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winsaber.exe

Dening Hu

The application winsaber.exe by Dening Hu has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “winsaber”. This file is typically installed with the program yessearches Uninstall by ELEX which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Dening Hu  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8bc1d9f5f36f8c30f782705d61584ee7

SHA-1:
619949ad6c4f06f61a4cfd13d3135c61daf292b8

SHA-256:
87949d33f277c7eac02dc6f3bd206da6e6742969226847de53a32085a580d33b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 10:22:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Elex (M)
16.8.1.9

File size:
420.2 KB (430,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\winsaber\winsaber.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dening Hu

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/25/2016 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/9/2017 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Dening Hu, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
412D33FAF41BB40A577E42A03B72EF99

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/27/2016 9:13:01 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:QgRHK1JbpQruFN1wQ0K+XfiC30vSdvz0RoK7K6nBh81j5q/EQI:PRQJbWe1aU2dEBh86I

Entry address:
0x2AEE4

Entry point:
E8, 08, BE, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E8, 9E, 3D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 34, 56, 46, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E4, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08, 51, 89, 08, E8, 20, 00, 00, 00, 59, 8B, F0, E8, 05, 00, 00, 00, 89, 30, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, 6A, 3D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 30, 56, 46, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33, C0, 3B, 0C, C5, C8, 54, 46, 00, 74, 27, 40, 83, F8, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 41, ED, 83, F8, 11, 77, 05, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8D, 81, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8...
 
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Entropy:
6.3533

Code size:
332 KB (339,968 bytes)

Service
Display name:
winsaber

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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