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boinctray.exe

BOINC client

University of California, Berkeley

The executable boinctray.exe, “Charity Engine System Tray for Windows” has been detected as malware by 3 anti-virus scanners. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘boinctray’.
Publisher:
Charity Engine  (signed by University of California, Berkeley)

Product:
BOINC client

Description:
Charity Engine System Tray for Windows

Version:
7.0.80

MD5:
860733159660eeb014af46220155447c

SHA-1:
88d877a2de90485bc29b8b84621febff6ff41e16

SHA-256:
e0a3e8f1233e6bf4c58470b90a5d711dd04994a0d6ab180cb2a4d7246b3b5f9f

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 6:49:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Floxif.H virus
6.3.12010.0

F-Prot
W32/Floxif.B
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Floxif.A
5.16.24

File size:
146.1 KB (149,591 bytes)

Product version:
7.0.80

Copyright:
© 2003-2013 University of California

Original file name:
boinctray.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\boinc\boinctray.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
University of California, Berkeley

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/7/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/4/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="University of California, Berkeley", OU=SPACE SCIENCES LABORATORY, O="University of California, Berkeley", L=Berkeley, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
7A3A0B81EFB73737F878809989C13B50

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/7/2014 11:51:31 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

Entry address:
0x15B1

Entry point:
E9, AE, 57, 00, 00, E9, 39, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 68, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 60, B6, 40, 00, E8, 5A, 03, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, 4D, 10, 78, 3A, 8B, 4D, 08, 2B, 4D, 0C, 89, 4D, 08, FF, 55, 14, EB, ED, 8B, 45, EC, 89, 45, E4, 8B, 45, E4, 8B, 00, 89, 45, E0, 8B, 45, E0, 81, 38, 63, 73, 6D, E0, 74, 0B, C7, 45, DC, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, DC, C3, E8, 56, 04, 00, 00, 8B, 65, E8, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 50, 03, 00, 00, C2, 10, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 80, B6, 40, 00, E8, FC, 02, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.1756

Packer / compiler:
Xtreme-Protector v1.05

Code size:
32 KB (32,768 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
boinctray

Command:
"C:\Program Files\boinc\boinctray.exe"


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