Author Topic: Does avast detect this executable? Is it a 100% threat or just a PUP detection?  (Read 1049 times)

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Offline polonus

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See: http://urlquery.net/report.php?id=1485898696935
See: https://www.virustotal.com/nl/url/a62df20d5864ffdd033b183b1e8d1d5cb9eafcfc2953732018f5fe4f5b52b3c4/analysis/1485899767/
Detection still not added here (or could be a PUP detected).
The file being studied is a Portable Executable file! More specifically, it is a Win32 EXE file.
FP? -> Authenticode signature block and FileVersionInfo properties
Signature verification  Signed file, verified signature
Signers   
  • OOO "Meti-Vostok"
  • COMODO RSA Code Signing CA
  • COMODO SECURE?

Re: http://www.freefixer.com/library/file/nethost.exe-201916/  &  http://www.threatexpert.com/files/nethost.exe.html

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