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winsere.exe

Yan Jiang

The application winsere.exe by Yan Jiang 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 file is typically installed with the program yessearches Uninstall by ELEX which is a potentially unwanted software program. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-52-85-77-194.lax3.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Yan Jiang  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9d818b0b732c7e1e3ce1344b596e4d2e

SHA-1:
c4e99ba4a70904cc5e314051d4cc1126d139cb26

SHA-256:
06ee540fbc70d0f6fe5e58d02b094ccdc7fae05e6b8c21975396f45505a001f0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/2/2025 3:26:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ELEX.YanJiang (M)
16.3.15.13

File size:
299.5 KB (306,736 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Yan Jiang

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/13/2016 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/25/2016 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Yan Jiang, 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:
0D086736E024A587D6959B6C9B0C8655

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/14/2016 10:39:37 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:JH2q2eeGLBnHj6JSbiUAdLR30ns3ET6UGn/LCK:Aq1eqBDtbi7dLykD/LCK

Entry address:
0x1D14E

Entry point:
E8, 81, 53, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 4C, 90, 44, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 70, 74, 44, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 99, 58, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83...
 
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Code size:
218.5 KB (223,744 bytes)

The file winsere.exe has been discovered within the following program.

yessearches Uninstall  by ELEX
yessearches is a web browser search hijacker that modifies the assets of the user's web browser in order to redirect search results.
yessearches.com
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-239.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.239:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-21.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.21:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-141-108.sfo5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.141.108:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-187.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.187:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-119.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.119:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-77-206.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.77.206:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-77-194.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.77.194:80)

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