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pax.exe

The executable pax.exe has been detected as malware by 7 anti-virus scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. 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 bexer.homenode.ca.
Version:
3, 3, 8, 1

MD5:
6f0c5b0322434cb738238c554852809a

SHA-1:
b4330744af21327a1f0604dd9f07cb7809644c8c

SHA-256:
7f5eb51ab20fd6d2a654a8559cba0895c2421bee769c6b1edde2692b73065214

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
6/17/2024 5:48:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:SaliCode
160518-2

AVG
Win32/Sality
2015.0.4604

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

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.225.315.0

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

File size:
564.8 KB (578,369 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United Kingdom)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\pax.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/29/2012 11:32:28 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:D6Wq4aaE6KwyF5L0Y2D1PqLVqr54mpanQ/b+ckWxmgFUiDEzM3l5QHp+72u:pthEVaPqLcrTUIkWEsIWp

Entry address:
0xB5E70

Entry point:
60, C6, C1, E9, 8D, 35, 8E, 09, 3D, 2B, 75, 06, 0F, BF, C6, 0F, AF, C6, 74, 06, 8D, 0D, B0, 38, B1, C1, 72, 02, 11, C9, 83, E1, 00, 81, FE, 1E, 9D, 00, 00, 71, 06, 69, E9, 1A, 0C, 56, 48, 31, DB, F7, C2, 11, 29, 21, A8, 85, ED, C7, C0, 69, ED, 77, DE, 81, C1, 37, B7, FA, FF, 1B, D3, 84, D3, 0F, AF, C2, 81, C1, CA, 48, 05, 00, 72, 05, 1C, 06, C6, C7, 1C, B3, D6, 81, FE, 7A, 40, 00, 00, 72, 06, 8D, 2D, 2C, D1, 62, 24, 81, F9, E8, 04, 00, 00, 0F, 8C, AC, FF, FF, FF, 23, EA, 55, 8B, C5, 69, D1, FD, DF, 8B, 7E...
 
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Entropy:
7.9528  (probably packed)

Code size:
268 KB (274,432 bytes)

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

http://bexer.homenode.ca/pax.exe

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