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strongholdantimalwareinstaller.exe

Security Stronghold LLC

The application strongholdantimalwareinstaller.exe by Security Stronghold has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This file is typically installed with the program Stronghold AntiMalware by Security Stronghold which is a potentially unwanted software program. While running, it connects to the Internet address ns2.vistaglance.com on port 443.
Publisher:
Security Stronghold LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
186dbc20efa7bd0085fd3c83b94a0fe6

SHA-1:
ed39feb856447f48d31c1d99551f46a6dda93f7b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 8:10:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.3.23.17

File size:
1.4 MB (1,480,376 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\stronghold antimalware\strongholdantimalwareinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Security Stronghold LLC

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/21/2015 5:02:48 PM

Valid to:
2/10/2017 12:49:56 PM

Subject:
E=manager@securitystronghold.com, CN=Security Stronghold LLC, O=Security Stronghold LLC, L=Astrakhan, S=Astrakhan Oblast, C=RU

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

Serial number:
1121DAA68066FB83F8591C05E61A0A74B0BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/29/2015 3:10:10 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:8fDQd61+w2b4wTS8UDijL9XXP7QwoP8PaCFWrMWuu03mlaIvufnXV:g+LLmWGmaCFnu03ml98l

Entry address:
0x10D954

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, B9, 05, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, 51, 53, 56, B8, C4, 34, 50, 00, E8, C4, D8, EF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, F7, DA, 50, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 8D, 55, E8, 33, C0, E8, 84, 6F, EF, FF, 8B, 45, E8, 8D, 55, EC, E8, 65, EF, F0, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, A8, D8, 59, 00, E8, 3C, 9F, EF, FF, B8, BC, D8, 59, 00, B9, 14, DB, 50, 00, 8B, 15, A8, D8, 59, 00, E8, 17, AA, EF, FF, B8, B4, D8, 59, 00, B9, 38, DB, 50, 00, 8B, 15, A8, D8, 59, 00, E8, 02, AA, EF, FF, B8, B8, D8, 59, 00, B9, 88, DB, 50, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1 MB (1,100,288 bytes)

The file strongholdantimalwareinstaller.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Stronghold AntiMalware  by Security Stronghold
Publisher's description - “Stronghold Antivirus is a lightweight and user-friendly antivirus and antimalware for everyday use both at home and in the office. Unlike other antiviruses it doesn't consume a lot of resources, it doesn't confuse you with difficult to understand windows and complex options.”
www.securitystronghold.com/stronghold-antivirus
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ns2.vistaglance.com  (66.7.217.41:443)

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