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saupdate.exe

The executable saupdate.exe has been detected as malware by 35 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.
MD5:
d68106984205806c92e5aa9acec28b6e

SHA-1:
4a31793a906b4eba37bb78be5911439b9ad63203

SHA-256:
aeed14a9b26481bc3b13e2918bbf04b5aa8265281b627d08b27b790a4fa4f1df

Scanner detections:
35 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 1:50:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.3
922

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Sality.AP.Gen
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Kashu.E
2014.07.28

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Sality.AT
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Kukacka
140617-1

AVG
Win32/Sality
2014.0.3986

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.$Emu
4.0.3.14728

Bitdefender
Win32.Sality.3
1.0.20.1045

Bkav FE
W32.Sality.PE
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
Virus.Win32.Sality.Gen
18997

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.21
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
8.14.07.28.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.gen2
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.3
11.2014-28-07_2

G Data
Win32.Sality
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Sality
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.181.12846

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.494

McAfee
W32/Sality.gen.z
5600.7056

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.179.1326.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Sality.3
15.0.0.627

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.yusp
0.28.2.60990

nProtect
Virus/W32.Sality.D
14.07.27.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AA
14.07.28.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM19.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
W32.Sality.U
7.14.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Win32.KUKU.kt!1591113
23.00.65.14726

Sophos
Mal/Sality-D
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/Sality.AA
37.0.11085

Trend Micro House Call
PE_SALITY.RL
7.2.209

Trend Micro
PE_SALITY.RL
10.465.28

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.bakb
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4721115
31208

ViRobot
Win32.Sality.N
2011.4.7.4223

File size:
226.4 KB (231,816 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ask.com\saupdate.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/29/2010 12:41:09 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:yQsthTYM7XlydoKWWNsJXg1jpLMVSTKipm8VmC:yjh1KLNsxmwcKd8VmC

Entry address:
0x13524

Entry point:
60, D2, C9, 0F, BE, D3, 0F, C0, F1, 0F, BD, DA, 88, F1, 0F, C0, FD, B1, 23, 0F, BA, EA, 3D, 0F, AF, C1, EB, 05, 0F, AF, C5, D1, C7, BD, 1F, 95, 08, 00, 8A, F7, 81, F5, 50, C8, 00, 00, 0F, CF, 8A, E9, 81, ED, 87, F7, 07, 00, F6, D9, 0F, BC, FE, BA, B2, E6, 4B, 04, 0F, C0, F3, 0F, BA, FF, C0, 6A, 00, 5E, FE, C8, 8D, 0D, 55, 94, 99, 05, 2C, C4, 0F, CF, 0F, AF, C5, 31, E8, 81, C6, E1, F9, FF, FF, 42, 87, D8, 81, C6, 20, 06, 00, 00, 12, F4, 0F, C0, D9, 69, DD, 95, 9E, 48, FA, 0F, AB, CD, 0F, AB, F0, 39, FD, 81...
 
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Entropy:
7.1372

Code size:
116.5 KB (119,296 bytes)

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