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neroupgrade.exe

The executable neroupgrade.exe has been detected as malware by 38 anti-virus scanners. The file is most likely infected with the Neshta virus, a Russian virus that gathers system information and send it to a remote command and cotrol server.
MD5:
91ae1441f5fb0fde6426935ca83d5c7a

SHA-1:
ed2c49a25cb73fe952054f5c96b28790560de61a

SHA-256:
41d30fed3f39375201e8b313703ba64057643c284f1bfe68d861ce2156e328fa

Scanner detections:
38 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

Explanation:
The file is infected by a polymorphic file infector virus.

Analysis date:
4/1/2025 8:35:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Neshta.A
-40

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Neshta.A
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Neshta
2014.10.23

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Neshta.A
7.11.180.204

avast!
Win32:Apanas [Trj]
2014.9-170315

AVG
Worm/Delf
2018.0.2438

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Neshta.$a
4.0.3.17315

Bitdefender
Win32.Neshta.A
1.0.20.370

Bkav FE
W32.NeshtaB.PE
1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus
W32.Neshuta.A
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Win32.Neshta.A
19879

Dr.Web
Win32.HLLP.Neshta
9.0.1.074

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Neshta
8.17.03.15.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/Neshta
11.10607

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Neshta.A
3/15/2017

F-Prot
W32/HLLP.41472
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Win32.Neshta.A
11.2017-15-03_4

G Data
Win32.Neshta
17.3.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Neshta
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.184.13741

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Neshta
14.0.0.-1314

McAfee
W32/HLLP.41472.e
5600.6094

Microsoft Security Essentials
Virus:Win32/Neshta.A
1.11104

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Neshta.A
18.0.0.222

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Neshta.cwfstr
0.28.2.62841

Norman
Neshta.C
11.20170315

nProtect
Virus/W32.Neshta
14.10.22.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Virus.Win32.Neshta.B
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
W32.Neshta.A
3.17.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Win32.Netsha.a!411233
23.00.65.17313

Sophos
W32/Bloat-A
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/Neshta.A
37.0.11243

Trend Micro House Call
PE_NESHTA.A
7.2.74

Trend Micro
PE_NESHTA.A
10.465.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Neshta.a
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Neshta.a
34170

ViRobot
Win32.Neshta.B
2011.4.7.4223

Zillya! Antivirus
Virus.Neshta.Win32.1
2.0.0.1965

File size:
425.8 KB (436,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\ahead\lib\neroupgrade.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x80E4

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, E0, 33, C0, 89, 45, E0, 89, 45, E8, 89, 45, E4, 89, 45, EC, B8, 54, 80, 40, 00, E8, 12, BE, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 20, 82, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, B8, A8, 91, 40, 00, B9, 0B, 00, 00, 00, BA, 0B, 00, 00, 00, E8, 5C, EF, FF, FF, B8, B4, 91, 40, 00, B9, 09, 00, 00, 00, BA, 09, 00, 00, 00, E8, 48, EF, FF, FF, B8, C0, 91, 40, 00, B9, 03, 00, 00, 00, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, E8, 34, EF, FF, FF, B8, DC, 91, 40, 00, B9, 03, 00, 00, 00, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, E8, 20, EF, FF, FF, A1, 10, 92, 40...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

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