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hl.exe

Steam Half-Life Launcher

Valve

The executable hl.exe, “Half-Life Launcher” has been detected as malware by 5 anti-virus scanners. While running, it connects to the Internet address web1.evovps.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Valve

Product:
Steam Half-Life Launcher

Description:
Half-Life Launcher

Version:
1, 1, 1, 1

MD5:
a03881daab9c6ef2585cbb8f9c13d88c

SHA-1:
01b70f207bd203098a5c7d1591af316fa5d91a07

SHA-256:
c3279a27334d7ab1860c823dff81c24f10a6ed488bd17d390bab83dd46140e76

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 8:55:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Oncer
160917-0

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Worm.Brontok-88
0.98/23108

Dr.Web
Win32.Runonce.6652
9.0.1.05190

F-Prot
W32/Thecid.B@mm
4.6.5.141

Kaspersky
Email-Worm.Win32.Runouce
15.0.2.529

File size:
90.6 KB (92,729 bytes)

Product version:
1, 1, 1, 1

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 1996-2003

Original file name:
hl.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/22/2008 9:43:06 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x211703D

Entry point:
60, E8, E6, 19, 00, 00, 8B, 74, 24, 20, E8, 08, 00, 00, 00, 61, 68, 7E, 4B, 40, 01, C3, E9, 59, E8, 01, 16, 00, 00, 81, E6, 00, F0, FF, FF, 81, EE, 00, 10, 00, 00, 66, 81, 3E, 4D, 5A, 75, F3, 0F, B7, 7E, 3C, 03, FE, 8B, 6F, 78, 03, EE, 8B, 5D, 20, 03, DE, 33, C0, 8B, D6, 83, C3, 04, 40, 8B, 3B, 03, FA, E8, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 47, 65, 74, 50, 72, 6F, 63, 41, 64, 64, 72, 65, 73, 73, 00, 5E, 33, C9, B1, 0F, FC, F3, A6, 75, DA, 8B, F2, 8B, 5D, 24, 03, DE, 0F, B7, 0C, 43, 8B, 5D, 1C, 03, DE, 8B, 1C, 8B, 03, DE, 81...
 
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Entropy:
6.0331

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
56 KB (57,344 bytes)

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
Name:
half-life launcher


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to web1.evovps.com  (46.105.105.77:80)

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