Categories: Malware

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What Genie.128 virus can do?

A file was accessed within the Public folder.
Sample contains Overlay data
Reads data out of its own binary image
Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Russian
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid
Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering

How to determine Genie.128?


File Info:
name: 001CEAB1013535559953.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/8aa3db4220cd33d8e162dadf328faa531927feccc33c7cd250f3ad4798b4faaacrc32: 5C956F6Amd5: 001ceab101353555995338530e414c53sha1: 9ff0cd9606623e090644ffac32ad0aa4453f5fc5sha256: 8aa3db4220cd33d8e162dadf328faa531927feccc33c7cd250f3ad4798b4faaasha512: cf1c531fc6ebe9d8d9326485862ab9510692391f2a25a626e53a32d5ef96133b6071b38c7290c5bf0aa31a72a8af1e81ce15928bb7c2e480a90540d92a3d940essdeep: 196608:b7qzhspj+Vx+veZt/A5BYMF5qXQIJQSV2l9Fcun:b7qVu+Vx+veZt45BYMF5kQsQSV2l9SUtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T12A86AE12B350CC37C0375A789C5B8AE9AA2A7F245E3459473BF63E0C7FB56913924293sha3_384: 794a6b22e4d9c2300cd8b3ca3395383caa2f81e73ea01dc83762748731b6023b6b84f3adb08ae2361cb650ccc94668baep_bytes: 558bec83c4f053b8d07d9200e823b0adtimestamp: 1992-06-19 22:22:17
Version Info:
CompanyName: SharemanFileVersion: 102.3.75.36ProductVersion: 102.3.75.36LegalCopyright: Shareman.ruProductName: SharemanFileDescription: Shareman.exeTranslation: 0x0409 0x04e4

Genie.128 also known as:

Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Genie.128
FireEye	Gen:Variant.Genie.128
Skyhigh	BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.wh
McAfee	Artemis!001CEAB10135
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Genie.128
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Genie.128
Arcabit	Trojan.Genie.128
Trapmine	suspicious.low.ml.score
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Genie.128 (B)
Varist	W32/ABRisk.RCNE-7861
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Agent
GData	Gen:Variant.Genie.128
Google	Detected
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Genie.128
MAX	malware (ai score=86)
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS
Cylance	unsafe
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002H09IK23
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	W32/PossibleThreat