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powermonitor_upgrade.exe

SKAYVANDER-SOFT

The application powermonitor_upgrade.exe by SKAYVANDER-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. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named PowerMonitor triggered daily at a specified time. While running, it connects to the Internet address static.174.43.9.5.clients.your-server.de on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
SKAYVANDER-SOFT  (signed and verified)

MD5:
34241c28c078c86cfc1d6f1bdea56cd8

SHA-1:
7fdc6384439c417475e6da9d13cbfe000e348245

SHA-256:
1179180976540c59fa47888ab42a72042cb48b43c198ff81dafcf5e5652dc6df

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 2:36:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Bundler (M)
17.2.17.14

File size:
853 KB (873,496 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SKAYVANDER-SOFT

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/27/2017 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/19/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=SKAYVANDER-SOFT, O=SKAYVANDER-SOFT, STREET="Mill St., 91,Office 166", L=Omskaya oblast, S=Omsk, PostalCode=644036, C=RU

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

Serial number:
2C0C44B145279E1ECCA49F05093AFEB6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/16/2017 11:53:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x15BA

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, B0, CD, 40, 00, 68, 2C, 2D, 40, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 74, 90, 40, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 50, 06, 4C, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 4C, 06, 4C, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, 48, 06, 4C, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, 44, 06, 4C, 00, 33, F6, 56, E8, DC, 15, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, B0, 00, 00, 00, 59, 89, 75, FC, E8, 1C, 14, 00, 00, FF, 15, 70, 90, 40, 00, A3, 74, 0B, 4C, 00, E8...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
32 KB (32,768 bytes)

4 Scheduled Tasks
Task name:
PowerMonitor

Path:
C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\PowerMonitor.job

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 15:53)

Task name:
ComDev

Trigger:
Time

Task name:
svshost

Trigger:
Time

Task name:
ScriptWriter

Path:
C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\ScriptWriter.job

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 16:01)


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to static.174.43.9.5.clients.your-server.de  (5.9.43.174:80)

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