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messengertime.exe

SoftNinjas

The application messengertime.exe by SoftNinjas 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 execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘MessengerTime’.
Publisher:
SoftNinjas  (signed and verified)

MD5:
081d6363a8db880f7269d015516f7c0f

SHA-1:
1cf532715c153acc73d81b3de0b2993a0c2f9208

SHA-256:
9d26f300414e99b061b87d0e3cd76dbc5e0a9cae8b5dea0f9447e67fa83c5abd

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:28:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WikiZ
17.3.12.16

File size:
45.6 MB (47,789,048 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\messengertime\messengertime.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SoftNinjas

Authority:
SoftNinjas

Valid from:
8/10/2015 11:29:03 PM

Valid to:
8/7/2025 11:29:03 PM

Subject:
CN=MessengerTime, O=SoftNinjas, S=Some-State, C=US

Issuer:
CN=MessengerTime, O=SoftNinjas, S=Some-State, C=US

Serial number:
00F1F3BE66B4319891

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/15/2017 12:03:31 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x1C99451

Entry point:
E8, 9A, 3A, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 55, 0C, A1, 20, B8, EC, 02, F7, D2, 8B, 4D, 08, 23, D0, 23, 4D, 0C, 0B, D1, 89, 15, 20, B8, EC, 02, 5D, C3, E8, 09, 21, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 6A, 16, E8, CC, 21, 00, 00, 59, F6, 05, 20, B8, EC, 02, 02, 74, 21, 6A, 17, E8, C9, 2D, 60, 00, 85, C0, 74, 05, 6A, 07, 59, CD, 29, 6A, 01, 68, 15, 00, 00, 40, 6A, 03, E8, A9, F8, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 6A, 03, E8, 16, FC, FF, FF, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 8D, 45, 18, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75...
 
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Entropy:
6.8698

Code size:
34.9 MB (36,635,648 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
MessengerTime

Command:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\messengertime\messengertime.exe su


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