charles.exe

Apple Inc.

The executable charles.exe, “Apple Inc. 9.1.2 Installation ” has been detected as malware by 36 anti-virus scanners. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Google Charles’. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.videooizleyin.com.
Publisher:
Apple Inc.

Description:
Apple Inc. 9.1.2 Installation

Version:
9.1.2

MD5:
c147ba02443132bcacfc2ba4ffc9af3a

SHA-1:
8dbde866273a66ebe9670d6fb6f6a7eaa0405d62

SHA-256:
60111203bea5231ae089cde35cb1da64af8df3a57b9893f0c6b3f1517d6b1da0

Scanner detections:
36 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 7:56:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.51663
384

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.VB
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Blocker
2016.01.06

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Crypt.cfi.besd
8.3.2.4

Arcabit
Trojan.Symmi.DC9CF
1.0.0.642

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-160117

AVG
MultiDropper_c
2017.0.2862

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.VB
4.0.3.16117

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Symmi.51663
1.0.20.85

Bkav FE
W32.Charles.Trojan
1.3.0.7400

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
23921

Dr.Web
Trojan.Siggen1.63828
9.0.1.017

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.51663
8.16.01.17.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/Packed.AHK (variant)
10.12825

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/ExtenBro.AK!tr
1/17/2016

F-Prot
W32/Dapato.G.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Trojan:W32/Bepush.B
11.2016-17-01_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Symmi.51663
16.1.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.VB
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
P2PWorm
13.212.18331

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.VB
14.0.0.805

Malwarebytes
Trojan.KBayi.FLA
v2016.01.17.01

McAfee
Artemis!C147BA024431
5600.6518

Microsoft Security Essentials
Trojan:Win32/Kilim.U
1.1.12400.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Symmi.51663
17.0.0.51

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.VB.dnveks
1.0.14.5380

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.12567452
16.01.05.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
16.01.17.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.682
1.0.0.1077

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Murlo.clv.n3
1.16.14.00

Sophos
Mal/Generic-S
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.11B015
7.2.17

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.11B015
10.465.17

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.VB
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
46298

ViRobot
Trojan.Win32.Z.Agent.742011[h]
2014.3.20.0

File size:
724.6 KB (742,011 bytes)

Copyright:
Apple Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\charles.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/26/2009 12:27:32 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:aNIQAPGsAqY9IMVYd38sJdpQHlGlY8KfT4F4+CpENqTScb++ycb/l9TXQCrv:HPGSY91VwNJcFMqTePNqT7ZycbdVXlrv

Entry address:
0x42B4F

Entry point:
6A, 60, 68, 88, 1A, 46, 00, E8, AD, 5C, 01, 00, BF, 94, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C7, E8, E9, 56, 01, 00, 89, 65, E8, 8B, F4, 89, 3E, 56, FF, 15, 14, A2, 45, 00, 8B, 4E, 10, 89, 0D, A4, B4, 46, 00, 8B, 46, 04, A3, B0, B4, 46, 00, 8B, 56, 08, 89, 15, B4, B4, 46, 00, 8B, 76, 0C, 81, E6, FF, 7F, 00, 00, 89, 35, A8, B4, 46, 00, 83, F9, 02, 74, 0C, 81, CE, 00, 80, 00, 00, 89, 35, A8, B4, 46, 00, C1, E0, 08, 03, C2, A3, AC, B4, 46, 00, 33, F6, 56, 8B, 3D, 5C, A2, 45, 00, FF, D7, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 75, 1F, 8B, 48, 3C, 03...
 
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Entropy:
7.0395

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v7.0

Code size:
354 KB (362,496 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Google Charles

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\charles.exe"


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

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