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2432_ika_webssearches

Shulan Hou

The application web searches.exe by Shulan Hou has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from 95.211.82.145.
Publisher:
TabMain  (signed by Shulan Hou)

Product:
2432_ika_webssearches

Description:
TabMain

Version:
6.3.76.1510

MD5:
70173d81d5c73db396879b6084e21d44

SHA-1:
382979140c7eca9fb03608a9839214019710b133

SHA-256:
cf0e3dd2f52a39e5eb978971d9133d326c5a744bf5df03c2a8f355d1bb252d8c

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:
12/25/2024 3:38:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ELEX.ShulanHou (M)
16.2.9.6

File size:
312.1 KB (319,584 bytes)

Product version:
6.3.76.1510

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
TMain.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\{65f40ccc-7938-463a-9a4d-6b3db1505fb7}\web searches.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Shulan Hou

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
12/23/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/6/2016 10:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Shulan Hou, O=Shulan Hou, L=Dingzhou, S=Hebei, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0E5D7348ADFFE93D9A1E35C180F4E728

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/25/2014 7:00:08 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:YuXLniLNovMo8Gw+eVtUuQSDRycoVsAPFNUQL0pv0:bX+av6RHUZSDDoeAdN00

Entry address:
0x1A44B

Entry point:
E8, 32, C2, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B...
 
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Code size:
194.5 KB (199,168 bytes)

The file web searches.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://95.211.82.145/Installer/.../index.php?download=file&cp=ika_webssearches(6).exe&a_name=Web Searches

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