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Xin Zhou

The application task.exe by Xin Zhou has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered daily at a specified time.
Publisher:
Xin Zhou  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0d30e72ef176c651ab21ee7e478002cc

SHA-1:
e5133872f056a7cbfb186bcc497d39276a41b7c0

SHA-256:
0e42c7efba7e40f91b7b3407f0a7a6d7bc82a1ff9a6d1a025c2e617a8ff6f56c

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 1:55:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Mutabaha.937
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/ELEX.HD potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.XinZhou (M)
16.2.8.12

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5085608
47028

File size:
333.7 KB (341,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common update\task update\task.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Xin Zhou

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/23/2016 1:59:59 AM

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:
1/7/2016 3:55:35 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:nq9mlwDEVlgIYtk2b4Os3+wThZKdU5ScmLtnB6:nq9mqDErgJicIBX1mB6

Entry address:
0x21F76

Entry point:
E8, 29, A7, 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, 74, 15, 45, 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, F7, 44, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 68, A8, 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:
236.5 KB (242,176 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
task Update

Path:
C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\task Update.job

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 12:12)


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