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tsassist.exe

The File Type Assistant

Trusted Software ApS

The application tsassist.exe, “Find software to open your files” by Trusted Software ApS has been detected as adware 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:
Trusted Software ApS  (signed and verified)

Product:
The File Type Assistant

Description:
Find software to open your files

Version:
2013.4.8.0

MD5:
dcbe1a903ea9711929e11d556465e173

SHA-1:
e208b1cbad2063cf2d9451dd625e477a23478378

SHA-256:
5932f3f7daaeba8ae4fd3950c163158ecfa9e0a46b8947df76a184a6f6b158b7

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:
12/27/2024 12:54:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.1.18

File size:
2.6 MB (2,749,632 bytes)

Product version:
2013.4.8.0

Copyright:
(C) 2010-2013 Trusted Software ApS

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Trusted Software ApS

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
11/12/2010 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:
11/12/2013 3:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Trusted Software ApS, O=Trusted Software ApS, STREET=Blomsterhaven 42, L=Holbaek, S=n/a, PostalCode=4300, C=DK

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
1DA7007608C324C640CE3FBCC9418735

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/8/2013 3:39:21 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
5.0

Entry address:
0x1878

Entry point:
EB, 10, 66, 62, 3A, 43, 2B, 2B, 48, 4F, 4F, 4B, 90, E9, AC, 00, 60, 00, A1, 9F, 00, 60, 00, C1, E0, 02, A3, A3, 00, 60, 00, 52, 6A, 00, E8, BB, D3, 1F, 00, 8B, D0, E8, 4E, CC, 1E, 00, 5A, E8, 70, CB, 1E, 00, E8, 9B, CD, 1E, 00, 6A, 00, E8, C8, E8, 1E, 00, 59, 68, 48, 00, 60, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 95, D3, 1F, 00, A3, A7, 00, 60, 00, 6A, 00, E9, 93, 90, 1F, 00, E9, FA, E8, 1E, 00, 33, C0, A0, 91, 00, 60, 00, C3, A1, A7, 00, 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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Entropy:
6.6490

Code size:
2 MB (2,093,056 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
ProgramUpdateCheck

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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