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sparkupdate.exe

The executable sparkupdate.exe has been detected as malware by 5 anti-virus scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named SparkUpdater triggered to execute each time a user logs in.
MD5:
a2cc677496ffc837481a60310ea23385

SHA-1:
a10e427a9b196a85a0c10a9c377f4044f470f44d

SHA-256:
6d819ad8896e37ef633e8899d194aa3cd99088b4ff2d204a043be239bfeaa421

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 1:04:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-1388669
0.98/23207

Dr.Web
Win32.HLLP.Shohdi
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/HLLP.Shodi.D virus
6.3.12010.0

F-Prot
W32/RAdmin.A
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.FileInfector.5vZ@a8WGcOlO
5.16.24

File size:
1.9 MB (1,995,092 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\baidu\baidu browser\sparkupdate.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/11/2004 6:47:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

Entry address:
0x329F

Entry point:
6A, 60, 68, 30, 72, 40, 00, E8, 05, 04, 00, 00, BF, 94, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C7, E8, 39, 11, 00, 00, 89, 65, E8, 8B, F4, 89, 3E, 56, FF, 15, 64, 70, 40, 00, 8B, 4E, 10, 89, 0D, E4, 92, 40, 00, 8B, 46, 04, A3, F0, 92, 40, 00, 8B, 56, 08, 89, 15, F4, 92, 40, 00, 8B, 76, 0C, 81, E6, FF, 7F, 00, 00, 89, 35, E8, 92, 40, 00, 83, F9, 02, 74, 0C, 81, CE, 00, 80, 00, 00, 89, 35, E8, 92, 40, 00, C1, E0, 08, 03, C2, A3, EC, 92, 40, 00, 33, F6, 56, 8B, 3D, 5C, 70, 40, 00, FF, D7, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 75, 1F, 8B, 48, 3C, 03...
 
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Entropy:
7.0086

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v7.0

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
SparkUpdater

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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