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wmihost.exe

Ammyy Admin

Microsoft Corporation

The executable wmihost.exe by Microsoft has been known to be a potentially unwanted program. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Data’.
Publisher:
Ammyy LLC  (signed by Microsoft Corporation)

Product:
Ammyy Admin

Version:
3.5

MD5:
fb2728b58721535c562d3e2a445efcea

SHA-1:
c4cae0e71024d940997899259df78a1377b956b0

SHA-256:
b2a809ad9da49e7d927a2f54ee4e5ef642a2e0926c4f18116bcf10642a684f4e

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)
Whitelisted  (by digital signature)

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:04:08 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
747.8 KB (765,720 bytes)

Product version:
3.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\ammyy\wmihost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Microsoft Corporation

Authority:
Microsoft Corporation

Valid from:
3/5/2014 5:24:46 PM

Valid to:
1/1/2040 10:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Microsoft Corporation

Issuer:
CN=Microsoft Corporation

Serial number:
ABCD1D330A66FCAF4E9F41A98C00207F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/13/2015 10:32:49 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Je7poosVoyMZ19L4tP/TdEv4Rt1AD6x64+6dsavVUWgd:Je/SwZ190tP/Tm4Rts6wlAshTd

Entry address:
0x7C35E

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, A0, DE, 48, 00, 68, 00, C5, 47, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, A4, 33, 48, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 18, 5C, 4B, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 1C, 5C, 4B, 00, FF, FF, 15, A8, 33, 48, 00, 8B, 0D, 00, 5C, 4B, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, AC, 33, 48, 00, 8B, 0D, FC, 5B, 4B, 00, 89, 08, A1, B0, 33, 48, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 14, 5C, 4B, 00, E8, 60, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, F0, E2, 4A, 00, 75, 0C, 68, 2A, C5, 47, 00, FF, 15, B4, 33...
 
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Entropy:
6.6023

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
520 KB (532,480 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Data

Command:
C:\ProgramData\ammyy\wmihost.exe -nogui


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