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ground.exe

The application ground.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from id.hao123.com and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
1671ac7d3dc0939c076bfffb8f292dde

SHA-1:
ad6d816ffaac1e13d90088e194440f6eed05c092

SHA-256:
3871fc58779ec303133d70561bf1ebfe0ea6592845ff166b8b822c339578dae1

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 6:05:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Win.Reputation
15.10.11.11

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:
8/26/2011 11:37:40 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9rMIztyCK5x8CBmn+RrNbEyWYa0Ie1vUx9V9:7ZyCA8CBmn+RrNj9ay5I9

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, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.6035

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 2 URLs.

http://id.hao123.com/downloadapi?f=Hao123Indonesia

http://ar.hao123.com/downloadapi?f=Hao123DeskSetup-Egypt

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