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format-factory.exe

The application format-factory.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from cd149.tuviviet.net.
MD5:
b74afc6cf7804a65ec1302b50b857e1a

SHA-1:
ad0c46004dff5df65ded678198d4d017ec3c8c1f

SHA-256:
b8a32e90c0006d9ef519a33c14bfb305f6f2201091a5e18fd84f0de800cb5969

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/2/2024 9:37:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.NSIS.ExtCrome
15.0.0.562

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Bundler.CRX.KY (M)
16.5.26.9

File size:
353.7 KB (362,192 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\format-factory.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 12:40:23 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:n8Dsp+FNX1dFOvDlXJuIHD8gmPQnGiN24W:n8dNXSEs8gmPyMb

Entry address:
0x30E2

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 90, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 1C, 71, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, 78, E4, 42, 00, E8, A8, 2D, 00, 00, A3, C4, E3, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 00, 88, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, C0, DB, 42, 00, E8, 52, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 20, 71, 40, 00, BD, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 55, E8, 40, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
4.1254

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file format-factory.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cd149.tuviviet.net/fxv.ashx?hex=c16417712ecce0c8bf20c7125f52ea27&ti=88591E0B67C9F17D0686A00F2F69C18EBDA0069B1C033BF9&ibe=616523248DA6662440BDAFD91F29B44ED6555FBF07F2784D&lke=ECFAB955D1581212D331A8CDCF983F7295DFF54A4F685F3F3D695E8BEB207457AB68BC5E8EE632C9

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