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mystartsearch.exe

3121_sky_mystartsearch

Shulan Hou

The application mystartsearch.exe by Shulan Hou has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
HTabp.com  (signed by Shulan Hou)

Product:
3121_sky_mystartsearch

Description:
HTabp

Version:
6.6.86.1546

MD5:
f2e484d764b4013a9238e37152ca4067

SHA-1:
bae189dd6839dbd84ee1d185b13da5eff2298483

SHA-256:
dbb0369596e0522c5946ddfde2ea09a705ab771fc6244f75abc7c3e5d4ad7f30

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/24/2024 6:51:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ELEX (M)
16.11.9.17

File size:
545.6 KB (558,672 bytes)

Product version:
6.6.86.1546

Copyright:
Copyright (C) HTabp.com 2010

Original file name:
HTabp.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\mystartsearch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Shulan Hou

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
12/24/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/6/2016 2:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Shulan Hou, O=Shulan Hou, L=Dingzhou, S=Hebei, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0FB6FD4A80D186219716435AB3762FB2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/10/2015 7:42:06 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:vbrBy02Xl/xJ5PZ99vzjtio2sbTSZKK/28SJV:HE02jJ5PdzjtTbTuKK/nSD

Entry address:
0x1A99F

Entry point:
E8, 80, C4, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 10, 25, 43, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 34, 21, 43, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.9593

Code size:
195 KB (199,680 bytes)

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