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ProtectedSearch.exe

One Floor App

One Floor App (Simply Tech/Widdit) distributes and bundles potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) using its OneFloorApp install manager (SimplyInstaller). The application ProtectedSearch.exe by One Floor App has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. While running, it connects to the Internet address crl.comodoca.com.cdn.cloudflare.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
One Floor App  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
e92153ebbe22e3bafb85f432896b090f

SHA-1:
b4d173a4b061f3733c94d45f9dcd3d060055bac2

SHA-256:
dbbe859a07a1e4addcee443b2a47f6170b0935b82f4ce2d2413bcd3fc4226b19

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
1/9/2025 5:54:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Widdit.OneFloor (M)
16.3.24.13

File size:
89.1 KB (91,200 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
ProtectedSearch.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\link4u\protectedsearch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
One Floor App

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/7/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/7/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=One Floor App, O=One Floor App, STREET=2 Ben Gurion, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=52573, C=IL

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

Serial number:
00A0F147ADC25ABB7A212B2A70DB63456F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/28/2014 11:41:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:oa48ZioStn743aul8+jPDeodM5/lCHMxMTf6lmWJH+RY1yrXhE12LO:oaioYEKuN/BATHRJH0DhE1N

Entry address:
0x15B8E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
6.2246

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

Code size:
79 KB (80,896 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to crl.comodoca.com.cdn.cloudflare.net  (178.255.83.2:80)

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