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regwork_installer.exe

Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited

The application regwork_installer.exe by Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.regwork.com.
Publisher:
Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
eb161ca0ee7566741d3d3bd229de494f

SHA-1:
f788ba58eb4582643b38ee31fc7686159ad8d0f5

SHA-256:
f39aecf9e8e353bb0dca5dd89d5f616ce316e7ea1e272146dd150c9b18f6ac4c

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 12:45:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19225

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0309

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.10270

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13054

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Spigot.A
v2014.11.05.08

McAfee
Artemis!EB161CA0EE75
5600.6956

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.csnyid
0.28.2.61519

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.HonlynMacaoCommercialOffshoreLimited.R
14.11.5.8

Sophos
Generic PUA NN
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0701
7.2.309

File size:
2.4 MB (2,564,848 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\regwork_installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/21/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/21/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Honlyn (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited, L=Macau, S=Macau, C=MO

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1A2B9E67ACE7E5B318FED4F1ACAE76BB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:KFFyHf+H1LwYBviQpNW98bM+AIXrMjiSbmKQRevkoi2Sz3:yImHBwYpiQpNTrAqMDaKQAkoil

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9933

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file regwork_installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.regwork.com/Regwork_Installer.exe

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