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skypebrowserhost.exe

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Skype Technologies

The executable skypebrowserhost.exe, “Skype Browser Host” has been detected as malware by 34 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.
Publisher:
Skype Technologies

Product:
Skype

Description:
Skype Browser Host

Version:
6.13.0.165

MD5:
c1b0ecba29145eca87417d2028c86666

SHA-1:
a6f58bfa009843fe38b4e51bed4d9df240615c0b

SHA-256:
42b5044d12f0edf27b29cb06dcaa8131c3cf20473f2e25e45c4ec9be769aed38

Scanner detections:
34 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 12:54:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.3
6489932

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Sality.FA.Gen
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Kashu.E
2015.01.31

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Sality.AT
7.11.206.0

avast!
Win32:Sality
2014.9-150130

AVG
Win32/Sality
2014.0.4257

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.$Emu
4.0.3.15130

Bitdefender
Win32.Sality.3
1.0.20.150

Bkav FE
W32.Sality.PE
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.22
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.gen2
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.3
5.13.68

G Data
Win32.Sality
15.1.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Sality
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.193.14817

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.543

McAfee
W32/Sality.gen.z
5600.6869

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.191.3639.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Sality.3
16.0.0.90

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.bzkem
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Win32.Sality.3
02.01.2015 13:58:24

nProtect
Win32.Sality.3
15.01.30.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AA
15.01.30.01

Quick Heal
W32.Sality.U
1.15.14.00

Sophos
Virus 'Mal/Sality-D'
5.09

Total Defense
Win32/Sality.AA
37.0.11411

Trend Micro House Call
PE_SALITY.ER
7.2.30

Trend Micro
PE_SALITY.ER
10.465.30

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.bakb
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4758034
36694

ViRobot
Win32.Sality.N[h]
2014.3.20.0

Zillya! Antivirus
Virus.Sality.Win32.20
2.0.0.2049

File size:
345.1 KB (353,376 bytes)

Product version:
6.13

Copyright:
(c) Skype Technologies. All rights reserved.

Trademarks:
All rights reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\skype\browser\skypebrowserhost.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/4/2014 12:20:23 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:CCkignAHaLmdR5IeZfHorOqNZjpkuKLZSa:BaLM4rOh8a

Entry address:
0x144FB

Entry point:
69, C5, 2A, 18, 9E, BD, 86, D8, F7, C3, 20, 65, 4B, 38, 09, D2, FE, C4, 51, 5E, F6, C3, 9F, FE, CA, 33, CE, 80, F2, 2F, 2B, C1, F7, DE, E8, 20, 00, 00, 00, 81, D2, FD, A1, C1, 6C, 69, DF, F6, DE, 79, 05, 1A, CB, 68, 1A, 5F, 00, 00, 69, D0, 15, 3A, 74, 2B, 5F, 81, F7, FF, 0E, 00, 00, 75, 06, 8D, 3D, CF, D3, 26, 19, F7, D9, 81, FB, 48, C9, 00, 00, 74, 05, 88, E8, 0F, B7, FA, 81, EA, 4A, FA, 00, 00, 81, D5, DA, E2, 53, 9C, 81, EA, 0C, 03, 00, 00, 5B, 0F, CD, 31, D0, 0F, C8, 2C, A9, 88, DC, 87, F6, 8D, 0D, A2...
 
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Code size:
113 KB (115,712 bytes)

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