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ptanks.exe

Blitwise Productions, LLC

The executable ptanks.exe, “Pocket Tanks Setup ” has been detected as malware by 10 anti-virus scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. Infected by an entry-point obscuring polymorphic file infector which will create a peer-to-peer botnet and receives URLs of additional files to download. The file has been seen being downloaded from pocket-tanks.en.softonic.com.
Publisher:
Blitwise Productions, LLC

Description:
Pocket Tanks Setup

Version:
1.6

MD5:
190ff7c6f12d62dcd4cc538d3dc8b2e6

SHA-1:
3c96278ab0bbd6dee6e01d7a93beaa2bf8a2e620

SHA-256:
5e1f4e11e8953b01f957538161337e9422c515f0e483d321e95845f21548920a

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 8:19:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:SaliCode
160518-2

AVG
Win32/Sality
2015.0.4568

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.30
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
11.5.0.6191

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
8.0.319.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.gen2
4.6.5.141

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.562

McAfee
Virus.W32/Sality.gen.z
18.0.204.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.223.1093.0

Norman
Win32.Sality.3
22.05.2016 07:18:28

File size:
2.9 MB (3,081,608 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright 2001-2012 Blitwise Productions, LLC

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:HGMNkGp5q84AVhtG2zs0e9PjhJBLtzJlJk6xntf3jyIrjfYoTnsrKsoRYnpHFGs9:m4j4t2zsl9PjLnz5k6xF9jf5TnM+Snp5

Entry address:
0x98D8

Entry point:
B7, 6D, 0F, AF, C2, 45, 55, 68, C3, 5E, 65, 00, 0F, AF, D8, 49, 80, C1, 6B, 69, F8, 2B, 89, FD, 3A, 8A, CA, 10, C6, 81, D9, B2, E9, 71, 15, F3, 8A, C8, 81, EB, 07, 16, 00, 00, 88, D1, 8A, E0, 8B, F1, 81, C3, 95, 01, 00, 00, 77, 07, 8B, EF, 0F, AF, F1, 87, DD, 8B, F8, C7, C2, EF, F6, F7, D9, B0, 62, C6, C7, 26, E8, 87, 00, 00, 00, 80, E1, E8, 0F, B6, EC, 8B, D0, 09, F9, 33, C7, 69, F1, DD, 6E, 71, DA, 87, DD, 6A, 00, 5B, 0F, B7, F2, 85, C2, 80, EC, BE, 31, CD, 0F, B6, C4, 69, FA, C9, DC, F6, FE, 83, E6, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9973  (probably packed)

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://pocket-tanks.en.softonic.com/download-tracker?th=1/6CH9aeXedl4L8u BHNJXWTW LP1LFlnGQpxqjlxAM6VGwKff7AvGGEkAtopOYdJwJArb4LsWLsS0IZuhXpjpC9lHc/.../EbQsLIh4IVhy3JE1gSX 7MvW9IlGu4Fgc76LLSfH3AeBPCBQLGLUNzg=

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