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YzShadow.exe

Y'z Shadow

Y'z@Home

The executable YzShadow.exe, “Attach drop shadow to windows.” has been detected as malware by 35 anti-virus scanners. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘TransparencyEffect’. 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:
Y'z@Home

Product:
Y'z Shadow

Description:
Attach drop shadow to windows.

Version:
1, 9, 0, 0

MD5:
86ff163c28d8ad5da02d4b19dee5dd7b

SHA-1:
c573dcdc88096140eea2234655a4571d3eb648ec

SHA-256:
0b1834f6ec8621032da8db15e0d8a88b3518b03685e69c1e8f0ca94af2083376

Scanner detections:
35 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 4:38:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.3
927

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Sality.BL
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Kashu.E
2014.07.24

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Sality.AT
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Sality
140617-1

AVG
Win32/Sality
2014.0.3986

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.$Emu
4.0.3.14723

Bitdefender
Win32.Sality.3
1.0.20.1020

Bkav FE
W32.Sality.PE
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
Virus.Win32.Sality.Gen
18948

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.22
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
8.14.07.23.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.gen2
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.3
11.2014-23-07_4

G Data
Win32.Sality
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Sality
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.181.12819

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.494

McAfee
W32/Sality.gen.z
5600.7061

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.179.842.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Sality.3
15.0.0.612

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.beygb
0.28.2.60990

Norman
Sality.ZHB
11.20140723

nProtect
Virus/W32.Sality.D
14.07.23.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AA
14.07.23.11

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM19.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
W32.Sality.U
7.14.14.00

Sophos
Mal/Sality-D
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/Sality.AA
37.0.11076

Trend Micro House Call
PE_SALITY.RL
7.2.204

Trend Micro
PE_SALITY.RL
10.465.23

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.bakc
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4721115
31208

ViRobot
Win32.Sality.N
2011.4.7.4223

File size:
216 KB (221,184 bytes)

Product version:
1, 9, 0, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2002 M.Yamaguchi

Original file name:
YzShadow.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\utilities\transparency effect\yzshadow.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/30/2002 7:09:04 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:zh1snyH4z859Wbc6QkAc5cMRcgdCXsfqR3SmRFft6R3oeyeF:zlH4z859u1ddXSft6R3o6

Entry address:
0x8436

Entry point:
14, CD, 88, EF, B2, 69, C6, C2, A1, 0F, AF, EF, 31, C3, F2, 55, 8A, F5, 8A, EA, 04, E7, 68, 30, E0, B2, 00, 68, 2A, B5, B6, 00, C6, C4, 07, BE, 93, 11, E1, B9, E8, 8C, 00, 00, 00, 81, FF, 71, 78, 00, 00, 75, 02, 89, FE, 73, 06, 45, 85, C9, 0F, AF, E8, 4D, 0F, BE, F9, 85, EE, 47, 0A, D6, FE, C2, 4A, 1B, FA, 21, CA, 0F, BE, FE, F2, 68, 16, 6F, 00, 00, F7, C2, 77, 3B, 99, BF, 5B, FE, C6, 81, C3, B4, 0B, 00, 00, F2, 81, CD, 53, 10, 4E, 35, 8D, 3D, 59, 47, E1, 4F, 2B, F6, 03, EF, 8D, 33, F2, 1B, F8, 8D, 2D, 90...
 
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Entropy:
6.1983

Code size:
64 KB (65,536 bytes)

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

Name:
TransparencyEffect

Command:
C:\Program Files\utilities\transparency effect\yzshadow.exe


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