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desktop.exe

The executable desktop.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.gemtree.com.
MD5:
d2d533dfa922d181af620735de63901a

SHA-1:
7f36f1e294c1fffb2ec25828dea0ad68dde64d38

SHA-256:
80d5cd023a8c6f841abda35f880e30d8f5a2af2a79f3a592af3b3f35d6a78bf8

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
2/25/2025 6:47:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
16.6.4.16

File size:
1 MB (1,090,172 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\desktop.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/25/2002 1:36:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:wCZiCPyV/Lu77zkk2IDFG4ACLZL9Fh6LtNkjOQbbXHwM/b25QGE3zJUuEZZf5nYo:wCsCPKKXv/bGQGE3FUTfJ

Entry address:
0x9200

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, E4, F8, 81, EC, 28, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, FF, 15, 94, 30, 43, 00, 68, 88, 6F, 43, 00, A3, 04, 71, 43, 00, C7, 05, 88, 6F, 43, 00, 94, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 90, 30, 43, 00, 33, DB, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 30, 43, 00, A3, 10, 72, 43, 00, FF, 15, 9C, 30, 43, 00, 8D, 88, 1E, FB, FF, FF, 83, F9, 07, 77, 54, FF, 24, 8D, E4, 98, 40, 00, B9, EE, 00, 00, 00, EB, 27, C7, 05, A0, 61, 43, 00, CC, 00, 00, 00, EB, 44, 89, 1D, A0, 61, 43, 00, EB, 3C, B9, A1, 00, 00, 00, EB, 0C, B9, A2, 00, 00, 00, EB, 05, B9...
 
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Entropy:
6.6852

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
200 KB (204,800 bytes)

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

http://www.gemtree.com/.../desktop.exe

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