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Web Companion

Lavasoft Limited

The application webcompanioninstaller.exe by Lavasoft Limited 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 the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Web Companion by Lavasoft.
Publisher:
Lavasoft  (signed by Lavasoft Limited)

Product:
Web Companion

Version:
2.3.1441.2805

MD5:
4c605f05f0f62a71c9b90e5b39f6da0b

SHA-1:
dce70fe67e141356419a7a29a13071d2c2728ce0

SHA-256:
6b64fa523042163d292318774bb8d10ec04b0373abb44c12f7bdc5c501541498

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 8:17:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebCompanion (M)
17.3.13.20

File size:
297.3 KB (304,400 bytes)

Product version:
2.3.1441.2805

Copyright:
c Lavasoft Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Trademarks:
(R) Lavasoft

Original file name:
WebCompanion.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\lavasoft\web companion\application\webcompanioninstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lavasoft Limited

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/20/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/15/2017 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Lavasoft Limited, O=Lavasoft Limited, L=Sliema, S=Malta, C=MT

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
35F57ADDEF0015E6FEBE6AE2710D4873

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/6/2016 10:10:51 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x44A5E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
6.1784

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

Code size:
267 KB (273,408 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Web Companion

Display publisher:
Lavasoft

Display version:
2.3.1441.2805

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall


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