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compatibility.exe

M/s Children Code

The application compatibility.exe by M/s Children Code has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. This is a trojan Bot that uses IRC to communicate with a comand and control network. The Trojan drops other malicious software and opens a backdoor on the infected computer and will run automatically on each boot. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.doubleoptmedia.com.
Publisher:
M/s Children Code  (signed and verified)

MD5:
abe97c48a963af4bb4526d8010d22e88

SHA-1:
23a127d4b70d48c3286a730dea3da0e2bad20c0e

SHA-256:
4688f9c69539e651637d014c830b7e8e6c768f500c22cdcb47a2f7efeee11175

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of a backdoor IRC bot network.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 5:33:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Downloader/Win32.Xema
14.04.14

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
17969

ESET NOD32
Win32/Packed.Themida (variant)
8.9573

McAfee
Artemis!ABE97C48A963
5600.7161

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.3a9
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MsChildrenCode.N
14.4.7.1

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0320
7.2.104

VIPRE Antivirus
Backdoor.Win32.Ircbot.gen
27606

File size:
1.2 MB (1,237,648 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\compatibility.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
M/s Children Code

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/10/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/11/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=M/s Children Code, O=M/s Children Code, STREET="Plot No. F-125,", STREET="Sector 74,", STREET="Industrial Area, Phase 8B", L=Mohali, S=Punjab, PostalCode=160071, C=IN

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
355CDFD525F643928F3A5700D87F0799

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/20/2014 3:14:49 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Pcg3sKXcbTwyoXCUBbS9zJJZ/3rWPKfORs7NM3m+FvkXHuJxTfl:PcitXCM4z/ZKQFM3F+eJNfl

Entry address:
0x32B000

Entry point:
83, EC, 04, 50, 53, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, CC, 58, 89, C3, 40, 2D, 00, 40, 12, 00, 2D, FF, 91, 0A, 10, 05, F4, 91, 0A, 10, 80, 3B, CC, 75, 19, C6, 03, 00, BB, 00, 10, 00, 00, 68, 80, 07, 90, 62, 68, AC, 04, 1E, 1D, 53, 50, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, 83, C0, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, 5B, 58, C3, 55, 89, E5, 50, 53, 51, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 0C, C1, E9, 02, 8B, 45, 10, 8B, 5D, 14, 85, C9, 74, 0A, 31, 06, 01, 1E, 83, C6, 04, 49, EB, F2, 5E, 59, 5B, 58, C9, C2, 10, 00, 9E, AF, 7D, A5, 34, 88, 4B, B2, B7, E6, 42, CC, 81, 8D...
 
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Entropy:
7.9453  (probably packed)

Code size:
42 KB (43,008 bytes)

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

http://downloads.doubleoptmedia.com/dg8v2.exe

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