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3117_wpc_mystartsearch

Fuyuan Zhou

The application wpc_mystartsearch.exe by Fuyuan Zhou has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from d3kj6o4rxau601.cloudfront.net.
Publisher:
HTabp.com  (signed by Fuyuan Zhou)

Product:
3117_wpc_mystartsearch

Description:
HTabp

Version:
6.6.86.1546

MD5:
01f4fe8bb2949e821d6b70f043d237d7

SHA-1:
8be79e295f072bbe50c90d26d812e02f7f5f1270

SHA-256:
f77ea73d2c5df060f94fd2425aa777ce57f1c4028982af3b28730843f4e1fde9

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 4:47:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Elex.321632.2
7.11.219.10

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.ELEX
4.0.3.15324

Dr.Web
Adware.Mutabaha.179
9.0.1.083

ESET NOD32
Win32/ELEX.CF potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11357

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/ELEX.CF
3/24/2015

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup_2029.exe (Adware)
2015.6.17.2

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.202.15339

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.IStartSurf.A
v2015.03.10.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FuyuanZhou
15.3.10.19

Sophos
PUA 'Elex' (of type Adware)
5.12

File size:
314.1 KB (321,632 bytes)

Product version:
6.6.86.1546

Copyright:
Copyright (C) HTabp.com 2010

Original file name:
HTabp.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United Kingdom)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\temp\wpc_mystartsearch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fuyuan Zhou

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
1/15/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/20/2016 1:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Fuyuan Zhou, O=Fuyuan Zhou, S=Jilin, L=Jilin, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0F23159AB625CE992A314C35F55B4F8E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/10/2015 6:42:06 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:r3PbrnUYoXjY2XVfieSEJxfPI099vz7fCSpj/:rbrBy02Xl/xJ5PZ99vzjJ/

Entry address:
0x1A99F

Entry point:
E8, 80, C4, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 10, 25, 43, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 34, 21, 43, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00...
 
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Code size:
195 KB (199,680 bytes)

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

http://d3kj6o4rxau601.cloudfront.net/wpc_mystartsearch.exe

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