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ground.exe

The executable ground.exe has been detected as malware by 36 anti-virus scanners. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.piriform.com and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
c9b85bf921f53e6ea1e924e20dd2bafe

SHA-1:
e3018bd9209ac41f7a0f9152399aa3db805e11dd

SHA-256:
ae4b68a8129673770c59dfad678e74b948966ca91237a2b7e7a9434b248fd3a6

Scanner detections:
36 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 6:34:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Worm.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Gen
2013.09.05

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Tapin
7.11.100.228

avast!
Win32:Agent-AODJ [Trj]
2014.9-140418

AVG
Worm/Delf
2015.0.3501

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Renamer
4.0.3.14418

Bitdefender
Worm.Generic.377772
1.0.20.540

Bkav FE
W32.FakeExeYHPtv
1.3.0.4562

Clam AntiVirus
WIN.Virus.Gnamer
0.98/18155

Comodo Security
Worm.Win32.Delf.nj
16884

Dr.Web
Win32.HLLC.Shortcut
9.0.1.0108

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Worm.Generic.377772
8.14.04.18.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/Delf.NRJ
8.8765

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Renamer.BQT!tr
4/18/2014

F-Prot
W32/Renamer.A.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Worm.Generic.377772
11.2014-07-07_2

G Data
Worm.Generic.377772
14.4.22

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Renamer
t3scan.2.0.127

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.172.9484

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Renamer
14.0.0.3998

McAfee
W32/Gnamer
5600.7157

Microsoft Security Essentials
Virus:Win32/Grenam.A
1.163.1557.0

MicroWorld eScan
Worm.Generic.377772
15.0.0.324

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Renamer.lnwkz
0.26.0.54404

Norman
Renamer.M
11.20140418

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Agent.534016.BS
13.09.05.04

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Renamer.H
14.04.18.11

Quick Heal
W32.Grenam.A
4.14.12.00

Rising Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.129D5E3F
23.00.65.14416

Sophos
Troj/Eloigne-L
4.91

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Soriam
10658

Total Defense
Win32/Tapi.D
37.0.10498

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_AGENT_005249.TOMB
7.2.108

Trend Micro
TROJ_AGENT_005249.TOMB
10.465.18

Vba32 AntiVirus
Worm.Delf
3.12.22.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Grenam.a
21190

File size:
521.5 KB (534,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/26/2011 12:37:40 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9rMIztyCK5x8CBmn+RrNbEyWYa0Ie1vUx9VK:7ZyCA8CBmn+RrNj9ay5IK

Entry address:
0x72814

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, 53, B8, 14, 0E, 47, 00, E8, 43, 4A, F9, FF, 8B, 1D, 30, 53, 47, 00, 8B, 03, E8, 06, 60, FE, FF, 8B, 03, C6, 40, 5B, 00, 8B, 03, B2, 01, E8, 3B, 7D, FE, FF, 8B, 0D, 5C, 52, 47, 00, 8B, 03, 8B, 15, E0, 0A, 47, 00, E8, FC, 5F, FE, FF, 8B, 0D, 68, 53, 47, 00, 8B, 03, 8B, 15, 90, 05, 47, 00, E8, E9, 5F, FE, FF, 8B, 03, E8, 62, 60, FE, FF, 5B, E8, C0, 28, F9, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.6067

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
451 KB (461,824 bytes)

The file ground.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://download.piriform.com/ccsetup523.exe

http://download.piriform.com/rcsetup153.exe

http://www.exifpro.com/.../2.1.0-ExifPro-Setup.exe

http://download.piriform.com/rcsetup152.exe

https://mega.nz/persistent/.../vdlWVKbZ

http://www.driverscape.com/.../DriverToolkitInstaller.exe

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