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Xin Zhou

The application task.exe by Xin Zhou has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-54-230-163-120.jax1.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Xin Zhou  (signed and verified)

MD5:
20a3e15d8e0c43356bbe7f41a7bb0425

SHA-1:
741edebc52d3d706196a31ec5fd81fc92041ac79

SHA-256:
5ed33818b41ff204014afd003c915e0d0fdefde7106fc0298691b416293ab918

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 4:59:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.XinZhou (M)
16.2.8.12

File size:
312.2 KB (319,704 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\yessearchesbnd\task.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Xin Zhou

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
10/22/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/22/2016 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Xin Zhou, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
659A8A3384285135321373ABABE9503D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/10/2015 10:46:27 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:/ON4LqWnDxd2wYZmO4bIbEjOa1Qp95I6X1RXDOHY/IO4mlAiysDm6lLq26W+1+jk:CH4xo/EIb9L5I0P9BDmr2BiAIr+tHNnU

Entry address:
0x1E636

Entry point:
E8, A0, A6, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 30, B5, 44, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 70, 97, 44, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DF, A7, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3...
 
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Code size:
221.5 KB (226,816 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-163-120.jax1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.163.120:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-55.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.55:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-206-43.atl50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.206.43:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-163-164.jax1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.163.164:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-230.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.230:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-122-185.dfw50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.122.185:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-55-62.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.55.62:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-126-227.iad16.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.126.227:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-97.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.97:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-93.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.93:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-250.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.250:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-18.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.18:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-206-241.atl50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.206.241:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-206-207.atl50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.206.207:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-206-148.atl50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.206.148:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-163-238.jax1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.163.238:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-163-22.jax1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.163.22:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-163-176.jax1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.163.176:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-122-244.dfw50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.122.244:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-122-158.dfw50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.122.158:80)

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