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winhost32.exe

The executable winhost32.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘WinHost32’.
MD5:
86d9c8bba3ec698f87949e86b05188f8

SHA-1:
a6d8c5282346a62126fb4332e70ff11d8b286b50

SHA-256:
d0726156aad95b65ef71b646ce64c33290aef0f9944c2a651432274a0fea41a9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 4:24:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Trojan.Proxy
17.2.11.22

File size:
203 KB (207,872 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\eyad\winhost32.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/5/1996 4:48:11 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x8430

Entry point:
E8, 09, 75, 00, 00, E9, 16, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 56, 8B, 44, 24, 14, 0B, C0, 75, 28, 8B, 4C, 24, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 33, D2, F7, F1, 8B, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 08, F7, F1, 8B, F0, 8B, C3, F7, 64, 24, 10, 8B, C8, 8B, C6, F7, 64, 24, 10, 03, D1, EB, 47, 8B, C8, 8B, 5C, 24, 10, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 44, 24, 08, D1, E9, D1, DB, D1, EA, D1, D8, 0B, C9, 75, F4, F7, F3, 8B, F0, F7, 64, 24, 14, 8B, C8, 8B, 44, 24, 10, F7, E6, 03, D1, 72, 0E, 3B, 54, 24, 0C, 77, 08, 72, 0F, 3B, 44, 24, 08, 76, 09, 4E, 2B, 44...
 
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Entropy:
6.5224

Code size:
91 KB (93,184 bytes)

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

Name:
WinHost32

Command:
C:\users\eyad\winhost32.exe


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-197-251-207.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.197.251.207:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-221-218-81.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.221.218.81:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-243-91-166.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.243.91.166:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-19-93-247.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (50.19.93.247:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-21-249-214.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.21.249.214:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-75-101-145-225.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (75.101.145.225:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-243-154-49.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.243.154.49:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-235-212-238.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.235.212.238:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-235-135-158.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.235.135.158:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-23-23-128-123.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.23.128.123:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-21-206-81.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.21.206.81:80)

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