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protectium.exe

PINWID LTD

The application protectium.exe by PINWID has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
PINWID LTD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
85e32f23848b9d6909b5f74cc9055cc1

SHA-1:
ecad4cfead0c289686c541f86b67dd7e2caa3072

SHA-256:
1ce45c63a5fa068efe3cac1d6e4666e9ae4cfd30aa48187846ea7fa661230b8c

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:
12/24/2024 1:45:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Resoft.PINWID (M)
16.4.8.17

File size:
1.7 MB (1,801,248 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\protectium.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PINWID LTD

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/4/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/5/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PINWID LTD, O=PINWID LTD, STREET=14 Shenkar Arie, L=HERZLIYA, S=NA, PostalCode=46733, C=IL

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

Serial number:
00D9AC9FC9A1B1E8FD63013E3CCE7B0578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/30/2014 10:21:49 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:2W4UqOzvoQrheebz+fdpMkYd6nCQQsm+WZ:2W4bOToQ/GfdmkY

Entry address:
0x11DC8F

Entry point:
E8, 3D, B4, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, 6C, 7F, 59, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 59, 78, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, A3, 76, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, DE, EC, FF, FF, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3, EB, 03, 33, C0, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 6C, 7F, 59, 00, FF, 15, F8, 50, 55, 00, 8B, F8, 85, FF, 75, 26, 6A, 0C, 5E, 39, 05, 78, 80, 59, 00, 74, 0D, 53, E8, 18, 7A, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, A9, EB, 07, E8, 08, 5A, 00, 00, 89, 30, E8, 01, 5A, 00, 00, 89...
 
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Code size:
1.3 MB (1,391,104 bytes)

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