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sfa.exe

The executable sfa.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:
7e00858bdef49e836e76f8c5c714a85b

SHA-1:
d884b188eaeace3dcf20b29da3f35b3506eb2a3c

SHA-256:
1adc03f5d6364ad28bf31f37a5a0476a954530dd2a9fcd668e4c54db82b7f737

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 7:54:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Nestha.C
-40

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Masha.B
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Neshta
2015.10.22

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Delf.I
8.3.2.2

Arcabit
Win32.Nestha.C
1.0.0.585

avast!
Win32:Apanas [Trj]
2014.9-170315

AVG
SHeur4
2018.0.2438

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Neshta.$a
4.0.3.17315

Bitdefender
Win32.Nestha.C
1.0.20.370

Bkav FE
W32.HanGu.PE
1.3.0.7383

Clam AntiVirus
Neshta.B
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Win32.Neshta.B
23457

Dr.Web
Win32.HLLP.Neshta
9.0.1.074

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Nestha
8.17.03.15.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/Neshta
11.12444

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Delf.L
3/15/2017

F-Prot
W32/HLLP.41472
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Win32.Nestha.C
11.2017-15-03_4

G Data
Win32.Nestha
17.3.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Neshta
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.211.17608

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Neshta
14.0.0.-1313

McAfee
W32/HLLP.41472
5600.6094

Microsoft Security Essentials
Virus:Win32/Neshta.B
1.1.12205.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Nestha.C
18.0.0.222

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Neshta.flln
0.30.26.3947

nProtect
Win32.Nestha.C
15.10.21.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Neshta.C
17.03.15.04

Quick Heal
W32.Neshta.C8
3.17.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Win32.Agent.dc!1442607[F1]
23.00.65.17313

Sophos
W32/Bloat-A
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/Neshta.C
37.1.62.1

Trend Micro House Call
PE_NESHTA.A
7.2.74

Trend Micro
PE_NESHTA.A
10.465.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Neshta.b
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Neshta.a
44718

ViRobot
Win32.Neshta.C[h]
2014.3.20.0

Zillya! Antivirus
Virus.Neshta.Win32.2
2.0.0.2464

File size:
316.3 KB (323,856 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\sfa.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x8178

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, E0, 33, C0, 89, 45, E0, 89, 45, E8, 89, 45, E4, 89, 45, EC, B8, E8, 80, 40, 00, E8, 7E, BD, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, B4, 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, 18, EF, FF, FF, B8, B4, 91, 40, 00, B9, 09, 00, 00, 00, BA, 09, 00, 00, 00, E8, 04, EF, FF, FF, B8, C0, 91, 40, 00, B9, 03, 00, 00, 00, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, E8, F0, EE, FF, FF, B8, DC, 91, 40, 00, B9, 03, 00, 00, 00, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, E8, DC, EE, FF, FF, A1, 10, 92, 40...
 
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Entropy:
7.7252

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

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