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bytefence-installer.exe

The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.bytefence.com.
MD5:
ef005ed45162d3b6eaaac136da29b7e4

SHA-1:
0b7c74bb21f04b073424aa8e6b244d8954a827aa

SHA-256:
2ac435deb6d6c8d9ea5100c96470824f88d39943343f7490a1019e4cc06c6790

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
12/31/2025 1:55:55 PM UTC  (today)

File size:
12.8 KB (13,118 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\bytefence-installer.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/27/2015 5:38:49 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:6Kh5MwVrOdzCkUbFa48gWQIo3VHpJdpvAJX5L:6KPxOddUbFatgWQIo31pJPv2R

Entry address:
0x30DE

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, C7, 44, 24, 14, 88, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 18, 20, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 53, E8, E4, 2D, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, 68, 7C, 91, 40, 00, E8, 65, 2D, 00, 00, 68, 74, 91, 40, 00, E8, 5B, 2D, 00, 00, 68, 68, 91, 40, 00, E8, 51, 2D, 00, 00, 6A, 0D, E8, B4, 2D, 00, 00, 6A, 0B, E8, AD, 2D, 00, 00, A3, 64, 3F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file bytefence-installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.bytefence.com/bytefence-installer.exe

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