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gtalk.exe

The application gtalk.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. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered daily at a specified time. The file has been seen being downloaded from a.goody-office.xyz.
MD5:
7804785bb570d6c78e7fb7f9cee73d78

SHA-1:
4da62eff5f662596a8ae4768e190a4a4c158e8ec

SHA-256:
b8547b311fde704459a4c2fed552acbf98f5b8555d4a3a73f8a7445d78ede16e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/6/2025 11:32:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.PCUtilities (M)
16.2.6.10

File size:
2.4 MB (2,509,824 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\{ed0ce941-65d8-3ed4-ed0c-ce94165da505}\gtalk.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/23/2012 4:49:17 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:IiC2oCJNo1cjn7OrmNkUa8XqSpDhka3fDHFpEqag8a/hrkNG:PC2oC5OrukcXqSLFDFp1ag5/h3

Entry address:
0x2137F8

Entry point:
E8, 57, 12, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 50, 17, 64, 00, E8, 62, 17, 00, 00, E8, 24, 14, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, EA, 11, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, CB, 0B, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
1.3446

Code size:
2.1 MB (2,198,016 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Bidaily Synchronize Task[973b]

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 5:18 PM)


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

http://a.goody-office.xyz/hp/?q=sv7P2vzn6J1JiUMOQIyyez8Qx7TYOYDfq2UYt0iKWSsZtVBAGjg3jDbX91Ojw6WacaX0l8b6zXQggZydj1x 78NmMn6Cc/nEDzBodRnaasWcMh/.../9c3Ppe oOGIEb6Z6gIYyZEHMI7miJB03aC7A5osDn 3Aoxtr0Sj4HnSSA8vT6&external_id=1433591219624654885

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