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mlwps.exe

Live SecureSoft Protection

SecureSoft

The application mlwps.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Live Malware Protection”.
Publisher:
SecureSoft

Product:
Live SecureSoft Protection

Version:
1.0.8.0

MD5:
6ff7f7eb3bd6edb4280fffde18aeaba2

SHA-1:
8bcb68b7790325a2c90d0fcb4bd01895c753485b

SHA-256:
17c53f3e12d13321dacb50d4355dc0a8276596abe7b5af56c566acfeb85e8caa

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 3:55:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SecureSoft
15.4.20.22

File size:
237 KB (242,688 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.8.0

Copyright:
Copyright 2014 SecureSoft, All rights reserved.

Original file name:
sswps.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\windows\mlwps.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/27/2015 8:42:50 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:XQkzOrLrx/NwyFxpIRMNWZnHCA3AzoCXZBN4hkzQmT0qBGn27+pDyF/Co1EDGkr0:XRKHx6uNWZH7/CXCgtGKBao1zVZlvh

Entry address:
0x14444

Entry point:
E8, FC, B0, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, B8, 63, 43, 00, E8, A6, 60, 00, 00, E8, AB, 49, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 8F, B0, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 01, 5C, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4660

Code size:
171.5 KB (175,616 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Live Malware Protection

Description:
Keeps your computer malware/virus free by scanning newly downloaded files. If this service is disabled or stopped, your computer might be at risk getting infected with malicious software that can harm

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to s3-1.amazonaws.com  (52.216.225.219:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a2-16-4-195.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (2.16.4.195:80)

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