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visualdiscovery.exe

VisualDiscovery.exe

Superfish Inc.

The application visualdiscovery.exe by Superfish 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 separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “VisualDiscovery”.
Publisher:
Superfish, Inc.  (signed by Superfish Inc.)

Product:
VisualDiscovery.exe

Version:
2.3.0.2

MD5:
41c9b823f8c8a8af02075fe21a6bb50b

SHA-1:
e51b22917768f12973b7d1dd014eeb28a3a5863c

SHA-256:
e7ad06ceea93de4cb8990f8c4522c5b7b0a8035cd74c9704170c46746f524e80

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:
11/27/2024 2:05:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Superfis.Service
17.2.6.19

File size:
1.2 MB (1,304,360 bytes)

Product version:
2.3.0.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\lenovo\visualdiscovery\visualdiscovery.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Superfish Inc.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/16/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/27/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Superfish Inc., O=Superfish Inc., L=Grandville, S=Michigan, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6811B38827E880329B97481639E08413

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/28/2014 6:29:21 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x3755

Entry point:
E8, 02, 4C, 00, 00, E9, A4, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 63, 0C, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 56, 6A, 01, 68, 74, A0, 41, 00, 8B, F1, E8, 97, 0F, 00, 00, C7, 06, FC, 42, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, C3, C7, 01, FC, 42, 41, 00, E9, FC, 0F, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, FC, 42, 41, 00, E8, E9, 0F, 00, 00, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, B0, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 68, 0F, 00, 00, C7, 06, FC, 42, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B...
 
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Code size:
68.5 KB (70,144 bytes)

Service
Display name:
VisualDiscovery

Description:
VisualDiscovery Service

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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