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phoenixbrowserupdater.exe

FORT-SOFT LTD

The application phoenixbrowserupdater.exe by FORT-SOFT has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. While running, it connects to the Internet address browser.gchost.ru on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
FORT-SOFT LTD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
06eb77f92eb4db2a71277f25acd240aa

SHA-1:
c7adc8c6e931004945dcd3b488af0484536bfc6b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 3:37:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Phnx.Browser.Meta (L)
15.8.26.10

File size:
383.4 KB (392,632 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\phoenixbrowserupdater\phoenixbrowserupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FORT-SOFT LTD

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/12/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/13/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=FORT-SOFT LTD, O=FORT-SOFT LTD, STREET="ul. S.Perovskoy, 31, of. 404", L=Irkutsk, S=Irkutskaya oblast, PostalCode=664007, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A2132FD88735656A4B5B3434D8D0EA4A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2015 2:09:32 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:g+5EnI4v8fb+aH2YMcn+2VV7YO9Exm22vphqRsOf7+QiStvI3V:g+14k+02wpVbEoXvP0sOfSutvI3V

Entry address:
0x8AD9

Entry point:
E8, 60, 87, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, D0, 5C, 43, 00, E8, B1, 54, 00, 00, E8, 80, 24, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, F3, 86, 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, EF, 6C, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
164.5 KB (168,448 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to browser.gchost.ru  (148.251.182.43:80)

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