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Instup.exe

Avast Antivirus

Avast Software s.r.o.

The executable Instup.exe, “avast! Antivirus Installer” has been detected as malware by 10 anti-virus scanners. 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:
Avast Software s.r.o.

Product:
Avast Antivirus

Description:
avast! Antivirus Installer

Version:
10.2.2215.880

MD5:
ae0031d8ef975dee67c9b1b2a95a3ec7

SHA-1:
09cca3b46f655886a28820d46fa73dd465e55863

SHA-256:
644d1b2e5b8238e567158c376c382cb873e652e21b2958571c74f53a3d04d8ff

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 1:09:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Sality
160213-1

AVG
Win32/Sality
2015.0.4522

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.30
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
7.0.302.0

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.562

McAfee
Virus.W32/Sality.gen.z
18.0.204.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.213.6277.0

Norman
Win32.Sality.3
03.02.2016 07:38:05

Sophos
Virus 'Mal/Sality-D'
5.23

File size:
651.8 KB (667,456 bytes)

Product version:
10.2.2215.880

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2014 AVAST Software

Original file name:
Instup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temp\{random}.tmp\instup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/20/2015 4:40:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8znNqLir819Ac4qg1otVWgstUemnHetZmIKcVYgga8HPs7qM:wdr8PAc6uxsCn+pKcV4vvVM

Entry address:
0x4054F

Entry point:
BD, 62, D4, E9, FD, 51, 8B, DE, 76, 03, 0F, B7, C6, 33, F9, 50, 51, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 2C, D3, F6, C6, AD, 0F, B7, C8, 8B, F2, B9, 88, C7, FE, FF, 81, F1, 54, 46, 00, 00, 69, DD, 34, 8A, 4A, B9, 81, C1, 58, 04, 00, 00, 8D, 2D, 0E, 0B, 0A, 6B, 0F, CB, C7, C5, 83, D1, BB, 00, 0F, B6, D6, 8D, 31, 81, FB, 59, 75, F9, 02, 3D, 20, 88, 00, 00, 78, 02, 84, F2, 8D, 06, EB, 08, 43, 80, EB, 17, 23, F3, 10, E7, 85, E9, 05, 1B, 4D, 02, 00, 0F, C9, 33, F8, 0F, CA, 5D, 0F, BE, F8, 89, CB, 0D, B2, 5E, 98, BE, 81, F9, 8E...
 
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Entropy:
6.7424

Code size:
370.5 KB (379,392 bytes)

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