HKCMD.EXE

Intel Common User Interface

Intel Corporation

The executable HKCMD.EXE has been detected as malware by 37 anti-virus scanners. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘HotKeysCmds’. Infected by an entry-point obscuring polymorphic file infector which will create a peer-to-peer botnet and receives URLs of additional files to download.
Publisher:
Intel Corporation

Product:
Intel(R) Common User Interface

Description:
hkcmd Module

Version:
6.14.10.4964

MD5:
47ee22d8f25877e61335fed6aeb4aebe

SHA-1:
06109eface7b3625ed5c08f2e881510ec87bce00

SHA-256:
d1cd67fe59938b4e5b54c007e6d23db942087d725f673f9a10c8de39610e783b

Scanner detections:
37 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

Explanation:
The file is infected by a polymorphic file infector virus.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 2:29:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.3
857

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Sality.BK
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Kashu.E
2014.10.01

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Sality.AT
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Kukacka
140929-0

AVG
Win32/Sality
2014.0.4025

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.$Emu
4.0.3.14101

Bitdefender
Win32.Sality.3
1.0.20.1370

Bkav FE
W32.Sality.PE
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
Virus.Win32.Sality.Gen
19659

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.21
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
14.10.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.E.gen
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.3
11.2014-01-10_4

G Data
Win32.Sality
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Sality
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.183.13535

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.494

McAfee
W32/Sality.gen.z
5600.6991

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.185.1680.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Sality.3
15.0.0.822

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.beygb
0.28.2.62440

Norman
Sality.ZHB
11.20141001

nProtect
Virus/W32.Sality.D
14.09.30.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AA
14.10.01.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM19.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
W32.Sality.U
10.14.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Win32.KUKU.kt!1591113
23.00.65.14929

Sophos
Mal/Sality-D
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/Sality.AA
37.0.11207

Trend Micro House Call
PE_SALITY.RL
7.2.274

Trend Micro
PE_SALITY.RL
10.465.01

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.bakb
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4721115
33520

ViRobot
Win32.Sality.N
2011.4.7.4223

Zillya! Antivirus
Virus.Sality.Win32.20
2.0.0.1939

File size:
238.5 KB (244,248 bytes)

Product version:
6.14.10.4964

Copyright:
Copyright 1999-2006, Intel Corporation

Original file name:
HKCMD.EXE

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/27/2008 6:11:25 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:HojR9pwMRukCwSKwhxAqtD0shuD2KMzpdp12OqwF7lQ:WwM8LAwMY0t27dDIEl

Entry address:
0xE90D

Entry point:
60, 8B, D3, 8D, 15, 9E, 7E, 9E, F9, 69, DE, 81, 7D, 7A, EA, FF, CB, 69, C2, 9A, 7F, B3, D7, 8A, EF, B7, A6, FF, CA, 69, FB, C4, C7, 4E, 39, 81, F5, 91, B7, 00, 00, 8D, 1D, 7C, 3D, 23, CE, 8D, 05, F3, 6E, 98, 53, 89, F3, 71, 0B, C6, C0, 6C, 89, C5, 8D, 2D, BF, 6C, A2, 4A, 8D, 0D, C5, 93, 08, 37, 80, E6, 14, 85, D2, BD, DA, 91, DE, 08, E8, D0, 00, 00, 00, 8A, E0, 8B, FD, 69, F7, 6A, 6F, 40, E0, FF, CF, F7, C3, 4C, 4D, 8F, CC, 85, F5, C7, C2, 6D, E7, EB, 1D, F7, C3, 9D, 8F, E7, 94, 0F, AF, C2, BE, FC, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.9690

Code size:
108 KB (110,592 bytes)

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

Name:
HotKeysCmds

Command:
C:\Windows\System32\hkcmd.exe


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