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securityscan_release.exe

McAfee Security Scan Plus

McAfee, Inc.

The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.mcafee.com.
Publisher:
McAfee, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
McAfee Security Scan Plus

Description:
McAfee Security Scan Plus Installer

Version:
3.8.130

MD5:
fe9b91af5ca71fe42acb3884507b1d24

SHA-1:
15bf05c9689dc98cc279dd18169cfd3cfe03365f

SHA-256:
bedf661fada758cff7edf63fcfc18528f5ca89aab5b2fe301366208b744d8162

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Clean  (4 probable false positive detections)

Explanation:
These detections are probably false positives (erroneous), the file is probably malware free.

Analysis date:
5/11/2025 10:54:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
17373

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Monder.bobxln
0.28.0.56582

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.14201

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0508
7.2.34

File size:
7.9 MB (8,330,352 bytes)

Product version:
3.8

Copyright:
� McAfee, Inc.

Original file name:
SecurityScan_Install.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\securityscan_release.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
McAfee, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/5/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/31/2013 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="McAfee, Inc.", OU=IIS, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="McAfee, Inc.", L=Santa Clara, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
68A5C8472452E98D425488C3981C28F8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:Cq5j0vAeFLHm6/wITj/PXFeGZGR/j3+la9v9LsVLyz28QjBImR:lZhQHmI/f7y7+Y9VU+3Qj6mR

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9993

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/mss/685/.../SecurityScan_Release.exe

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