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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:
4d5e31aa9ef44726e880723a80bb0e559a06649c

SHA-256:
9d26f300414e99b061b87d0e3cd76dbc5e0a9cae8b5dea0f9447e67fa83c5abd

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 1:42:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WikiZ
17.2.4.9

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:
8/11/2015 12:59:03 AM

Valid to:
8/8/2025 12:59:03 AM

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 1:33:31 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


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to host-61-71-83-215.static.kbtelecom.net  (61.71.83.215:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to host-61-71-70-45.static.kbtelecom.net  (61.71.70.45:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a203-133-9-91.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (203.133.9.91:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to bam-2.nr-data.net  (50.31.164.166:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a95-101-142-112.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (95.101.142.112:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-212-50-42.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.212.50.42:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to xx-fbcdn-shv-01-sin6.fbcdn.net  (157.240.7.26:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-214-189.tpe50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.214.189:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-84-204-242.tpe50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.204.242:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to rtr3.l7.search.vip.tw1.yahoo.com  (27.123.200.67:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to r5.ycpi.vip.tw1.yahoo.net  (203.84.197.27:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to r2.ycpi.vip.tw1.yahoo.net  (203.84.197.25:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to pprd1-rtr2.manhattan.vip.bf1.yahoo.com  (72.30.203.224:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to host-203-133-8-38.ip.kbtelecom.net  (203.133.8.38:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to gd.ads.vip.tw1.yahoo.com  (27.123.201.23:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-shv-01-tpe1.facebook.com  (31.13.87.1:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-shv-01-eze1.facebook.com  (31.13.94.19:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-251-147-64.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.251.147.64:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-235-218-133.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.235.218.133:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-197-238-140.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.197.238.140:80)

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