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steam.exe

Steam Client Bootstrapper

Valve

This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Steam’. This is installed with multiple programs including Half-Life 2. The file has been seen being downloaded from dc457.4shared.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Valve Corporation  (signed by Valve)

Product:
Steam Client Bootstrapper

Description:
Steam Client Bootstrapper (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)

Version:
01.68.63.36

MD5:
7d6f3e59417caa671d73faa2d665ccc4

SHA-1:
73c0776c6e97bf1a28ec4e46527af0c7218c9be2

SHA-256:
5366685316db6efe640b09b2aa07e85b041fc3dbf7d032ef18337b18acb6346b

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 5:23:43 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
1.5 MB (1,610,664 bytes)

Product version:
01.00.00.01

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2010 Valve Corporation

Original file name:
steam.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\steam\steam.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Valve

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/28/2012 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/24/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Valve, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Valve, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
47A938EDC7AEAC8DC71DCBB4B4F611F8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/1/2013 3:34:46 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:VSwvqqiYEp9T4rAvvfngvX4gFE7WI5lTNbR7:VSwjiFp9TQAvi4gkz

Entry address:
0x71242

Entry point:
E8, 0C, D5, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 33, C0, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 8B, 55, 0C, 8D, 49, 00, 8A, 02, 0A, C0, 74, 09, 83, C2, 01, 0F, AB, 04, 24, EB, F1, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, FF, 8A, 06, 0A, C0, 74, 0C, 83, C6, 01, 0F, A3, 04, 24, 73, F1, 8D, 46, FF, 83, C4, 20, 5E, C9, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 00, 74, 06, C6, 01, 2D, 41, F7, D8, 56, 8B, F1, 33, D2, F7, 75, 08, 83, FA, 09, 76, 05, 80, C2, 57, EB, 03, 80, C2, 30, 88, 11, 41, 85, C0, 75, E7, 88, 01, 49, 8A, 16...
 
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Code size:
1012.5 KB (1,036,800 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Steam

Command:
"C:\Program Files\steam\steam.exe" -silent


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The file steam.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://dc457.4shared.com/download/.../Steam.exe

http://download818.mediafire.com/576z7p9w4dlg/.../SteamNew.exe

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