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zone3.exe

Setup

The Group

The application zone3.exe by The Group has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from zone3-14b7.kxcdn.com.
Publisher:
Open Source  (signed by The Group)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.2

MD5:
e83121b52db39c1502b3476001ff3c3c

SHA-1:
c5a9ae4a7928d163a4e9a5eff7dbca93c454b4ad

SHA-256:
8bc83c97870da85ce38652fb77dfde190943b9681ac7e5f6e6bab68c851dff13

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:04:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.CPUMiner.TheGroup.Installer (M)
16.2.3.20

File size:
5.5 MB (5,746,504 bytes)

Product version:
1.2

Copyright:
2015 - Open Source

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\zone3.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
The Group

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/31/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/31/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=The Group, O=The Group, STREET="vul. Gagarina, 5", L=Khmelnytskyy, S=Khmelnytska obl, PostalCode=29000, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
47800CE335CF5196AC9AFB9061AA72E4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/5/2015 6:17:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:MWBQ4eOU8owYFj0gxqhyb6nSIcysK7p8TQ+dFtCciT8c2oOlq6te5:vBJFsIgoyb61cX6p8TDdFwbOkh

Entry address:
0x3239

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, 98, 14, 45, 00, E8, 05, 2E, 00, 00, A3, E4, 13, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 20, 30, 43, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, D3, 44, 00, E8, AF, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 55, E8, 9D, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9970

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

The file zone3.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://zone3-14b7.kxcdn.com/Zone3.exe

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