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InfoSpace Sales LLC

The application service.exe by InfoSpace Sales has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named pcreg triggered to execute each time a user logs in.
Publisher:
InfoSpace Sales LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
81331d513f6a6f805ba817c9fc76d401

SHA-1:
343e09293f181606de53fa6579b13843ce0aff09

SHA-256:
aec9716d6bc920d5c3e909fbe7745724907b249a21c2dc152c40ab9f174847fe

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
12/25/2024 11:56:49 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InfoSpace (M)
17.3.9.3

File size:
338.6 KB (346,720 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\wrapper_inst\service.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
InfoSpace Sales LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
5/6/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/7/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=InfoSpace Sales LLC, OU=Systems, O=InfoSpace Sales LLC, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US, SERIALNUMBER=3305495, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Delaware, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
5FFD216358B0FFE8AF4A6CECCA806958

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30FA

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, 18, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9519

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
pcreg

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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