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skywidgeted.exe

SkyWidget

B&C

The application skywidgeted.exe by B&C has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘SkywidgetUpDates’.
Publisher:
B&C  (signed and verified)

Product:
SkyWidget

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
e171397c1a5cd04b18d31c2322a02cd3

SHA-1:
2f2fb88520fba3d13145d524bb6bb1ccee964364

SHA-256:
a0f5048c52deb3a5582b33ae9ddb64b6fd5cc765861825b6ada874796958eed0

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 5:46:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.11.11.19

File size:
577.7 KB (591,568 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
SkyWidget. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
skywidgeted.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\skywidget\skywidgeted.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
B&C

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/12/2014 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/21/2016 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=B&C, OU=IT Team, O=B&C, L=Bupyung-gu, S=Incheon, C=KR

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
406AE21B651486A667BCEC13CBD209FA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/28/2014 5:12:45 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:kx4HX8aQZCIGByPirSpYakXSSEvN/8uCTf43h96PqT06FxKig7+eBYTxd:kx4HsassrfakvEvN/8uO7PqrxKig7ex

Entry address:
0x2E50A

Entry point:
E8, D8, 89, 00, 00, E9, 16, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 70, 8D, 44, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 85, C0, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 3C, 51, 44, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63, FC, FF, E0, 5B...
 
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Entropy:
6.3781

Code size:
272 KB (278,528 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
SkywidgetUpDates

Command:
C:\Program Files\skywidget\skywidgeted.exe


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