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adobereader.exe

The executable adobereader.exe has been detected as malware by 7 anti-virus scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from static.appfindr.org.
MD5:
518ae93f4990b7050536e866cfefea73

SHA-1:
389518d23813f46314c6a9596a521f792ccdc867

SHA-256:
9f792784d8fd84dff35cc6f18b3dad7f872bdf4317051becb4a9f5d21079bd78

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Malware

Explanation:
May bundle various unwanted software without adequate user consent.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 12:34:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-150607

AVG
MultiBundle
2016.0.3085

McAfee
RDN/Generic.cf!a
5600.6741

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Downloader
9859

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R047H05ER15
7.2.158

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
40908

File size:
196.4 KB (201,109 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobereader.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2014 5:10:27 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:BkZhtMJPH+OvayjO2yZ6Vqm/s1fhJamaUsEamLhVAe:Y6BvWaqSsHulmLh+e

Entry address:
0x3350

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, A8, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 23, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 3B, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 30, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 15, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 03, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6923

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://static.appfindr.org/.../AdobeReader.exe

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