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Adobe Download Manager

The executable windows.exe has been detected as malware by 27 anti-virus scanners. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Windows.exe’. The file has been seen being downloaded from storage-eu-2.sharefile.com.
Publisher:
Adobe Systems Incorporated*  (Invalid match)

Product:
Adobe Download Manager

Version:
2.0.0.65s

MD5:
15a2cf196e14bca28a9465939569062f

SHA-1:
3b8756fc001065f14a16f01f40321f23a83f1798

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 4:37:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.58577
389

AhnLab V3 Security
Malware/Win32.Generic
2015.12.07

Avira AntiVirus
TR/AD.LuminosityLink.Y.138
8.3.2.4

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-160111

AVG
Zbot
2017.0.2867

Baidu Antivirus
Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet
4.0.3.16111

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Symmi.58577
1.0.20.55

Dr.Web
Trojan.Inject2.9442
9.0.1.011

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.58577
8.16.01.11.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/Injector.CNDR (variant)
10.12679

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/DarkKomet.GHMJ!tr.bdr
1/11/2016

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Symmi.58577
11.2016-11-01_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Symmi.58577
16.1.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Injector
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.212.18027

Kaspersky
Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet
14.0.0.830

Malwarebytes
Trojan.MalPack
v2016.01.11.10

McAfee
Artemis!15A2CF196E14
5600.6523

Microsoft Security Essentials
TrojanSpy:MSIL/Omaneat.B
1.1.12300.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Symmi.58577
17.0.0.33

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Inject2.dyxxkq
0.30.26.5051

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
16.01.11.10

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.f05
1.0.0.1077

Sophos
Mal/Generic-S
4.98

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R00XC0DKU15
10.465.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
45656

ViRobot
Trojan.Win32.Z.Symmi.459271[h]
2014.3.20.0

File size:
448.5 KB (459,271 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.65s

Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Adobe Download Manager

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\windows\windows.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/25/2015 1:28:21 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:bkEvUns1zw7R7H3MioS8osDEZKG0y5qeK:IIEd7HUWqeK

Entry address:
0x26C4

Entry point:
68, 4C, 2A, 40, 00, E8, F0, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 48, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, A9, 0A, CF, 0F, F3, 73, 31, 40, BE, F4, 67, C6, BC, 6B, B4, 12, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 69, 70, 20, 6F, 66, 20, 52, 65, 62, 6F, 6F, 74, 50, 43, 00, 0A, 20, 20, 20, 43, 6C, 69, 00, 6E, 74, 48, 65, 69, 67, 68, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 0C, 00, 00, 00, 3A, 32, 98, 7A, 28, 3D, C7, 47, 8B, 1C, 35, 68, DB, 85, 20, 25, 01, 00, 00, 00, A0, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.5357

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
264 KB (270,336 bytes)

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

Name:
Windows.exe

Command:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\windows\windows.exe


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

https://storage-eu-2.sharefile.com/download.ashx?dt=dt19cb4f22028340b1a26f2bd7e4017037&h=zVYsxE9jkleAA9L9pF0uXxQPD3804khs1KPQYPQiLDA=

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