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protectwindowsmanager.exe

DTools

Cherished Technology Limited

The application protectwindowsmanager.exe by Cherished Technology Limited has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
DTools LIMITED  (signed by Cherished Technology Limited)

Product:
DTools

Version:
20.0.0.2294

MD5:
ec696a1b8e0168e3b38635395634f90f

SHA-1:
bfbc9b3613ece13d3a0dea570254451d32be62ff

SHA-256:
f261fc2d6aa8c909f80283b6cfee54aa8d6493f1c78e572f73aeed20cdbd24f8

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:
2/25/2025 12:41:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.7.21.10

File size:
691.7 KB (708,264 bytes)

Product version:
20.0.0.2294

Copyright:
Copyright (C) DTools by 2001

Original file name:
DTools.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\6winmanpro6\protectwindowsmanager.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cherished Technology Limited

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/20/2015 2:00:37 AM

Valid to:
10/20/2015 10:35:29 PM

Subject:
CN=Cherished Technology Limited, O=Cherished Technology Limited, L=香港, S=香港, C=HK

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

Serial number:
1121273D65852CB14B6458650549E3C3366D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/27/2015 2:18:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:toimRE8kEyvLYag4kEe0GC776Fp1G6z/p6RUPynlgoxg5cPuiLdWhT3kU:bYEpHA/pZ6lpg7T3v

Entry address:
0x42CAF

Entry point:
E8, 5C, 0B, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, E4, 4A, 49, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 20, 0B, 49, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, E4, 4A, 49, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.2366

Code size:
476 KB (487,424 bytes)

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