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setup.exe

Xin Zhou

The executable setup.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-52-85-77-29.lax3.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Xin Zhou  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3184aa71a47087af39cb2b87c79940cb

SHA-1:
ed315bda5fac5dc416455097b6a7181eed73846f

SHA-256:
3595fa6fba4afde2396c941dc04d2df6ef7054a4f78d7fdb6369a6bd88307852

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
5/8/2025 3:16:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.26.7

File size:
415.2 KB (425,208 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Xin Zhou

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/17/2017 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/23/2017 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Xin Zhou, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
65A50AC1DC609167928FF03D2E9DB9B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/18/2017 3:21:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x633B

Entry point:
E8, A8, 0C, 00, 00, E9, 51, 83, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 33, DB, 57, 8B, 86, 84, 00, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 66, 3D, 58, 5E, 46, 00, 74, 5F, 8B, 46, 78, 85, C0, 74, 58, 39, 18, 75, 54, 8B, 86, 80, 00, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 17, 39, 18, 75, 13, 50, E8, 29, 1B, 00, 00, FF, B6, 84, 00, 00, 00, E8, 37, 11, 00, 00, 59, 59, 8B, 46, 7C, 85, C0, 74, 17, 39, 18, 75, 13, 50, E8, 0B, 1B, 00, 00, FF, B6, 84, 00, 00, 00, E8, 08, E1, FF, FF, 59, 59, FF, 76, 78, E8, F6, 1A, 00, 00, FF, B6, 84, 00, 00, 00, E8, EB...
 
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Entropy:
7.8004  (probably packed)

Code size:
371 KB (379,904 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-77-29.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.77.29:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-77-247.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.77.247:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-77-99.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.77.99:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-77-204.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.77.204:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-77-149.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.77.149:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-246-99.sfo20.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.246.99:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-246-251.sfo20.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.246.251:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-16-159.sea32.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.16.159:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-16-14.sea32.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.16.14:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-16-124.sea32.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.16.124:80)

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