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Thinknice Co., Limited

The application protectservice.exe by Thinknice Co., Limited has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “IHProtect Service”. This particular feature is designed to hijack the browser in an attempt to prevent other resources from modify the browser's search and home pages.
Publisher:
XTab system  (signed by Thinknice Co., Limited)

Product:
XTab

Description:
ProtectSvc.exe

Version:
4.0.1.1678

MD5:
32beb118d11cac135ed162e7562729aa

SHA-1:
90b898c1b3e7ca70840a1b9fd4575724aef4d9f4

SHA-256:
1e7da4bfc8b6aba80a9b5ea3cdc80abddd8dd5da51639c0510ff3cfdc32fdf6e

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 7:45:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SearchProtect.W
697

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SearchProtect
2015.01.06

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SearchProtect.EH
7.11.214.140

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3175

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Elex
4.0.3.1539

Bitdefender
Adware.SearchProtect.W
1.0.20.340

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SearchProtect.W
8.15.03.09.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/ELEX.BM potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware.SearchProtect.W
11.2015-09-03_2

G Data
Adware.SearchProtect
15.3.25

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.200.15187

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.XTab.A
v2015.01.07.12

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SearchProtect.W
16.0.0.204

nProtect
Adware.SearchProtect.W
15.03.06.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.Thinknice
15.3.11.17

Sophos
Generic PUA BP
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SearchProtect
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5063632
37788

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SearchProtect.Win32.20
2.0.0.2090

File size:
155.1 KB (158,864 bytes)

Product version:
4.0.1.1678

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
ProtectSvc.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\xtab\protectservice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Thinknice Co., Limited

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/20/2014 10:26:52 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2015 10:26:52 AM

Subject:
CN="Thinknice Co., Limited", O="Thinknice Co., Limited", L=香港, S=香港, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11217B1525408E122E96F2FC3CB018A64466

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/4/2015 11:35:20 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:EUBSk9KzH+b1qXoa9tAy+B9KCGWm0GxIb1FCD4xe/ym:EUBSjXoa7+BACGW5GxAHCDxam

Entry address:
0x18D5A

Entry point:
E8, C2, 03, 00, 00, E9, 4C, FE, FF, FF, FF, 25, 44, B3, 41, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 00, D3, 41, 00, E8, 5A, 01, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, C3, 8B, 7D, 10, 0F, AF, C7, 8B, 75, 08, 03, F0, 89, 75, 08, 83, 65, FC, 00, 4F, 89, 7D, 10, 78, 0C, 2B, F3, 89, 75, 08, 8B, CE, FF, 55, 14, EB, EE, 33, C0, 40, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 14, 00, 00, 00, E8, 5B, 01, 00, 00, C2, 10, 00, 8B, 7D, 10, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 45, E4, 85, C0, 75, 0B, FF, 75, 14, 57, 53, 56, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A...
 
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Entropy:
6.2515

Code size:
103.5 KB (105,984 bytes)

Service
Display name:
IHProtect Service

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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