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winwikiupdater.exe

Essync PTY LTD

The application winwikiupdater.exe by Essync PTY has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to run every month at a specified time.
Publisher:
Essync PTY LTD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
dd8da352c3dd8f770dc3f0ad7c7bf6bc

SHA-1:
9258225d58588b6fcf20bea1455d73a40b4f77fc

SHA-256:
50732c0a30c15a394855bf96adbc4cf22a62cb91e755fcebc9b466075093da89

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 5:00:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.1291

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Superfish.Essync.Installer.Meta (M)
16.1.29.11

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Qbot
9575

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.4

File size:
47.4 KB (48,536 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\windows\sysprogramscontroller\winwikiupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Essync PTY LTD

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/20/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/25/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Essync PTY LTD, O=Essync PTY LTD, L=Sans Souci, S=New South Wales, C=AU

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

Serial number:
2C40621E61A3C414F3892090E322B912

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:THJd0TpH2+bQ2dUWVX9Hfv1JMWmtLEJOyuBxG0D3mjfS3XJF0CgVkqIzq2ba0LaX:TpgpHzb9dZVX9fHMvG0D3XJF05kqIzjy

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:
6.9649

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
SysProgs_Controller_Mon

Trigger:
Monthly (Runs monthly on Sundays at 10:12 AM)


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