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shelllink.dll

Ekaterina Afanasova

The module shelllink.dll by Ekaterina Afanasova has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Ekaterina Afanasova  (signed and verified)

MD5:
46928d39cf71fdc127281a6f50b6a97f

SHA-1:
6a2b34b68ff188747d69504233e1d1a9cf817214

SHA-256:
d600cd0fc17aa8ce8fefb70332f4dde1c37fec9bfd6a2ca198cfea327c706b2b

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:
11/15/2024 2:02:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ekaterin (M)
16.7.14.5

File size:
12.4 KB (12,728 bytes)

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\shelllink.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ekaterina Afanasova

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/11/2015 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/11/2016 4:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ekaterina Afanasova, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
16A83C4AE21BDCDD4E2EB299D4D5A88E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/3/2010 9:23:22 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:AU+h88ns4FdI6fW7qFOFmFJe+PjPonnTYw:AU68MTd2e5PLonnT

Entry address:
0x1370

Entry point:
33, C0, 40, C2, 0C, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 08, A3, 00, 30, 00, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 10, A3, 04, 30, 00, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 6A, 01, A3, 08, 30, 00, 10, E8, 68, FC, FF, FF, 59, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 08, A3, 00, 30, 00, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 10, A3, 04, 30, 00, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 6A, 02, A3, 08, 30, 00, 10, E8, 44, FC, FF, FF, 59, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 08, A3, 00, 30, 00, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 10, A3, 04, 30, 00, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 6A, 03, A3, 08, 30, 00, 10, E8, 20, FC, FF, FF, 59, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 08, A3, 00, 30, 00, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 10, A3...
 
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Code size:
2 KB (2,048 bytes)

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