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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:
71cd5d3b45789efe154145ca0370570e

SHA-1:
31862a5ecf5861fce85cf2a3881a42f5b69bf0fe

SHA-256:
dae7703ee55a55609614123011fc177e4b992bc1b1293b3809290970dfec675c

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:
12/25/2024 4:40:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.11.4.21

File size:
26.3 KB (26,960 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:
Turkish (Turkey)

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:
12/29/2013 5:30:25 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:Swgxi3Z3GWVcn/4vP96uHXSvP19g96ul2T1px7W9xdWhnYPLEKBZ7deMj:SwoyMW2/G2TC49Yl

Entry address:
0x61DE

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, 7B, 05, 4A, 0C, F4, 9C, DD, 9A, 79, DD, B7, 29, 79, 41, 09, 2B, 43, 51, 17, 2B, 4A, 3F, 40, 17, 5F, B9, E2, F4, 2D, C2, D3, 2B, 75, FE, 29, 79, 41, 34, 09, 2B, DD, 9A, 0C, 36, 44, F1, 44, 42, 52, 66, 68, 6E, 20, 4D, 18, 22, 76, B5, 33, 11, 12, 33, 0C, 6D, 0A, 20, 4D, 18, 22, 9E, A1, 29, 61, 1C, 76, B5, 05, 19, 01, 58, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
16.5 KB (16,896 bytes)

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