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ground.exe

The executable ground.exe has been detected as malware by 11 anti-virus scanners. The file has been seen being downloaded from connectify-lite.ar.softonic.com.
MD5:
dd8f6d7f4be07165651a756853de2bbf

SHA-1:
80285c0a3bcce8c0d066c7246b7ee6bde031114c

SHA-256:
99d4d2f21654c7d35c2ffebaecc54116a7a0e9629563f55e8a5df3c41d854c8b

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:40:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Agent-AODJ [Trj]
160208-2

AVG
Worm/Delf.KKS
2015.0.4522

Dr.Web
Trojan.Inject1.28681
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Delf.NRJ worm
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Renamer.A.gen
4.6.5.141

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Renamer
15.0.0.562

McAfee
Virus.W32/Gnamer
18.0.204.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.213.5580.0

Norman
Worm.Generic.377772
08.02.2016 04:24:12

Sophos
Virus 'Troj/Zbot-IQS'
5.23

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4775899
46838

File size:
521.5 KB (534,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\ground.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/21/1996 10:39:01 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:7rMIztyCK5x8CBmn+RrNbEyWYa0Ie1vUxjV+/:VZyCA8CBmn+RrNj9ay5GI

Entry address:
0x72814

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, 53, B8, 14, 0E, 47, 00, E8, 43, 4A, F9, FF, 8B, 1D, 30, 53, 47, 00, 8B, 03, E8, 06, 60, FE, FF, 8B, 03, C6, 40, 5B, 00, 8B, 03, B2, 01, E8, 3B, 7D, FE, FF, 8B, 0D, 5C, 52, 47, 00, 8B, 03, 8B, 15, E0, 0A, 47, 00, E8, FC, 5F, FE, FF, 8B, 0D, 68, 53, 47, 00, 8B, 03, 8B, 15, 90, 05, 47, 00, E8, E9, 5F, FE, FF, 8B, 03, E8, 62, 60, FE, FF, 5B, E8, C0, 28, F9, FF, F7, D1, 90, 66, 81, 92, 00, CA, 48, 00, B4, DF, 49, 48, 09, C8, EB, 2A, 00, 00, 00, 09, 21, C5, 11, C3, 00, 00, 9F, F6, 02, 73...
 
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Entropy:
6.6159

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
451 KB (461,824 bytes)

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

http://connectify-lite.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-fmqOIoKOolpk=

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