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v-bates.exe

Passion Fruit Tech

The file is part of Wajam, a web browser extension that injects social search integration into various search portals such as Google. The application v-bates.exe by Passion Fruit Tech has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Wajamu   (signed by Passion Fruit Tech)

MD5:
5c9320ee940136a8565c94a3a3464200

SHA-1:
9c1e3393346d77bbeb89874808a61153fb71e3e7

SHA-256:
62372373868320397b09c29a0f529d8ea081f5d6306ef5ff47737623d36e605f

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:
11/23/2024 8:13:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bitcocktail (M)
17.1.12.12

File size:
1.9 MB (2,000,240 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.445

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\v-bates.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Passion Fruit Tech

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/20/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/21/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Passion Fruit Tech, O=Passion Fruit Tech, STREET=Rakefet, L=Hod Hasharon, S=Israel, PostalCode=4520634, C=IL

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

Serial number:
3505FC58261F9FA827A43371A3AAEC54

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 12:21:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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