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XZ Utils

The Tukaani Project <http://tukaani.org/>

The application xz.exe, “xz data compression tool for .xz and .lzma files” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from deploy.gamesalad.com.
Publisher:
The Tukaani Project

Product:
XZ Utils <http://tukaani.org/xz/>

Description:
xz data compression tool for .xz and .lzma files

Version:
5.2.1

MD5:
b19f498dfd78acf4e056402bcb8d0d3c

SHA-1:
003cad479f76d0011a1cf8a9d777b4bd57da0a97

SHA-256:
303358dd0afe4491e0e6450e6e7bfb2bf2dc24edbcbb9961246728fcf3013461

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/28/2024 6:52:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.GenericKD.2827200
445

Arcabit
Trojan.Generic.D2B23C0
1.0.0.590

Bitdefender
Trojan.GenericKD.2827200
1.0.20.1600

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.GenericKD.2827200
8.15.11.16.04

G Data
Trojan.GenericKD.2827200
15.11.25

Kaspersky
UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
14.0.0.1274

nProtect
Trojan.GenericKD.2827200
15.11.06.01

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Linkun.Win32.1897
2.0.0.2496

File size:
105 KB (107,520 bytes)

Product version:
5.2.1

Original file name:
xz.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\gamesalad creator\live\xz.exe

File PE Metadata
OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
2.24

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:lanu6/bQtO0XSgU04I3HhAPEKbqXGPizWrTlIbehZ/ru:lanu6zQEakMh0EuGOizWXlTT

Entry address:
0x428C0

Entry point:
60, BE, 15, 90, 42, 00, 8D, BE, EB, 7F, FD, FF, C7, 87, D0, A7, 03, 00, AB, C1, 70, 91, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.8881

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
104 KB (106,496 bytes)

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

http://deploy.gamesalad.com/xz.exe

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