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zdengine.exe

zdengine

The application zdengine.exe 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 separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “zdengine”. While running, it connects to the Internet address vip140.ssl.hwcdn.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
zdengine

Product:
zdengine.exe

Version:
3.0.0.28

MD5:
8ab0f4734b549f0f7d930708df170b50

SHA-1:
13877ddeedbaae2515a188865c9ef4825e4e1c7c

SHA-256:
eb331159b058359bf26ee6d536140fa50495ed9c676aba10af4da9b7600ef1fb

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 4:04:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.QuickSearch (M)
16.12.18.16

File size:
1.6 MB (1,660,135 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.28

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\othersearch\zdengine.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/4/2016 3:39:17 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x29EB

Entry point:
E8, 29, 22, 00, 00, E9, 7B, FE, FF, FF, E9, 7E, 00, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 53, 56, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 8B, 54, 24, 10, 8B, 5C, 24, 14, F7, C3, FF, FF, FF, FF, 74, 51, 2B, CA, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 18, 0F, B6, 04, 0A, 3A, 02, 75, 48, 85, C0, 0F, 44, D8, 42, 83, EB, 01, 76, 34, F6, C2, 03, 75, E8, 8D, 04, 0A, 25, FF, 0F, 00, 00, 3D, FC, 0F, 00, 00, 77, D9, 8B, 04, 0A, 3B, 02, 75, D2, 83, EB, 04, 76, 14, 8D, B0, FF, FE, FE, FE, 83, C2, 04, F7, D0, 23, C6, A9, 80, 80, 80, 80, 74, D1, 33, C0, 5E, 5B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9850  (probably packed)

Code size:
46.5 KB (47,616 bytes)

Service
Display name:
zdengine

Description:
zdengine protects your browser

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to vip140.ssl.hwcdn.net  (205.185.208.140:80)

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