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lsynchost.exe

Refog Inc.

The application lsynchost.exe by Refog 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 runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Local Synchronization Host”.
Publisher:
Refog Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
8.1.7.2110

MD5:
d07ee68050606c95a5df173b0dd10159

SHA-1:
39b3e9403efd2f33d89ebda750746e4f32f8ee5b

SHA-256:
c6decb45d66aa4918fc1fbaffcb777bc9098dbba32e6543648369f8b8d5c8da0

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:
1/13/2025 6:38:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.12.12

File size:
1.6 MB (1,695,032 bytes)

Product version:
8.1.7.2110

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\windows\syswow64\mpk\lsynchost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Refog Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
3/6/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Refog Inc., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Refog Inc., L=Alexandria, S=Virginia, C=US

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:
7FF3DAF8E8B0D4A05A226B85F1054E87

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/3/2014 5:02:36 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x170998

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, B9, 08, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, 53, B8, E4, 80, 56, 00, E8, 0E, AB, E9, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 53, 0B, 57, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, A1, 94, 60, 57, 00, 8B, 00, 80, 78, 18, 01, 0F, 85, ED, 00, 00, 00, A1, BC, 5D, 57, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 10, FF, 52, 44, 8B, 0D, 64, 5B, 57, 00, A1, BC, 5D, 57, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, AC, 6E, 56, 00, 8B, 18, FF, 53, 40, 8D, 55, EC, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, 26, 3F, E9, FF, 8D, 45, E8, BA, 6C, 0B, 57, 00, E8, 41, 70, E9, FF, 8B, 55, E8, 8B, 45, EC, E8, 32, E2...
 
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Entropy:
6.4874

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.4 MB (1,505,280 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Local Synchronization Host

Service name:
MainLSyncHost

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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