File name:

adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/8debd9e3-5681-4840-9736-412bf9e099b5
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: June 05, 2020, 23:00:49
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
save
false
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed
MD5:

84461FC05F27723F68779C18329DFB0C

SHA1:

EEE78FF3D7DC01FD4091D87EE58BC08F07FA4BB1

SHA256:

022B68CAD3452CBAFA9D735B2C1BE070B10E06E38CC15800A40431F3F7954F9E

SSDEEP:

196608:W0cBWUI++oXOARHwNMefCuyy2nFfHUkc5VgbmtMQDJpa0:W0lUIpoXOQHwNUe2FxPmtza0

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Loads the Task Scheduler DLL interface

      • adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe (PID: 376)

    • Actions looks like stealing of personal data

      • adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe (PID: 376)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Searches for installed software

      • adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe (PID: 376)

  • INFO

    • Reads the hosts file

      • adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe (PID: 376)

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe (PID: 376)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | UPX compressed Win32 Executable (76)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (12.6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (5.6)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (5.6)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2020:05:25 12:03:54+02:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14.16
CodeSize: 8261632
InitializedDataSize: 126976
UninitializedDataSize: 14061568
EntryPoint: 0x1549fb0
OSVersion: 6
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 8.0.5.0
ProductVersionNumber: 8.0.5.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Unknown (0)
ObjectFileType: Unknown
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Windows, Latin1
CompanyName: Malwarebytes
FileDescription: AdwCleaner
FileVersion: 8.0.5.0
InternalName: AdwCleaner
LegalCopyright: Copyright 2020 Malwarebytes
LegalTrademarks1: All Rights Reserved
LegalTrademarks2: All Rights Reserved
OriginalFileName: AdwCleaner.exe
ProductName: AdwCleaner
ProductVersion: 8

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 25-May-2020 10:03:54
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
CompanyName: Malwarebytes
FileDescription: AdwCleaner
FileVersion: 8.0.5.0
InternalName: AdwCleaner
LegalCopyright: Copyright 2020 Malwarebytes
LegalTrademarks1: All Rights Reserved
LegalTrademarks2: All Rights Reserved
OriginalFilename: AdwCleaner.exe
ProductName: AdwCleaner
ProductVersion: 8.0

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0090
Pages in file: 0x0003
Relocations: 0x0000
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x00B8
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x00000130

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 3
Time date stamp: 25-May-2020 10:03:54
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
UPX0
0x00001000
0x00D69000
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
UPX1
0x00D6A000
0x007E1000
0x007E0E00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
7.99998
.rsrc
0x0154B000
0x0001F000
0x0001EC00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
5.11744

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.13365
1737
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
3.6406
67624
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
3
4.33285
16936
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
4
4.6297
9640
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
5
5.27513
4264
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
6
6.10277
1128
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
5101
4.95785
35
UNKNOWN
English - United States
BINARY
5102
7.99983
1146929
UNKNOWN
English - United States
BINARY
IDI_ICON1
2.94936
90
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_GROUP_ICON

Imports

IMM32.dll
KERNEL32.DLL
SHELL32.dll
USER32.dll
dbghelp.dll
sfc.dll
No data.
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Total processes
38
Monitored processes
2
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
376"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Malwarebytes
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
AdwCleaner
Exit code:
0
Version:
8.0.5.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\dbghelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\imm32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
1400"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Malwarebytes
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
AdwCleaner
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
8.0.5.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
Total events
173
Read events
151
Write events
22
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(376) adwcleaner_8.0.5.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Direct3D\MostRecentApplication
Operation:writeName:Name
Value:
adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe
(PID) Process:(376) adwcleaner_8.0.5.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\12F\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(376) adwcleaner_8.0.5.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\12F\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:@"%windir%\System32\ie4uinit.exe",-738
Value:
Start Internet Explorer without ActiveX controls or browser extensions.
(PID) Process:(376) adwcleaner_8.0.5.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\12F\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:@"%systemroot%\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe",-111
Value:
Performs object-based (command-line) functions
(PID) Process:(376) adwcleaner_8.0.5.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Malwarebytes
Operation:writeName:id
Value:
79b2cfa4a78011eab26a5254004a04af
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
2
Text files
1
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
376adwcleaner_8.0.5.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp376aaaaaa —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
376adwcleaner_8.0.5.exeC:\AdwCleaner\Logs\AdwCleaner[S00].txttext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
376adwcleaner_8.0.5.exeC:\AdwCleaner\settingsbinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
0
DNS requests
0
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

No data

DNS requests

No data

Threats

No threats detected
Process
Message
adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe
QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath: Please instantiate the QApplication object first
adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe
[Application] AdwCleaner 8 . 0 . 5 launched
adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe
[Json Parser] Failed to open file "C:\\AdwCleaner\\settings" ( "The system cannot find the file specified." )
adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe
[Telemetry] Sending hello
adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe
[AdwUpgrade] Checking application updates
adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe
QIODevice::read (QDisabledNetworkReply): device not open
adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe
QIODevice::read (QDisabledNetworkReply): device not open
adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe
[Telemetry] Status code: QVariant(Invalid)
adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe
[Button clicked] EULA agreed
adwcleaner_8.0.5.exe
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