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updatefactfire.exe

Geowide

The application updatefactfire.exe by Geowide 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 separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update Fact Fire”.
Publisher:
Geowide  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.6283.22251

MD5:
f08d2dae48169174b93dbc0be0d82e9f

SHA-1:
bad60e9682d83c6aa871e45fe8dfe44c17e7d9fe

SHA-256:
368d99983908494bf7ab7e02b0999f6077c1dc7592a72024668408feb0d2d612

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 12:12:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.16.1

File size:
633.9 KB (649,120 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.6283.22251

Original file name:
FactFire2017031520.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\fact fire\updatefactfire.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Geowide

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
10/20/2016 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/21/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Geowide, O=Geowide, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
05EDA5D2409A581DDAF90CD466140FF1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/15/2017 4:21:51 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x9E43E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.1284

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
625.5 KB (640,512 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update Fact Fire

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-96-153-242.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.96.153.242:80)

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