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wcinstaller.exe

Web Companion Installer

Lavasoft Software Canada

The application wcinstaller.exe by Lavasoft Software Canada has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Lavasoft  (signed by Lavasoft Software Canada)

Product:
Web Companion Installer

Version:
2.3.1528.2969

MD5:
7287a993fb8cdccaf68f337117908606

SHA-1:
db911409f4a9a1d518dd8b32006bbbe8ff0169d9

SHA-256:
463f32a83871bfc014971b10ce5e0fae6d1e6290b989d98e9b1a16e4341ae8f0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 12:00:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebCompanion (M)
17.3.16.3

File size:
341 KB (349,232 bytes)

Product version:
2.3.1528.2969

Copyright:
c Lavasoft Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Original file name:
Installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\wcinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lavasoft Software Canada

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
7/20/2016 7:12:37 AM

Valid to:
7/21/2018 7:12:37 AM

Subject:
E=itcontracts@lavasoft.com, CN=Lavasoft Software Canada, O=Lavasoft Software Canada, L=Saint-Laurent, S=Quebec, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G3, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
6DE41F889CF84643F324B3D5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2010 8:27:35 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x14B04

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, E0, B9, 41, 00, 68, 2C, 4A, 41, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 74, B0, 41, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, D0, 33, 42, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, CC, 33, 42, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, C8, 33, 42, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, C4, 33, 42, 00, 6A, 01, E8, 96, 0E, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, C3, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8, 48, 09, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 10, E8, B2, 00, 00, 00, 59, 33, F6, 89, 75...
 
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Entropy:
7.3314

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
102.5 KB (104,960 bytes)

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