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Shan Feng

The application protect.exe by Shan Feng 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 separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Protect Service(Toolduck_protect)”.
Publisher:
Shan Feng  (signed and verified)

Version:
50.13.2661.78

MD5:
18c0ee1d8a4e07c291c412e09457b512

SHA-1:
61d32e3de27283f620eb086c3a16ef2a3e7a84b8

SHA-256:
2208dffb87aa1bde1a3f572dff193b0889636ec87b3c0b4b010a8b1c6a927953

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 3:34:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Elex (M)
16.6.26.12

File size:
295.9 KB (302,976 bytes)

Product version:
50.13.2661.78

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\toolduck\protect\protect.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Shan Feng

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/6/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/4/2017 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Shan Feng, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1B853FB691BA9396C7738041A583DCD1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2016 5:26:16 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:AEwGJ0uaPLYaCdEBNUDWhxEDjx1eVHb0TQD8b+CpZW3vy1crPrRoEnR3p+o39gV3:A+J0uaPLGQa3eb18b1fcrr3gzrf

Entry address:
0x1A538

Entry point:
E8, 35, CC, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, A0, 24, 44, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 71, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 2B, 66, 00, 00, 59, FF, 34, F5, A0, 24, 44, 00, FF, 15, A4, 40, 43, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, 56, 57, BE, A0, 24, 44, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 08, 41, 43, 00, 53, E8, A5, CE, FF, FF, 83, 27, 00, 59, 83, C7, 08, 81, FF, C0, 25, 44, 00, 7C, D8, 5B, 83, 3E, 00, 74, 0E, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 75, 08, FF, 36, FF, 15...
 
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Code size:
201 KB (205,824 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Protect Service(Toolduck_protect)

Service name:
Toolduck_protect

Description:
To ensure your Toolduck software integrity. If this service is disabled or stopped, your Toolduck software will not be kept integrity check. This service uninstalls itself when there is no Toolduck so

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RpcSs


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