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MXSkypeRecorder.exe

MX Skype Recorder

Ammyy Group

The application MXSkypeRecorder.exe by Ammyy Group has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘MX Skype Recorder’. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.cdn.chip.de.
Publisher:
Ammyy Group  (signed and verified)

Product:
MX Skype Recorder

Version:
4, 3, 0, 0

MD5:
398d6c59df99c74fc83a802f8865f107

SHA-1:
c7811e278d8bcb01609f13456126a175071b20d6

SHA-256:
bb1c651fec19f5ecc8bbd2d8307bffb5632e26abb16ccc7112d62225915f615e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 12:06:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Startup.AmmyyGroup.P
14.8.7.23

File size:
567.6 KB (581,272 bytes)

Product version:
4, 3, 0, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2006-2010

Original file name:
MXSkypeRecorder.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\mxskyperecorder\mxskyperecorder.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ammyy Group

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
6/5/2009 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/6/2010 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ammyy Group, O=Ammyy Group, STREET=Novocheremushkinskaya 53-4, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, PostalCode=117418, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
0092EF3F37216C5B81115D14B285DCAD6B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2010 12:47:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:1IubUAxwJmyq7qmiC9rTHzqAhGo/MfRztCm/CKWaMmSw+Jol9+:1zbjYmyqBi0Pq1o/IfCNzJoq

Entry address:
0x22132

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 60, 0F, 43, 00, 68, 50, 43, 42, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 0C, F1, 42, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 38, D8, 43, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 34, D8, 43, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, 30, D8, 43, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, 2C, D8, 43, 00, 6A, 01, E8, 11, 4A, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, C3, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8, 3A, 0A, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 10, E8, B2, 00, 00, 00, 59, 33, F6, 89, 75...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
184 KB (188,416 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
MX Skype Recorder

Command:
"C:\ProgramData\mxskyperecorder\mxskyperecorder.exe" \autorun


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

http://dl.cdn.chip.de/downloads/.../MXSkypeRecorder43.exe

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