XPProcessStart.exe

XPProcessStart

Simply Tech Ltd

One Floor App (Simply Tech/Widdit) distributes and bundles potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) using its OneFloorApp install manager (SimplyInstaller). The application XPProcessStart.exe by Simply Tech has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered daily at a specified time. While running, it connects to the Internet address crl.comodoca.com.cdn.cloudflare.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Simply Tech Ltd  (signed and verified)

Product:
XPProcessStart

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
67069b037f111833eb57c1eca2a2a6eb

SHA-1:
4027864f6a981c9947beb10e018cafa8870543e9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
2/25/2025 4:22:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Task.SimplyTech.O
14.8.7.19

File size:
15.1 KB (15,432 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014

Original file name:
XPProcessStart.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hometab\xpprocessstart.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/4/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/5/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Simply Tech Ltd, O=Simply Tech Ltd, STREET=10 Zarhin street, L=Raanana, S=Raanana, PostalCode=43662, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
1FC78D842B3886BB8D32517578F7489C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/27/2014 6:03:03 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:2I5KAjQIJfc7FrI6AcAjeydiJiMMHc8fYL1fHix8iyMrj6938LWM19wg2sTBSSgI:2s0Ia7V9Ej9NMMHc8fYhCxMMC18rTZ

Entry address:
0x393E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.2683

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
6.5 KB (6,656 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Browser Updater

Path:
C:\windows\Tasks\Browser Updater.job

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 4:55 PM)

Action:
xpprocessstart.exe C:\Program Files\hometab\wbrowserupdater.exe"

Description:
Browser Updater


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to crl.comodoca.com.cdn.cloudflare.net  (178.255.83.2:80)

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