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wswr.exe

The application wswr.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from d2htwdv930b0cg.cloudfront.net. While running, it connects to the Internet address 208.43.241.178-static.reverse.softlayer.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
MD5:
29b1c823acce43942c17fa092ca2a391

SHA-1:
12c53c3aa58b303e0597025ec16eed66569d5ea2

SHA-256:
feac0cbc954c5a8c65c5cbc53ec51d964fe3a9a7f763b4e1c2c1d118730729a3

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/9/2024 1:15:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.VOPackage
2015.08.01

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dldr.Megone.122994
8.3.1.6

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-150901

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Downloader
4.0.3.1591

Fortinet FortiGate
PossibleThreat.P0
9/1/2015

Kaspersky
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Genome
14.0.0.1494

McAfee
RDN/Generic Downloader.x
5600.6656

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.09.01.03

Sophos
Troj/DwnLdr-MTI
4.98

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0EBC0EHA15
10.465.01

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
43048

File size:
120.1 KB (122,994 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\wswr.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:0gXdZt9P6D3XJf7WaxpUCkI/OaX/wy0tGRo4sB:0e34t7kCnOO0URu

Entry address:
0x30FA

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, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7000

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file wswr.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d2htwdv930b0cg.cloudfront.net/wswr.exe

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-235-129-220.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.235.129.220:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 208.43.241.178-static.reverse.softlayer.com  (208.43.241.178:80)

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