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webwatchersetup.exe

P4hostcom

The application webwatchersetup.exe by P4hostcom has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
P4hostcom  (signed and verified)

MD5:
14ef0b1a973fbd947b83a4cc49d9bad3

SHA-1:
11365fef27f0cbfdb82f405e9ac887e67436565e

SHA-256:
d6945c195fd79d666594c67a0f54ecd51eb6e976fb23d03a6eec13363a67bdaa

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 3:27:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.2.21.3

File size:
10.9 MB (11,430,056 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
P4hostcom

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/11/2014 9:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/12/2015 9:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=P4hostcom, O=P4hostcom, STREET=15339 WYANDOTTE ST, L=VAN NUYS, S=California, PostalCode=91406, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
41454C8A0557125C4B0C373A489B1003

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 8:20:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9996

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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