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instnt.exe

The executable instnt.exe has been detected as malware by 41 anti-virus scanners. The file is most likely infected with the Neshta virus, a Russian virus that gathers system information and send it to a remote command and cotrol server.
MD5:
174e43bcc6ebd15518c7c6dbc8667876

SHA-1:
35820ca792d1c9977d3acb1622523b710c5ca22c

SHA-256:
d40edf823f577a5355d72f9f9cd7c2fd77a20fb7ad615d616e93ea1236f6c8af

Scanner detections:
41 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 10:42:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Neshta.C
920

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Neshta.A
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Neshta
2013.08.22

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Neshta.a
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Apanas [Trj]
140617-1

AVG
Win32/Selges.D
2015.0.3398

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Neshta.$a
4.0.3.14729

Bitdefender
Win32.Neshta.A
1.0.20.1050

Bkav FE
W32.HanGu.PE
1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus
Neshta.B
0.98/19042

Comodo Security
Win32.Neshta.A
16801

Dr.Web
Win32.HLLP.Neshta
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Neshta
8.14.07.29.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/Neshta.B virus
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Neshta.A
7/29/2014

F-Prot
W32/HLLP.41472
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Neshta.A
11.2014-29-07_3

G Data
Win32.Neshta
14.7.22

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

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.170.9337

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Neshta
14.0.0.3485

Malwarebytes
Trojan.Agent
v2014.07.29.09

McAfee
W32/HLLP.41472.e
5600.7054

Microsoft Security Essentials
Virus:Win32/Neshta.A
1.163.1557.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Neshta.A
15.0.0.630

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Neshta.cdby
0.26.0.53954

Norman
Neshta.C
11.20140729

nProtect
Virus/W32.Neshta
13.08.21.03

Panda Antivirus
W32/Neshta.A
14.07.29.09

Qihoo 360 Security
Virus.Win32.Neshta.B
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
W32.Neshta.A
7.14.12.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.7.29.21

Rising Antivirus
Win32.Netsha.a
23.00.65.14727

Sophos
W32/Bloat-A
4.91

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-FlyStudio
10453

Total Defense
Win32/Neshta.A
37.0.10498

Trend Micro House Call
PE_NESHTA.A
7.2.210

Trend Micro
PE_NESHTA.A
10.465.29

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Neshta.a
3.12.22.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Neshta.a
20730

ViRobot
Win32.Neshta.B
2011.4.7.4223

File size:
173.8 KB (177,960 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\dp_touchpad_synaptics_13114\drp\allx86\lenovo_nb\15.2.7.0\instnt.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:JxqjQ+P04wsmJCE77v85MD2rEhCNS7KTBYyRUM7BtWfW1MlVMwXDqmxt3kMvb7iR:sr85CE7r6YyRUM7BtWfzTXLxD6d+2

Entry address:
0x80E4

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, E0, 33, C0, 89, 45, E0, 89, 45, E8, 89, 45, E4, 89, 45, EC, B8, 54, 80, 40, 00, E8, 12, BE, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 20, 82, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, B8, A8, 91, 40, 00, B9, 0B, 00, 00, 00, BA, 0B, 00, 00, 00, E8, 5C, EF, FF, FF, B8, B4, 91, 40, 00, B9, 09, 00, 00, 00, BA, 09, 00, 00, 00, E8, 48, EF, FF, FF, B8, C0, 91, 40, 00, B9, 03, 00, 00, 00, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, E8, 34, EF, FF, FF, B8, DC, 91, 40, 00, B9, 03, 00, 00, 00, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, E8, 20, EF, FF, FF, A1, 10, 92, 40...
 
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Entropy:
6.0846

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

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