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svchost.exe

Microsoft Windows Operating System

Everstrike OOO

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, “Processus hôte pour les services Windows ” by Everstrike OOO 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 Everstrike OOO)

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System

Description:
Processus hôte pour les services Windows

Version:
5, 1, 2600, 5689 (xpsp_sp3_qfe.081003-1407)

MD5:
45e4d53d1fe1788ab54b027eb023c354

SHA-1:
dd1ece2d4a98055141c0ce9a92789d1e6c63ffe6

SHA-256:
c2b520bac9f5d825576724fb73b345060f4e750c862acf5dad7e2f0434197800

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 2:59:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.11.29.5

File size:
1.6 MB (1,664,213 bytes)

Product version:
5, 1, 2600, 5689

Copyright:
© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
svchost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\system\svchost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Everstrike OOO

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/29/2011 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/13/2013 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Everstrike OOO, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Everstrike OOO, L=Ulyanovsk, S=Ulyanovsk, C=RU

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:
641E267F3D0313EEED9D86E2C36B2260

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/24/2012 9:47:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:grmyyxZIH/2l/SDw3g4xXNDguGrmyyxZIH/2l/SDw3g4xXNDgu2:0MZg/i/SDwR4fMZg/i/SDwR4R

Entry address:
0x55FE

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 4A, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 68, 30, 41, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 6C, 30, 41, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, 67, 2D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, D0, 31, 41, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, 54, 2D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, D4, 31, 41, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E2, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08...
 
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Entropy:
5.5086

Code size:
54 KB (55,296 bytes)

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