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explorer.exe

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The executable explorer.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. Although this file uses the name explorer.exe, this is NOT the File Explorer program distributed with the Windows OS that is found in C:\Windows.
Publisher:
Microsoft*  (Invalid match)

Product:
Win

Version:
1.00

MD5:
2cb984c938b996ee4cf250df90d28e39

SHA-1:
6081caac58d01403be5f7bd8b6be069820a04fd8

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
7/30/2025 8:55:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Trojan.Agent,VB (M)
17.3.7.11

File size:
377.8 KB (386,850 bytes)

Product version:
1.00

Original file name:
Win.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\explorer.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/11/2011 8:29:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x36A0

Entry point:
60, 0F, B6, EA, D0, EE, 52, 55, 81, E2, 24, BF, 06, 4A, 84, D9, 21, F6, 05, 72, BA, 67, 90, 48, BE, 3B, 05, 09, D9, 84, F1, 0F, AC, C1, 54, FE, CB, F6, D5, 81, ED, 38, 0D, 00, 00, 69, FA, 9C, E9, 8E, A4, 88, DE, 41, 81, ED, 16, 0F, 00, 00, FF, C3, C0, CE, AF, 57, 0F, BC, C9, 0F, AD, DD, 13, C9, D2, D4, 81, FD, 52, 6C, 00, 00, 75, 05, 3D, BE, 39, 92, 8F, 81, FD, 1A, 16, 00, 00, 73, 05, 3C, CE, 0F, BC, C0, 0F, C8, 0F, BD, D6, 2D, DB, 59, AF, 42, 8D, 0D, BF, E8, 79, 24, 3C, FF, 8B, D3, BE, FF, 20, 00, 00, 0F...
 
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Entropy:
6.0502

Code size:
172 KB (176,128 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run Once)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Name:
Explorer

Command:
C:\Windows\System32\explorer.exe ro


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to slunce.srv.wz.cz  (185.64.219.6:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-34-206-157-64.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (34.206.157.64:80)

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