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netsession_win.exe

GeoTrust Inc.

The executable netsession_win.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Akamai NetSession Interface’.
Publisher:
GeoTrust Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0862d54f0c26da666fb5f21d5c5d43bb

SHA-1:
150c1cb448d1d88bbbccc643ae6acac66a8cfaa0

SHA-256:
df7ea17b9762ca28e045ef14919bb16dd444ab62eedf309191049e7af58c68ab

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 3:02:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
16.1.31.22

File size:
4.5 MB (4,732,856 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\akamai\netsession_win.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GeoTrust Inc.

Authority:
GeoTrust Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2002 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/21/2022 7:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=GeoTrust Global CA, O=GeoTrust Inc., C=US

Issuer:
CN=GeoTrust Global CA, O=GeoTrust Inc., C=US

Serial number:
023456

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):
98304:KP4JhY4YqIEsuctQViU/hiHodN78ZN+M/OPgXVwe2u+6+Ry9:Kq6yctjUldNomM/OPgXVsy9

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:
6.8497

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

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

Name:
Akamai NetSession Interface

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\akamai\netsession_win.exe"


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