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wasvc.exe

WA Client Service

Word Anchor

The application wasvc.exe by Word Anchor 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 “WA 1.10.0.20 Client Service”.
Publisher:
WA  (signed by Word Anchor)

Product:
WA Client Service

Version:
1.10.0.20

MD5:
828429e2ca4dd5925044e5262fa97b72

SHA-1:
ff50a214abf505c65d48ae68dabc3a2db8eee36d

SHA-256:
194f67bb4c6f0efccee3f2cb22a0ba86a3af9b0d2228d99e45ac5a826306e546

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 11:10:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InfoAtoms.WordAnch (M)
16.6.23.13

File size:
293.1 KB (300,120 bytes)

Product version:
1.10.0.20

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
wasvc.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\wordanchor_1.10.0.20\service\wasvc.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Word Anchor

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/22/2015 10:03:04 PM

Valid to:
5/22/2017 10:03:04 PM

Subject:
E=support@wordanchorapp.com, CN=Word Anchor, O=Word Anchor, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121881197A2243E556A1A11A1D4B17AE0A0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/6/2015 9:04:28 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:6qZ3VwE4mZOYdezJmWy+wewzTBi92Cbdc:6qZ3VwE3ZqzJ17pwzTo9Ddc

Entry address:
0x253E5

Entry point:
E8, B8, 64, 00, 00, E9, 7B, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 10, 57, 33, FF, 85, DB, 75, 14, E8, 1C, 1F, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, 6A, 39, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, 73, 56, 68, BC, 03, 00, 00, 6A, 01, E8, 44, 3B, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 59, 59, 85, F6, 74, 49, E8, C8, 30, 00, 00, FF, 70, 6C, 56, E8, 46, 31, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 14, 83, 4E, 04, FF, 89, 46, 58, 8B, 45, 1C, 59, 59, 89, 5E, 54, 85, C0, 75, 03, 8D, 45, 10, 50, FF, 75, 18, 56, 68, 4F, 55, 42, 00, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, FF, 15, 48, 31, 43, 00, 85, C0...
 
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Code size:
198.5 KB (203,264 bytes)

Service
Display name:
WA 1.10.0.20 Client Service

Service name:
wasvc_1.10.0.20

Description:
This service enables WA 1.10.0.20 on HTTP websites

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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