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xvidcodecupdate.exe

The executable xvidcodecupdate.exe has been detected as malware by 9 anti-virus scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Self-extracting archive installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from fra-7m21-stor05.uploaded.net.
MD5:
b63c14af14992978b797bab0262ffb9e

SHA-1:
12715ba5afc4e16f4bcdd31a59cc80587ac8a115

SHA-256:
e39305cc904d7b1205bad2148d705eb2a3d35b664a9101561102810eec45b1c4

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
5/19/2025 8:20:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.97900
207

Arcabit
Trojan.Strictor.D17E6C
1.0.0.585

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.97900
1.0.20.970

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.97900
8.16.07.12.11

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Strictor.97900
11.2016-12-07_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.97900
16.7.25

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Strictor.97900
17.0.0.582

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM06.2.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Agent.Win32.570197
2.0.0.2480

File size:
2.1 MB (2,183,701 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Self-extracting archive

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\xvidcodecupdate.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/15/2015 2:00:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:XFKIi1k00YskWO7K6o2WeCTtCN3VEKMPHXuFaGl0FDy2tG2cYf:XFli1Of2OTwNWKMP+7l6y2AzYf

Entry address:
0x1D7CB

Entry point:
E8, 85, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8D, 45, 08, 50, 8B, F1, E8, 82, FC, FF, FF, C7, 06, 20, B2, 42, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, 20, B2, 42, 00, E9, 37, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, 20, B2, 42, 00, E8, 24, FD, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 52, CA, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 57, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 47, 8D, 50, 08, 80, 3A, 00, 74, 3F, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4E, 04, 3B, C1, 74, 14, 83, C1, 08...
 
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Entropy:
7.9573  (probably packed)

Code size:
162 KB (165,888 bytes)

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

http://fra-7m21-stor05.uploaded.net/.../82f82f5c-b038-4481-9ac7-dbdbb9379ab5

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