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windows 8 activator.exe

Halloweenpsycho Windows 8 Activator Install Program

The application windows 8 activator.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from chew-wga.com.
Product:
Halloweenpsycho Windows 8 Activator Install Program

Version:
2, 0, 0, 43

MD5:
40ef57ba6201d90e60988a051378a5f9

SHA-1:
43cd4321b2644a87e3e8d3a386deac745d06666f

SHA-256:
4cc0ce5a42865ed4ee2a6dd0b8da7af4d38e30969d9e1781f7ea5042b048fd49

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 2:44:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:FakeSys-BF [PUP]
2014.9-150311

Dr.Web
Trojan.Siggen4.51819
9.0.1.070

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.WinSpy.ddbnsg
0.30.0.296

File size:
49.3 MB (51,670,869 bytes)

Product version:
2, 0, 0, 43

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\windows 8 activator.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/8/2011 8:34:20 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:DHJHK4B3KeCNa7XB11vps+3Tei8XUOK/Rdph1p0ssjdRKhBC/KUjqOwuswL:P3KLN4BVTje0n/Rdph1rsjrKh0jjklwL

Entry address:
0x1B022

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 98, 27, 42, 00, 68, 98, E7, 41, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, C4, 20, 42, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 34, AE, 42, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 30, AE, 42, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, 2C, AE, 42, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, 28, AE, 42, 00, 33, F6, 56, E8, C5, 03, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, B0, 00, 00, 00, 59, 89, 75, FC, E8, 4E, 35, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 21, 42, 00, A3, 4C, B4, 42, 00, E8...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
132 KB (135,168 bytes)

The file windows 8 activator.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://chew-wga.com/Windows 8 Activator.exe

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