The nc64.exe File Analysis

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nc64.exe

Technical Analysis

File Name	nc64.exe
File Type	Win32 EXE
Magic Bytes	`PE32+ executable (console) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows`
SSDEEP Hash	768:gaGHu/aKUAvRCXA/e6PfVVCJrxg/KKjMozd6jSemG0nf2Fcc5C+qLaVp:CuSzAvRCxmNVCgi+IjNmDO15C+qLaVp
Scanner Version	1.0.229.174
Database Version	2025-11-28 20:00:31 UTC

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Suspicious File Detected

Detected by 28 security engines - requires caution

This file requires additional checking for potential threats. Based on suspicious indicators, we will soon add it to our virus database.

39%

Detection Rate

45,272

File Size (bytes)

28/71

Engines Detected

2025-11-28

Analysis Date

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File Identification

Hash Type	Value	Action
MD5	523613a7b9dfa398cbd5ebd2dd0f4f38
SHA1	3e92f697d642d68bb766cc93e3130b36b2da2bab
SHA256	3e59379f585ebf0becb6b4e06d0fbbf806de28a4bb256e837b4555f1b4245571
SHA512	2ca42e21ebc26233c3822851d9fc82f950186820e10d3601c92b648415eb720f0e1a3a6d9d296497a3393a939a9424c47b1e5eaedfd864f96e3ab8986f6b35b5
ImpHash	567531f08180ab3963b70889578118a3

Security Engines with Detections (28 of 71)

Bkav

W32.Common.2180BEFE Malicious

Elastic

malicious (high confidence) Malicious

Cynet

Malicious (score: 100) Malicious

CAT-QuickHeal

HackTool.Netcat.E1 Malicious

ALYac

Misc.HackTool.NetCat Malicious

Cylance

unsafe Malicious

Symantec

Trojan Horse Malicious

ESET-NOD32

a variant of Win64/RemoteAdmin.NetCat.A potentially unsafe Malicious

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.NetCat.bnr Malicious

TrendMicro

HackTool.Win64.NETCAT.A Malicious

Sophos

NetCat (PUA) Malicious

Webroot

W32.Hacktool.Netcat Malicious

Varist

W64/NetCat.A.gen!Eldorado Malicious

Antiy-AVL

RiskWare[RemoteAdmin]/Win32.NetCat Malicious

Kingsoft

Win32.Troj.Generic.v Malicious

ViRobot

HackTool.Agent.45272 Malicious

ZoneAlarm

not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.NetCat.bnr Malicious

Google

Detected Malicious

AhnLab-V3

HackTool/Win.Netcat.C5283500 Malicious

Malwarebytes

RiskWare.NetCat Malicious

Panda

Hacktool/Netcat Malicious

TrendMicro-HouseCall

HackTool.Win64.NETCAT.A Malicious

Tencent

Malware.Win32.Gencirc.10be95be Malicious

Yandex

Riskware.RemoteAdmin!dALKdVU+LqQ Malicious

Ikarus

PUA.Netcat Malicious

MaxSecure

Trojan.Malware.73885908.susgen Malicious

Fortinet

Riskware/NetCat Malicious

DeepInstinct

MALICIOUS Malicious

43 engines reported no threats - Only engines with detections are shown above for clarity

PE Analysis

Basic Information

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Image Base	`0x00400000`
Entry Point	`0x00401710`
Compilation Time	2011-09-16 22:46:10
Checksum	0x0000ef39 (Actual: 0x0000ef39)
OS Version	4.0
PEiD Signatures	`PE32+ executable (console) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows`
Digital Signature	OK
Imports	3 libraries KERNEL32, msvcrt, WSOCK32
Exports	0 functions
Resources	0 Resources
Sections	7 Sections

PE Sections

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Name	Virtual Address	Virtual Size	Raw Size	Entropy	Characteristics	MD5
`.text`	`0x00001000`	26,112 bytes	26,112 bytes	5.90 (Normal)	`IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE\|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE\|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ\|IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES`	`E2B1CD470AC63D157E4C65E232C07ADF`
`.data`	`0x00008000`	240 bytes	512 bytes	1.62 (Normal)	`IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA\|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ\|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE\|IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES`	`C5407141C3FDBDFF8172A329E9384D18`
`.rdata`	`0x00009000`	4,624 bytes	5,120 bytes	5.01 (Normal)	`IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA\|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ\|IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES`	`57E82D7C7851E8632411901E03BA61BE`
`.bss`	`0x0000b000`	3,072 bytes	0 bytes	0.00 (Normal)	`IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA\|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ\|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE\|IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES`	`D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E`
`.idata`	`0x0000c000`	4,400 bytes	4,608 bytes	3.91 (Normal)	`IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA\|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ\|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE\|IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES`	`D2A0F7D3008F5D537376C1A482DCB11E`
`.CRT`	`0x0000e000`	104 bytes	512 bytes	0.26 (Normal)	`IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA\|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ\|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE\|IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8BYTES`	`58729826ACCB6B45D872788E51AD82C7`
`.tls`	`0x0000f000`	72 bytes	512 bytes	0.22 (Normal)	`IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA\|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ\|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE\|IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES`	`87BD9ED859278120552D9CD12F0AB113`

Certificate Chain Analysis

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Certificate Information

Signing Date	10:52 PM 09/16/2011 (5228 days ago)
Verification Status	Signed
Signers	Jernej Simoncic; GlobalSign ObjectSign CA; GlobalSign Primary Object Publishing CA; GlobalSign Root CA - R1
Counter Signers	GlobalSign Time Stamping Authority; GlobalSign Timestamping CA; GlobalSign Root CA - R1