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svchost.exe

Host Process for Windows Services

ABDULKADIR SAHIN

While the file properties state the file is developed by 'Microsoft Corporation', this is not the case and it is designed just to look like a legitimate Microsoft system file. The application svchost.exe, “Host Process for Windows Services” by ABDULKADIR SAHIN has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. Although this file uses the name svchost.exe, this is NOT the Windows SvcHost (Service Host) distributed with the OS.
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation  (signed by ABDULKADIR SAHIN)

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System

Description:
Host Process for Windows Services

Version:
6.1.7600.16385

MD5:
769cb7100d72b65b829eb2e9f3e1e700

SHA-1:
15d7564f194aeed4039ecaf09e06bb793631b32e

SHA-256:
a8748da77d8263cd5cbaeaf654568e3ef0c7d6a24938459d38271322bbc19dc7

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:
11/14/2024 2:11:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.7.17.18

File size:
48.8 KB (50,000 bytes)

Product version:
6.1.7600.16385

Copyright:
© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
svchost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\svchost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ABDULKADIR SAHIN

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/18/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ABDULKADIR SAHIN, OU=Individual Developer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=ANKARA, S=KECIOREN, C=TR

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:
516CAE126302D8B129C8550A077CDF6F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/6/2013 3:21:08 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:foGnB+hQjPQgRbWgeEnGAF+CGi62TAI9Y9:QGnB/P7RyqGAkDiSGm

Entry address:
0xBA2E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.6274

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
39 KB (39,936 bytes)

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