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start.exe

The application start.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Start’.
MD5:
00132d29a60675d897d507e173a44a47

SHA-1:
074c1641ea276c1656dbaf2a290904c9906a5c33

SHA-256:
bb3399f370327bf5f9e1a38a621db75cdda6dd6e20c87cb7c80366230620cb55

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/28/2024 11:24:54 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Virtob-1633
0.98/23207

Dr.Web
Detection.Undefined
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
multiple threats
6.3.12010.0

F-Prot
W32/Adware.ALRW (exact, not disinfectable)
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Trojan.AgentWDCR.ERF
5.16.24

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Miner
15.0.2.529

File size:
3.3 MB (3,426,378 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\nscpucnminer\start.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 4:21:50 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30DE

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 57, 7C, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, A4, 56, 7C, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 68, 84, 7A, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 16, 7C, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, E0, 7E, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9944

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Start

Command:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\nscpucnminer\start.exe


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