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Dekart Setup

Dekart

The executable simreader.exe, “Dekart's self extracting archive” has been detected as malware by 12 anti-virus scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and 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 www.dekart.com.
Publisher:
Dekart

Product:
Dekart Setup

Description:
Dekart's self extracting archive

Version:
1.04.01

MD5:
b8fdbdc3c2159932451723f5e9d0222b

SHA-1:
1caae7c0066cbb3c49b87bbce4edb4ac1874cb77

SHA-256:
dec74892f742d6ba4b824d55f3a462347e2d7b1b2b862002ab98e4651d279b5f

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 11:44:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:SaliCode
160503-1

AVG
Win32/Sality
2015.0.4568

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.30
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
16.06.18

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
8.0.319.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.gen2
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.3
5.15.96

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.562

McAfee
Virus.W32/Sality.gen.z
18.0.204.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.223.1545.0

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

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4758034
29708

File size:
1.4 MB (1,429,104 bytes)

Product version:
3.4

Copyright:
Copyright © Dekart

Original file name:
selfx.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/30/2004 9:41:43 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:yj2lNN6JOPL+zdz6fPYYhAOdQT8xU/HfQoFYyFS/fu13nrawN/x:ys6JOjEsNRdQC2fZFYkKG9nrawP

Entry address:
0x8541

Entry point:
8D, 05, E4, A3, 21, 1A, F7, D5, 05, 9F, 31, 47, F2, 69, DB, 67, D4, CD, 83, 51, 8B, C7, 5F, 0F, B7, C8, 8B, C5, 8A, EF, C6, C2, C3, E8, 10, 00, 00, 00, 69, F9, 2C, 7A, C8, DD, 4A, 80, C8, D4, 81, FB, BF, B7, 00, 00, 5F, 0F, 6E, EF, 0F, 7E, EE, F7, D2, 81, FF, 6C, FE, 00, 00, 76, 07, 4B, 81, FB, 6F, 16, 01, 88, 8D, 05, 0F, B6, 19, E7, 2C, D7, 69, C2, 88, E3, A2, CD, 48, 8D, 1D, 2F, 79, 01, 00, 20, D9, 81, EB, 77, 01, 00, 00, C6, C1, AE, 53, 0F, BF, D3, 5A, 81, EA, 51, 68, 00, 00, 8B, EA, 89, FF, 81, F5, E9...
 
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Entropy:
7.9252  (probably packed)

Code size:
52 KB (53,248 bytes)

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

http://www.dekart.com/pub/products/SIM Reader/current/.../SIMReader.exe

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