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tsassist.exe

File Type Assistant (FTA)

FTA APS

The application tsassist.exe, “Helps you open any type of file” by FTA APS has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named ProgramUpdateCheck triggered to execute each time a user logs in.
Publisher:
FTA  (signed by FTA APS)

Product:
File Type Assistant (FTA)

Description:
Helps you open any type of file

Version:
2014.12.2.0

MD5:
7398c6fce95eb5f54be920a9fba47ece

SHA-1:
d718a433990c7db6a64d87f6605297ea204e0e0a

SHA-256:
d6d2b66220f3fdabab7f7886ba6ac3f5ad6a91faf517ef437b3fddada5929b38

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
12/27/2024 6:44:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.9.19.13

File size:
2.7 MB (2,836,376 bytes)

Product version:
2014.12.2.0

Copyright:
(C) 2010-2014 FTA

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\file type assistant\tsassist.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FTA APS

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/4/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/5/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=FTA APS, O=FTA APS, STREET=Bysoestrade 2B st., L=Holbaek, S=DK, PostalCode=4300, C=DK

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A8BF96664C5D11A73AA0900284E705CE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/2/2014 11:39:14 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
5.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:y2xnFZjq2HMiswWK2DSkqVdCU4W+yM3xH2vXOuToTiaShM0vCp:y2+iswWKw53xWvBaShDu

Entry address:
0x1848

Entry point:
EB, 10, 66, 62, 3A, 43, 2B, 2B, 48, 4F, 4F, 4B, 90, E9, AC, A0, 60, 00, A1, 9F, A0, 60, 00, C1, E0, 02, A3, A3, A0, 60, 00, 52, 6A, 00, E8, DF, 74, 20, 00, 8B, D0, E8, 9E, 6C, 1F, 00, 5A, E8, C0, 6B, 1F, 00, E8, EB, 6D, 1F, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 24, 89, 1F, 00, 59, 68, 48, A0, 60, 00, 6A, 00, E8, B9, 74, 20, 00, A3, A7, A0, 60, 00, 6A, 00, E9, EF, 30, 20, 00, E9, 56, 89, 1F, 00, 33, C0, A0, 91, A0, 60, 00, C3, A1, A7, A0, 60, 00, C3, 60, BB, 00, 50, B0, BC, 53, 68, AD, 0B, 00, 00, C3, B9, EC, 00, 00, 00, 0B, C9...
 
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Code size:
2 MB (2,134,016 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
ProgramUpdateCheck

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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