zona.exe

Destiny Media

The application zona.exe by Destiny Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Zona’. This file is typically installed with the program Zona by Zondervan. While running, it connects to the Internet address dynamic-37-142-219-70.hotnet.net.il on port 22970.
Publisher:
Destiny Media  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4e4fecd521ae80d05c4bbda0b07aeb68

SHA-1:
977cf795fe840a8e9b83fed8157cd968ade4bf56

SHA-256:
2cf21505fbf0ddad97fb3d64021a47c745aa5a0eeb1cb5bab723a7a979ada9d2

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 1:04:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Startup.DestinyMedia.E
14.2.16.23

File size:
615.8 KB (630,528 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/23/2012 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/24/2013 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Destiny Media, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Destiny Media, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, C=RU

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:
02B67045FA047D171CE03FA067ED4335

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/26/2012 3:28:53 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pkW3BBb77zE1EE6JnkpO1y+sb9SKBD7PISmIsRJQFS9YoSQL:pkWD2xG4+sYKN7PISmIYQFS9hL

Entry address:
0x170820

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 4F, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, F0, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 59, EC, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 19, A8, 07, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Code size:
496 KB (507,904 bytes)

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

Name:
Zona

Command:
C:\Program Files\zona\zona.exe \minimized


The file zona.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to hosted-by.ihc.ru  (185.22.235.14:80)

TCP:
Connects to ppp109-252-93-61.pppoe.spdop.ru  (109.252.93.61:36488)

TCP:
Connects to ppp109-252-61-27.pppoe.spdop.ru  (109.252.61.27:27289)

TCP:
Connects to IPoE-46.173.186.177.itech.ru  (46.173.186.177:46294)

TCP:
Connects to ip-213.59.130.159.ufa.zelenaya.net  (213.59.130.159:10628)

TCP:
Connects to host.212-19-21-144.broadband.redcom.ru  (212.19.21.144:47126)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to boieroom.org  (141.255.161.22:80)

TCP:
Connects to 95-30-17-41.broadband.corbina.ru  (95.30.17.41:21198)

TCP:
Connects to 85.117.99.69.altel.kz  (85.117.99.69:20990)

TCP:
Connects to 81-163-67-119.static.linky.ru  (81.163.67.119:45078)

TCP:
Connects to 37-9-148-188.clients.smr.100megabit.ru  (37.9.148.188:10084)

TCP:
Connects to 230.176.213.6.utk-ntag.ru  (213.176.230.6:24889)

TCP:
Connects to 102.16.117.87.donpac.ru  (87.117.16.102:19959)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to unknown.srv  (5.35.171.17:80)

TCP:
Connects to ip-91-207-211-70.dss-group.net  (91.207.211.70:65153)

TCP:
Connects to ip-46-72-197-222.bb.netbynet.ru  (46.72.197.222:55373)

TCP:
Connects to hostel.tspu.edu.ru  (193.106.134.22:63582)

TCP:
Connects to host-37-49-207-29.bbcustomer.zsttk.net  (37.49.207.29:38604)

TCP:
Connects to host-176-110-15-223.la.net.ua  (176.110.15.223:11059)

TCP:
Connects to Fomenko.cosmonova.net.ua  (95.67.101.226:30804)

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