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desktop.exe

The executable desktop.exe has been detected as malware by 10 anti-virus scanners. 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.gemtree.com.
MD5:
9864e93e014cb402da3429b3eeb3e696

SHA-1:
d898f7a1031d847ef374eb03bb5dd29e1b25af79

SHA-256:
9883de2281b0f3cd497bbc4e858e6758c1a48b1fb969e3e6809fdbe14551effd

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

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

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:SaliCode
160126-1

AVG
Win32/Sality
2015.0.4522

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.30
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.gen2
4.6.5.141

McAfee
Virus.W32/Sality.gen.z
18.0.204.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.213.5446.0

Norman
Win32.Sality.3
03.02.2016 10:30:35

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4721115
46962

File size:
1.3 MB (1,380,352 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:FCZiCPyV/Lu77zkk2IDFG4ACLZL9Fh6LtNkjOQbbXHwM/b25QGE3zJUuEZZf5nYO:FCsCPKKXv/bGQGE3FUTf32suLgs7T0Vn

Entry address:
0x9200

Entry point:
F2, C7, C3, 32, 4C, 8F, 78, BE, 27, D2, 21, 37, 85, DD, 47, 4F, 0F, AF, C8, BF, 92, 23, F6, CA, 69, F7, 50, 82, 6C, C5, 0F, B6, C0, 8B, C2, E8, 22, 00, 00, 00, 19, DF, C6, C4, F3, 80, EE, 52, 69, FF, C6, 4B, 7C, 33, 2A, E5, 69, FF, 3E, 06, B2, B0, 03, DD, 8A, E1, 14, AD, 81, CA, 9D, 3F, 0C, 15, 59, 32, F6, 0F, AF, F6, 84, D4, 69, DB, C4, B0, 44, 31, 42, 0F, AF, DB, FF, C5, F6, C6, 83, 80, FA, AE, 3B, C3, FF, C2, F3, 68, 6D, 6B, 90, 00, 84, C5, 6B, FF, 00, FF, C3, 39, F3, 80, C2, 37, F2, 0F, AF, F6, 81, C7...
 
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Entropy:
6.8728

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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