 00, 00, 00, 01, 4D, 5A, 75, 28, A1, 3C, 00, 00, 01, 81, B8, 00, 00, 00, 01, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, 17, 0F, B7, 88, 18, 00, 00, 01, 81, F9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 74, 21, 81, F9, 0B, 02, 00, 00, 74, 06, 83, 65, E4, 00, EB, 2A, 83, B8, 84, 00, 00, 01, 0E, 76, F1, 33, C9, 39, 88, F8, 00, 00, 01, EB, 11, 83, B8, 74, 00, 00, 01, 0E, 76, DE, 33, C9, 39, 88, E8, 00, 00, 01, 0F, 95, C1, 89, 4D, E4, 83, 65, FC, 00, 6A, 01, FF, 15, 98, 10, 00, 01, 59, 83, 0D, B8, 68...
 
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Entropy:
6.0587

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v7.1

Code size:
5 KB (5,120 bytes)

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