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wbsvc.exe

Web Bar Service

Web Bar Media

The application wbsvc.exe by Web Bar Media 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 WebBarUpdateTask triggered daily at a specified time.
Publisher:
Web Bar Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
Web Bar Service

Version:
1.0.5382.15319

MD5:
b85e2e2b1746424c2ece5694c7b090ed

SHA-1:
32f74a250726f7d54be4cd49997b4e30d729ac39

SHA-256:
f9a1b06beaaa11e4dc71307f7280390053ae005331d49a940821b5255bd31358

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:
11/5/2024 7:29:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebBarMe (M)
16.6.5.12

File size:
37 KB (37,872 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5382.15319

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014

Original file name:
wbsvc.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webbar\wbsvc.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Web Bar Media

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
1/30/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/5/2015 7:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Web Bar Media, O=Web Bar Media, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
044224073D1C7BCC8763D980B58EA97E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/26/2014 12:30:39 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:4DDD3omc0mSCuMO7tuVuQep50uQum5J1PvnHbhH1MLOi:4DD0g3P7tuVw0BJL1HLMLOi

Entry address:
0x3AAE

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
4.8162

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

Code size:
7 KB (7,168 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
WebBarUpdateTask

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 8:31 AM)

Description:
This task is required by Web Bar.


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