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Taiwan Shui Mu Chih Ching Technology Limited

The application protectservice.exe by Taiwan Shui Mu Chih Ching Technology 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 Taiwan Shui Mu Chih Ching Technology Limited)

Product:
XTab

Description:
ProtectSvc.exe

Version:
4.0.1.1716

MD5:
b32a88b91e59bfb553a9bebf78a1e567

SHA-1:
df7b974f73f65fdf917e9c3ab8b8ec9fd97fc2a0

SHA-256:
cde1d980f85f9ece745a06dde3e4616f2e7232d9086fa6e4c984bb65d9746f2c

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 1:40:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SearchProtect.W
697

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SearchProtect
2015.03.07

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SearchProtect.EH
7.11.214.140

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3175

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Elex
4.0.3.15116

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
v2015.01.16.06

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SearchProtect.W
16.0.0.204

nProtect
Adware.SearchProtect.W
15.03.06.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.TaiwanShuiMuChihChingTechnologyLimited.O
15.1.16.6

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:
155.2 KB (158,896 bytes)

Product version:
4.0.1.1716

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
ProtectSvc.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Chinese (Simplified, China)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Taiwan Shui Mu Chih Ching Technology Limited

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/15/2015 6:36:14 AM

Valid to:
2/25/2015 9:15:36 AM

Subject:
CN=Taiwan Shui Mu Chih Ching Technology Limited, O=Taiwan Shui Mu Chih Ching Technology Limited, L=New Taipei City, S=Taiwan, C=TW

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

Serial number:
11214791C542722D5C418927DCC4A64E75B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/15/2015 6:18:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:pUBSk9KzH+b1qXoa9tAy+B9KCGWm0GxIr1DCD4xeEV:pUBSjXoa7+BACGW5GxQZCDx6

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:
6.2517

Code size:
103.5 KB (105,984 bytes)

Service
Display name:
IHProtect Service

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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