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uninstall.exe

Firefox

Mozilla Corporation

The executable uninstall.exe, “Mozilla Maintenance Service Installer” has been detected as malware by 34 anti-virus scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Mozilla Maintenance Service by Mozilla. 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:
Mozilla Corporation

Product:
Firefox

Description:
Mozilla Maintenance Service Installer

Version:
34.0.5

MD5:
dde173b591c85c08545efe602f00eecd

SHA-1:
34468151e1d7ae9258eba9299baa58bdee422d31

SHA-256:
3718f3ddde62d4a01f4ddc0edefb0167dfa29bc4229eb07d610a55846d3e7832

Scanner detections:
34 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 8:05:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.3
6489972

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Sality.FA.Gen
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Kashu.E
2015.01.31

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Sality.AT
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SaliCode
150129-1

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

Comodo Security
Virus.Win32.Sality.Gen
20902

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

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
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Win32.Sality.3
15.01.30.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AA
15.01.30.02

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:
241.2 KB (246,948 bytes)

Product version:
34.0.5

Copyright:
Mozilla Corporation

Trademarks:
Firefox is a Trademark of The Mozilla Foundation.

Original file name:
maintenanceservice_installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\mozilla maintenance service\uninstall.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2010 2:19:38 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:BzPZLUjD56VCpFHgnvzcv9Io/dEheo+w1D10Fmt:BzPZUjD56YLAw2orov1DWFmt

Entry address:
0x3415

Entry point:
69, CA, 43, C8, 3A, 4C, 81, FA, 03, E7, 00, 00, 70, 06, 85, C8, F7, D7, 86, CD, 0F, B7, D9, 55, 68, BF, 00, 92, 00, 04, E8, 84, F5, 0B, F2, F6, C7, 54, 8A, D1, 8D, 05, 6D, 11, 00, 00, 0F, AF, ED, 35, 3C, 08, 00, 00, 0F, BF, DE, 0F, BE, FD, 89, DF, 50, 3B, EA, 74, 06, C7, C3, DC, 56, E8, 55, 5D, 81, D7, CF, 9C, B1, 4E, EB, 03, 8B, DA, 4A, 55, EB, 09, F6, C7, 35, 86, D3, 0F, CB, F7, D3, 59, C6, C7, CE, 0F, B6, EF, 81, E9, C6, 0E, 00, 00, 49, 3D, 93, DA, 00, 00, 75, 03, 0F, B6, F9, BD, D3, 7E, F5, F5, 08, E4...
 
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Code size:
26 KB (26,624 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Mozilla Maintenance Service

Display publisher:
Mozilla

Display version:
34.0.5

Uninstall string:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Maintenance Service\uninstall.exe"


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