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skypesetup.exe

Skype

Skype Technologies S.A.

The executable skypesetup.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 downloads.skype.com.
Publisher:
Skype Technologies S.A.

Product:
Skype

Description:
Skype

Version:
7.23.0.105

MD5:
88387eb489268b0fd882769794ee9532

SHA-1:
269c150e3e7e730aa4d08553151e0ef62242e5eb

SHA-256:
5f44b7a7b4cdf755209c6f31cbb249487a2087765047493d62bf0ac232bb40af

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:24:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Oncer
160518-2

Dr.Web
Win32.Runonce.6652
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Runouce.B@mm
11.5.0.6191

ESET NOD32
Win32/Chir.B virus
8.0.319.0

F-Prot
W32/Thecid.B@mm
4.6.5.141

Kaspersky
Email-Worm.Win32.Runouce
15.0.0.562

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.223.68.0

Norman
Win32.Runouce.B@mm
19.05.2016 05:17:13

File size:
1.4 MB (1,470,076 bytes)

Product version:
7.23

Copyright:
(c) Skype Technologies S.A.

Original file name:
SkypeSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/29/2016 6:16:30 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:pDXts+atVdopJ9z1SetGiuXmJaCkj17P6c/161Om3aFoI71D5LyTUvp:pjlaSf1S0Giu2JaDHqOOmf1

Entry address:
0x32C480

Entry point:
60, E8, E6, 19, 00, 00, 8B, 74, 24, 20, E8, 08, 00, 00, 00, 61, 68, 90, DF, 6D, 00, C3, E9, 59, E8, 01, 16, 00, 00, 81, E6, 00, F0, FF, FF, 81, EE, 00, 10, 00, 00, 66, 81, 3E, 4D, 5A, 75, F3, 0F, B7, 7E, 3C, 03, FE, 8B, 6F, 78, 03, EE, 8B, 5D, 20, 03, DE, 33, C0, 8B, D6, 83, C3, 04, 40, 8B, 3B, 03, FA, E8, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 47, 65, 74, 50, 72, 6F, 63, 41, 64, 64, 72, 65, 73, 73, 00, 5E, 33, C9, B1, 0F, FC, F3, A6, 75, DA, 8B, F2, 8B, 5D, 24, 03, DE, 0F, B7, 0C, 43, 8B, 5D, 1C, 03, DE, 8B, 1C, 8B, 03, DE, 81...
 
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Entropy:
7.6090

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,146,880 bytes)

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

https://downloads.skype.com/.../SkypeSetup.exe

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