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muachost.exe

muachost

MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.

It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in.

File name:

muachost.exe

Publisher:

MSI (signed by MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.)

Product:

muachost

Description:

Windows Host Process

Version:

1.0.0.1

MD5:

b9966f800d2a3a1522b1825077785c40

SHA-1:

6f463efe305d9816406f8f7b432c89d919e6dea5

SHA-256:

a8c2444a0af793cd4f167232ba6cd0518975a787bfa4060aab86db4dcb52e0e0

Scanner detections:

0 / 68

Status:

Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:

3/14/2025 11:11:01 AM UTC (today)

File size:

1.6 MB (1,692,840 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.1

Original file name:

muachost.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\windows\syswow64\muachost.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

6/3/2014 10:16:15 AM

Valid to:

9/3/2017 10:16:15 AM

Subject:

CN="MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.", OU="MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.", O="MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.", L=New Taipei City, S=Taiwan, C=TW

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

112158044863E4DC19CF29A85668B7F45842

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

8/18/2015 2:50:16 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

49152:l8YeNdhrISmfPkxpgqLnqvxRbrJz6IKnsDauu8lQfBzDtbLlTraG:ZodhcSkcdLqvxRbrJz6I7vgfBzpbLlT5

Entry address:

0x100B2E

Entry point:

E8, 05, 6B, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, A0, EC, 56, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 8C, 6B, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 14, 56, 85, C0, 74, 41, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 75, 13, E8, 7E, 0F, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 62, 71, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 2A, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, E7, 39, 45, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, 60, 0F, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, DE, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 4E, 6C, 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... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.4028

Code size:

1.1 MB (1,194,496 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

MSISW_Host

Trigger:

Logon (Runs on logon)

Description:

MSI Software Host

The file muachost.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

MSI Gaming APP by MSI Co., LTD

www.msi.com

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