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webprotectpd.exe

WDDprotectwebplus

The application webprotectpd.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from webprotectionfree.com.
Publisher:
WDDprotectwebplus

Product:
WDDprotectwebplus

Version:
4.2.0.52

MD5:
152b054c00fc7a676d7ff9484afde20b

SHA-1:
92b83bcf905b5a2cb51faa18dd1e8551f2781906

SHA-256:
eb21b5b0597982e9198d4a2049cdb0ea098692c2b42967f19081120eef4a41d5

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/9/2025 9:01:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Malware-gen
150319-1

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Genome
4.0.3.15522

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of 9804_webprotectpd.exe
2015.7.28.15

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.203.15784

Kaspersky
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Genome
14.0.0.2003

McAfee
Artemis!152B054C00FC
5600.6758

Norman
Downloader
11.20150428

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.05.22.09

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0428
7.2.142

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

File size:
71.2 KB (72,944 bytes)

Product version:
4.2.0.52

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\exe\d39beb6051796658ddce90a8b0615bfd\webprotectpd.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2014 10:03:30 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:7wJOoN1oYaoZ5iV685XJPCf4Romu/T78PSzT0e8O5ab:7wJ52Y7ZoH5XJaf455P2ib

Entry address:
0x30B6

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 90, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 1C, 71, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 78, 37, 42, 00, E8, 95, 2D, 00, 00, A3, C4, 36, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 80, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, C0, 2E, 42, 00, E8, 3F, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 20, 71, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 2D, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.1045

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://webprotectionfree.com/.../WebProtectPD.exe

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