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sa_hao123.exe

The application sa_hao123.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.cdn-services.com.
MD5:
b40c658e75eecdcd37080a0981906eb0

SHA-1:
d93e997d15906e4232f7548256073d051294ef18

SHA-256:
d2bc4198907268c7efa90d4812a208661c624e9c59cfa7102dcb4dcf27d4c5c6

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 3:49:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Trojan.StartPage.57898
9.0.1.013

ESET NOD32
Win32/Hao123 (variant)
8.9231

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/StartPage.CJBP!tr
1/13/2014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Hao123.A
v2014.01.13.02

McAfee
Artemis!B40C658E75EE
5600.7251

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.StartPage.brmuar
0.28.0.57029

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1230
7.2.13

File size:
305.1 KB (312,407 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\sa_hao123.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/14/2013 11:09:51 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:uauq7gwDB/WZsnkZNHo756b9njmEA1Vh/xL02qiJ1FjvtEZ6w:VN/WsnfIb9njJA1Vh5o2qiJ1pv6ow

Entry address:
0x310B

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 90, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, EC, 42, 00, E8, 73, 2D, 00, 00, A3, A4, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, E0, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, E3, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 1C, 71, 40, 00, BD, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 55, E8, 0B, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9463

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file sa_hao123.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.cdn-services.com/site/files/prtnrp/Runner/.../SA_hao123.exe

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