psiphon3.exe

Psiphon Inc.

The executable psiphon3.exe has been detected as malware by 9 anti-virus scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from psiphon3.com.
Publisher:
Psiphon Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7a8246c41634cb7b1b6a2865e2c27f8b

SHA-1:
6a1a435221923a6f55f0b2322d1035a3ad472222

SHA-256:
183d7e01d5583c53c7a8e7968759763dbf3fa87f25eb0e36104bbe724a9ae2de

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 2:07:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Pioneer-C
160518-2

AVG
Win32/Floxif.A
2015.0.4604

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Floxif
11.5.0.6191

ESET NOD32
Win32/Floxif.H virus
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Floxif.B
4.6.5.141

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Pioneer
15.0.0.562

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.225.2433.0

Norman
Win32.Floxif.A
28.05.2016 15:32:18

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4760052
50674

File size:
5 MB (5,225,519 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\psiphon3.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
5/9/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/6/2017 8:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Psiphon Inc., O=Psiphon Inc., L=Toronto, S=Ontario, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0414DA823858B711C88132249E4A38E9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/7/2016 12:35:21 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:+451QAjceaUOHogIQsctvbGdp34WqNoDps/ck:+GOsOwgpSLDuoDSz

Entry address:
0xED9B10

Entry point:
E9, 4A, D3, E1, FF, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 80, 5F, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9340

Packer / compiler:
Xtreme-Protector v1.05

Code size:
4.8 MB (5,050,368 bytes)

The file psiphon3.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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