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pifxeb.exe

Safe Monitor

Western Web Applications, LLC

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The application pifxeb.exe by Western Web Applications has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Western Web Applications, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Safe Monitor

Description:
SafeMonitor

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
82330cf5693d6bf08996ebf077d22987

SHA-1:
e4b73d06629453f102f8b7120b36b14460226a5e

SHA-256:
763d5a4e1444fbf34c63a93917c12b22308c619d527225acc55f9f7c5fccd0af

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:16:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.8.6.13

File size:
48.8 KB (50,000 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Western Web Applications, LLC 2014

Original file name:
SafeMonitor.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\kuclsq\dat\pifxeb.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Western Web Applications, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/3/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/4/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Western Web Applications, LLC", O="Western Web Applications, LLC", L=Del Mar, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2846A7B6FF6C3C84D2AC5AD12B664347

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2014 1:19:03 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:ESOHU+9bxzmovbD93yYvAXUzUbF2EPwcPX2FMs0qSUtYjjoN:r+9dzmojD93BMU4Zycf2FM9mq4

Entry address:
0xBF9E

Entry point:
48, A1, 00, 20, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, E0, 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, 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...
 
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Entropy:
7.6535

Code size:
40 KB (40,960 bytes)

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