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wlauncher_setup.exe

POSTMEDIA Co.,Ltd

The application wlauncher_setup.exe by POSTMEDIA Co.,Ltd has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.winutil.co.kr.
Publisher:
POSTMEDIA Co.,Ltd  (signed and verified)

Description:
utiltop

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
3956963787e94da26fd68efab78aee78

SHA-1:
40bc5a97cdf4a26947ffac6d4967d68ba55e6069

SHA-256:
e64b2c0b959f2564755bf2b909a7d82e984c45cddb74e6de93021cf6d92cf12a

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:
12/29/2024 7:21:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.POSTMEDI.Installer (M)
16.3.20.0

File size:
1.8 MB (1,895,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Original file name:
utiltop.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\wlauncher_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
POSTMEDIA Co.,Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
10/16/2012 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/16/2015 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="POSTMEDIA Co.,Ltd", OU=Dev Team, O="POSTMEDIA Co.,Ltd", L=Nam-gu, S=Busan, C=KR

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1A0F99EE00FE980DD6E95535BDC8BB31

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/26/2013 5:33:45 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:I5SQhikuLR9AV1bGUxVGdMsB4FgNhmUiZ20fGC35LiynuhEtq:jQhikuUVEUxVGdPB4FgnafX35Liyoyq

Entry address:
0x10CAF4

Entry point:
E8, 0F, 7B, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 90, 5C, 58, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 96, 7B, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 14, 56, 85, C0, 74, 41, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 75, 13, E8, 98, 23, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 04, 7E, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 2A, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, E7, 39, 45, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, 7A, 23, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, DE, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, F8, 06, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 33, C0, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 10, 85, C9, 74, 1B, 8B, 45, 0C, 0F, B7, D0, 8B, C2...
 
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Entropy:
6.3737

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,257,984 bytes)

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

http://www.winutil.co.kr/dn.asp?pcode=1001&seq=29776

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