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rescueroot.exe

Rescue Root Software Ltd.

The executable rescueroot.exe has been detected as malware by 5 anti-virus scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from s3.amazonaws.com.
Publisher:
RescueRoot  (signed by Rescue Root Software Ltd.)

Product:
RescueRoot

Version:
1.0

MD5:
51260cf8bed1a5f53ac0cc075ea8805b

SHA-1:
c0879dc8fc116dcc712000e8d22386ea7dab0158

SHA-256:
154757b9ff314979915a6e448a870ba975c2813912baeab6fa6d6c26d992a6df

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 1:48:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

F-Prot
W32/VBTrojan.Dropper.2
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.173.10203

McAfee
Artemis!51260CF8BED1
5600.6732

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
15.6.16.9

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1108
7.2.167

File size:
16.5 MB (17,332,128 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 RescueRoot

Trademarks:
Copyright (c) 2013 RescueRoot

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\rescueroot.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Rescue Root Software Ltd.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
3/26/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/23/2014 1:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Rescue Root Software Ltd., O=Rescue Root Software Ltd., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
049BDEE2049B343E7CD4FDD4CF12214D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/14/2013 9:09:53 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:CmeLY1VXmL2CDFbl/RoBwVLRYJYNjfSsoXSuj:Cmt1VdCDX/WcYqNjfSsgv

Entry address:
0x31DD

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 34, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 4F, 43, 00, E8, 95, 2E, 00, 00, A3, A4, 4E, 43, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, B8, B1, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, C0, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 3E, 43, 00, E8, 00, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, F0, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, EE, 2A, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9984

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

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

https://s3.amazonaws.com/.../RescueRoot.exe

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