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hl.exe

Steam Half-Life Launcher

Valve

The executable hl.exe, “Half-Life Launcher” has been detected as malware by 5 anti-virus scanners. While running, it connects to the Internet address web1.evovps.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Valve

Product:
Steam Half-Life Launcher

Description:
Half-Life Launcher

Version:
1, 1, 1, 1

MD5:
cb0e130cc543a965a4b6fb5415c306bd

SHA-1:
e4fcd79601347ea4d2b77493814e962b2a132cfe

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 12:25:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Patched-JI
160917-0

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Spyware.59563-2
0.98/23184

Dr.Web
Win32.Wplugin.2
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Slugin.A virus
6.3.12010.0

F-Prot
W32/Slugin.B
4.6.5.141

File size:
176.5 KB (180,768 bytes)

Product version:
1, 1, 1, 1

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 1996-2003

Original file name:
hl.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/22/2008 2:43:06 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x4B7E

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 5B, 81, EB, D0, 48, 24, 02, 83, EC, 74, 8B, EC, 8B, 83, AB, 4B, 24, 02, 89, 45, 00, 8B, 83, B3, 4B, 24, 02, 03, 45, 00, 89, 45, 2C, 8B, 83, B7, 4B, 24, 02, 03, 45, 00, 89, 45, 30, C7, 45, 14, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 45, 18, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 45, 1C, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 14, FF, 45, 14, 66, 33, C9, 8A, 8C, 03, FF, 4B, 24, 02, 84, C9, 74, 7A, 8B, 45, 1C, 66, 01, 4D, 1C, 03, C3, 05, 13, 4C, 24, 02, 50, 8B, 45, 2C, FF, 10, 85, C0, 0F, 84, 5E, 02, 00, 00, 89, 45, 10, 8B, 45, 1C, 03, C3...
 
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
56 KB (57,344 bytes)

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
Name:
C:\Games\Counter-Strike\hl.exe


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to web1.evovps.com  (46.105.105.77:80)

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