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adobe-update-18.1.exe

The executable adobe-update-18.1.exe has been detected as malware by 24 anti-virus scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from boostedsearch.com.
MD5:
0e8d126be9cf70f427f4bc155f857434

SHA-1:
4b81c5ce4e43f65b2eb8b8b286cb7ff0c6661e15

SHA-256:
a026cfab71b2d7a9c80193c8662c8eeb2699c252d128d25cb807391ab5f49258

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 12:00:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.11169215
958

avast!
Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
2014.9-140621

AVG
Luhe.Fiha.A
2015.0.3436

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Autoit
4.0.3.14621

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.11169215
1.0.20.860

Bkav FE
W32.DropperBuviufcZ.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.11169215
8.14.06.21.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/TrojanClicker.Autoit.NDZ
8.9744

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Badur.HGQL!tr
6/21/2014

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.11169215
11.2014-21-06_7

G Data
Trojan.Generic.11169215
14.6.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.SuspectCRC
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Badur
14.0.0.3677

McAfee
RDN/Generic.dx!d2o
5600.7092

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.11169215
15.0.0.516

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Badur.cwcfcb
0.28.0.59608

Norman
Suspicious_Gen4.GCXJK
11.20140621

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.11169215
14.04.30.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
14.06.21.04

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0EDB14
7.2.172

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0EDB14
10.465.21

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
28736

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Zapchast.Win32.20154
2.0.0.1773

File size:
876 KB (897,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United Kingdom)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobe-update-18.1.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/3/2014 7:19:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:v4lavt0LkLL9IMixoEgeaI2N3Zq9MmCS:qkwkn9IMHeaImpaPCS

Entry address:
0x26BF7

Entry point:
E8, 97, CF, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 58, 01, 4C, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 70, A3, 4B, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 58, 01, 4C, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03...
 
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Code size:
560 KB (573,440 bytes)

The file adobe-update-18.1.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://boostedsearch.com/.../adobe-update-18.1.exe

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