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Niches

The application niches.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named 20014793 triggered to execute each time a user logs in. While running, it connects to the Internet address 46.c8.c0ad.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Niches

Product:
Niches

Version:
5.2.6.118

MD5:
3f47630abf9d5e3eb9b9c310cd3bc921

SHA-1:
f8f025192a01fb7f6befd76ee0a8ab5b64f36770

SHA-256:
c7bfb31166aba2edf78fc52fe128d04f9a770f420295af8daeca19b55cd74d93

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 3:57:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.Dotdo.AP application
6.3.12010.0

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Dotdo.ET (M)
17.2.26.14

File size:
10.5 KB (10,752 bytes)

Product version:
5.2.6.118

Copyright:
Copyright © Niches 2017

Trademarks:
© 2017 Niches

Original file name:
niches.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\carvajal\niches.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/21/2017 9:44:16 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x3FCE

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 20, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, 38, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 50, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 68, 00...
 
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Entropy:
4.1928

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
8 KB (8,192 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
20014793

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Description:
2001479320014793


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to static.hosted-by.miamidedicated.com  (162.222.193.86:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to hosted-by.instantdedicated.com  (188.95.50.62:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 46.c8.c0ad.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com  (173.192.200.70:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-36-142.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.36.142:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to amung.us  (67.202.94.86:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to eb.83.1732.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com  (50.23.131.235:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-141-206.yto50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.141.206:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-141-171.yto50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.141.171:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-126-147.iad16.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.126.147:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-126-141.iad16.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.126.141:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-141-189.yto50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.141.189:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-126-232.iad16.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.126.232:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdce.chg005.internap.com  (74.201.0.10:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-36-75.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.36.75:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-141-142.yto50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.141.142:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-126-89.iad16.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.126.89:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-126-18.iad16.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.126.18:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-126-139.iad16.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.126.139:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to px-acs001.quantserve.com.akadns.net  (72.5.205.55:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to map2.hwcdn.net  (205.185.216.42:80)

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