ism_setup.exe

The executable ism_setup.exe has been detected as malware by 11 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from d3j30ujq5cgnz5.cloudfront.net.
Version:
201606152006

MD5:
0405c3d927c31052abb1fc70ff2366bf

SHA-1:
4513027491f074ee354d6d7f90ea4d87a084d972

SHA-256:
7385c1aed1a6ea39353a9ffea2724739c57ac02a1615b098bcda0082f5ba4e78

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
5/2/2024 11:37:21 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:SaliCode
160518-2

AVG
Win32/Sality
2015.0.4604

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.30
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
11.5.0.6191

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
8.0.319.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.gen2
4.6.5.141

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.562

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!490CEED98977
18.0.204.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.223.2886.0

Norman
Win32.Sality.3
28.05.2016 15:32:18

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4721115
50324

File size:
469.5 KB (480,752 bytes)

Product version:
201606152006

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\ism_setup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/15/2016 5:18:50 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:jbpNV0VN/1OWhflnD52wVPcDrTkkRTzW:jbpNV0VN/1OU6EcDrTbPW

Entry address:
0x30D75

Entry point:
F6, C1, F9, 8D, 35, 2A, 0D, 74, 85, B4, BC, 8A, E4, 81, F9, E9, 7C, 00, 00, 75, 06, FE, C6, 0F, AF, D8, F3, 80, DD, EB, F6, C3, B8, 8D, 2D, 6A, FB, E8, 29, F2, 3B, C5, 85, C5, 71, 08, 87, D8, 0F, AF, EF, F6, C6, DE, 0F, B6, FC, 1D, 4C, 22, 43, 68, 85, D7, 77, 04, 1B, CE, 8A, DF, 68, 3C, 58, CC, 00, 4F, B0, 00, 0F, AF, CD, E8, 96, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, E8, 43, 10, CC, F6, C1, 4B, 69, C1, 7C, 7D, 8A, 71, 69, C1, E0, 0E, 91, B7, FE, C6, 8D, 1E, 32, E9, F3, 8D, 05, DB, 41, 98, C8, C6, C0, D0, 0F, AF, EB, 33, F3...
 
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Entropy:
6.8099

Code size:
316.5 KB (324,096 bytes)

The file ism_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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