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HKCMD.EXE

Intel Common User Interface

Intel Corporation

The executable HKCMD.EXE has been detected as malware by 36 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:
7.15.10.2104

MD5:
6cc951f0f038d695c8fcdabf9e5fa323

SHA-1:
ff8bb3442abe4c911b08846e3137fb752f0f7373

SHA-256:
b438b4040942f77c365d95e090ed2a924817194544b305b507d38e6fbbdab73a

Scanner detections:
36 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
5/10/2024 11:08:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.3
6764508

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Sality.BL
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Kashu.E
2015.03.06

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Sality.AT
7.11.214.38

avast!
Win32:SaliCode
150129-1

AVG
Win32/Sality
2014.0.4257

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.$Emu
4.0.3.1536

Bitdefender
Win32.Sality.3
1.0.20.325

Bkav FE
W32.Sality.PE
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Virus.Win32.Sality.gen
21311

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.30
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.gen2
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.3
5.13.68

G Data
Win32.Sality
15.3.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Sality
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.200.15178

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Virus.W32/Sality.gen.z
16.8.708.2

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.193.1548.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Sality.3
16.0.0.195

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.beygb
0.30.0.296

Norman
Win32.Sality.3
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Virus/W32.Sality.D
15.03.06.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AA
15.03.06.03

Quick Heal
W32.Sality.U
3.15.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Win32.KUKU.kt!1591113
23.00.65.15304

Sophos
Virus 'Mal/Sality-D'
5.11

Total Defense
Win32/Sality.AA
37.0.11479

Trend Micro House Call
PE_SALITY.RL
7.2.65

Trend Micro
PE_SALITY.RL
10.465.06

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.bakc
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4721115
38050

ViRobot
Win32.Sality.N[h]
2014.3.20.0

Zillya! Antivirus
Virus.Sality.Win32.20
2.0.0.2089

File size:
239.5 KB (245,272 bytes)

Product version:
7.15.10.2104

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:
3/31/2010 11:57:52 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:w4a0ueA/0wXYfE9m6OXnJodpW7aMgIbGs8F1x/tyVBjeFKIzsMpRkg1kK2GYK:VG8yAGSyzyuBNRXkK2GX

Entry address:
0x1140F

Entry point:
F3, 1A, D7, 21, C8, F2, 48, F3, 0F, BF, DE, 89, D1, 87, DF, 80, E6, 86, F3, 8D, 35, 7E, 5C, B5, 5B, F7, C0, 65, FD, 2C, 99, E8, 23, 00, 00, 00, 8B, CF, 69, F8, E2, C0, 49, AF, 0F, B6, CA, BD, E8, A2, 37, 2D, BA, 6F, EA, FD, 51, 3C, 1B, 42, 3A, D9, F2, 81, F6, B4, 7E, 00, 00, 12, C2, 8A, FB, 87, EF, 86, CD, 70, 02, FE, C4, FF, C8, 81, FA, 4F, BA, 00, 00, 59, 8A, FC, 87, FA, F3, B0, 8E, 0F, AF, C3, 0F, BF, ED, 0F, B7, C0, 3C, A9, FF, CA, 51, 75, 06, 81, C7, EB, 20, A8, E5, 87, F5, 86, DE, 84, C3, 8D, 15, E6...
 
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Code size:
120 KB (122,880 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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