URL:

https://honzik.avcdn.net/setup/avast-vpn/release/avast_vpn_online_setup.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/ae2a4838-6a45-4e55-adcf-62233f3f429f
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: July 02, 2025, 12:13:18
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
arch-scr
arch-html
evasion
Indicators:
MD5:

F6ED51307DF9B71B4CA7DCA08275097A

SHA1:

62C08803B808985415B408C6567DD7A9340D66D7

SHA256:

08D7CC0E945FF5B4E131E43CEA1806A268458AC2B594C27B8EE6F0E48EADE05F

SSDEEP:

3:N82LfPwTGlARSRvq36/RYOKLJKfWph4A:22rIiy36+OKLJeWh4A

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Create files in the Startup directory

      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • avast_vpn_online_setup.exe (PID: 7524)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7588)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7840)
      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
    • Starts itself from another location

      • icarus.exe (PID: 7588)
    • Creates files in the driver directory

      • icarus.exe (PID: 7840)
    • Creates or modifies Windows services

      • icarus.exe (PID: 7840)
    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • icarus.exe (PID: 7840)
    • The process drops C-runtime libraries

      • icarus.exe (PID: 7840)
    • Creates a software uninstall entry

      • icarus.exe (PID: 7840)
    • Executes as Windows Service

      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
    • The process verifies whether the antivirus software is installed

      • VpnUpdate.exe (PID: 640)
      • VpnUpdate.exe (PID: 1100)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7840)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7588)
      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3788)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 6680)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3620)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2032)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3000)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 6472)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 6152)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3724)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 7064)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 5080)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 4968)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 6700)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3504)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3396)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 5288)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2404)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 7732)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 7568)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 1936)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 1976)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 5900)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2292)
    • Drops a system driver (possible attempt to evade defenses)

      • icarus.exe (PID: 7840)
    • Connects to unusual port

      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2032)
    • Application launched itself

      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3788)
    • Checks for external IP

      • svchost.exe (PID: 2200)
      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
  • INFO

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 4192)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • chrome.exe (PID: 4192)
    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • chrome.exe (PID: 4192)
      • avast_vpn_online_setup.exe (PID: 7524)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7588)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7840)
      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
    • Creates files in the program directory

      • avast_vpn_online_setup.exe (PID: 7524)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7588)
      • icarus_ui.exe (PID: 7632)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7840)
      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3788)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2032)
    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • avast_vpn_online_setup.exe (PID: 7524)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7840)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7588)
      • icarus_ui.exe (PID: 7632)
      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3788)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 6472)
    • Checks supported languages

      • avast_vpn_online_setup.exe (PID: 7524)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7588)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7840)
      • icarus_ui.exe (PID: 7632)
      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
      • VpnUpdate.exe (PID: 1100)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3788)
      • VpnUpdate.exe (PID: 640)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 6472)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 6680)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3620)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3000)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2032)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 6152)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 7064)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3724)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 6700)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3504)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 5080)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 4968)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 5288)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2404)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3396)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 7732)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 1936)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 7568)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 5900)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2292)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 1976)
    • Reads the computer name

      • avast_vpn_online_setup.exe (PID: 7524)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7588)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7840)
      • icarus_ui.exe (PID: 7632)
      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3788)
      • VpnUpdate.exe (PID: 640)
      • VpnUpdate.exe (PID: 1100)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 6680)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2032)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 6472)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3620)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3000)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 6152)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2404)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3396)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 5288)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 7732)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 7568)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 1936)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 5900)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2292)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 1976)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • avast_vpn_online_setup.exe (PID: 7524)
      • slui.exe (PID: 8128)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3788)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2292)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • avast_vpn_online_setup.exe (PID: 7524)
      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
      • slui.exe (PID: 8128)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3788)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • avast_vpn_online_setup.exe (PID: 7524)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3788)
    • Reads CPU info

      • icarus_ui.exe (PID: 7632)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7840)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 7588)
      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
      • VpnUpdate.exe (PID: 1100)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3788)
      • VpnUpdate.exe (PID: 640)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 6680)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2032)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3000)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 6152)
      • icarus.exe (PID: 6472)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3620)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3724)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 6700)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 5080)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 7064)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3396)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2404)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 7732)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 1936)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 7568)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 5900)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 5288)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 1976)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2292)
    • Manual execution by a user

      • wscript.exe (PID: 3704)
      • wscript.exe (PID: 5244)
      • wscript.exe (PID: 5896)
      • wscript.exe (PID: 7504)
      • wscript.exe (PID: 1328)
      • wscript.exe (PID: 7000)
      • wscript.exe (PID: 1520)
      • wscript.exe (PID: 7388)
      • wscript.exe (PID: 7848)
      • wscript.exe (PID: 7348)
      • wscript.exe (PID: 2348)
      • wscript.exe (PID: 5992)
      • wscript.exe (PID: 3580)
      • wscript.exe (PID: 4312)
      • wscript.exe (PID: 7764)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3788)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2292)
    • Reads Environment values

      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
    • Launching a file from the Startup directory

      • VpnSvc.exe (PID: 6636)
    • Process checks computer location settings

      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3788)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3620)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 6152)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 7732)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3396)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 2404)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 5900)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 5288)
      • Vpn.exe (PID: 1976)
    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • Vpn.exe (PID: 3788)
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Total processes
202
Monitored processes
61
Malicious processes
28
Suspicious processes
1

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start chrome.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs avast_vpn_online_setup.exe no specs avast_vpn_online_setup.exe icarus.exe icarus_ui.exe no specs icarus.exe wscript.exe no specs wscript.exe no specs wscript.exe no specs wscript.exe no specs wscript.exe no specs wscript.exe no specs wscript.exe no specs wscript.exe no specs wscript.exe no specs wscript.exe no specs wscript.exe no specs wscript.exe no specs wscript.exe no specs wscript.exe no specs wscript.exe no specs slui.exe chrome.exe no specs vpnsvc.exe vpnupdate.exe no specs vpnupdate.exe no specs vpn.exe vpn.exe icarus.exe vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe no specs vpn.exe no specs svchost.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
640"C:\Program Files\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\VpnUpdate.exe" /regC:\Program Files\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\VpnUpdate.exeVpnSvc.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Gen Digital Inc.
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Avast VPN Update
Exit code:
0
Version:
25.6.11656.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\avast software\secureline vpn\vpnupdate.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
1036"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=quarantine.mojom.Quarantine --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --string-annotations --field-trial-handle=5344,i,4186971636181711920,6610926259991559008,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version=20250221-144540.991000 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5400 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
133.0.6943.127
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1100"C:\Program Files\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\VpnUpdate.exe" /regC:\Program Files\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\VpnUpdate.exeicarus.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Gen Digital Inc.
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Avast VPN Update
Exit code:
0
Version:
25.6.11656.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\avast software\secureline vpn\vpnupdate.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1328"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\s-visually-hidden.jsC:\Windows\System32\wscript.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host
Exit code:
1
Version:
5.812.10240.16384
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\wscript.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1484"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=133.0.6943.127 --initial-client-data=0x220,0x224,0x228,0x1fc,0x22c,0x7ffc4546fff8,0x7ffc45470004,0x7ffc45470010C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Version:
133.0.6943.127
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1520"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\s-desc.jsC:\Windows\System32\wscript.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host
Exit code:
1
Version:
5.812.10240.16384
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\wscript.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1564"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --string-annotations --enable-dinosaur-easter-egg-alt-images --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --field-trial-handle=3080,i,4186971636181711920,6610926259991559008,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version=20250221-144540.991000 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3096 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Version:
133.0.6943.127
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\133.0.6943.127\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcryptprimitives.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
1936"C:\Program Files\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\Vpn.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=audio.mojom.AudioService --field-trial-handle=2748,7154691283743482747,10743049408320129894,131072 --disable-features=CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,CookiesWithoutSameSiteMustBeSecure,ForcedColors,SameSiteByDefaultCookies,SameSiteDefaultChecksMethodRigorously --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=audio --no-sandbox --force-wave-audio --log-file="C:\ProgramData\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\log\cef_log.txt" --log-severity=error --user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.101 Safari/537.36 Avastium (22.0)" --lang=en-US --disable-webaudio --force-wave-audio --disable-software-rasterizer --no-sandbox --blacklist-accelerated-compositing --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas --disable-accelerated-compositing --disable-accelerated-layers --disable-accelerated-video-decode --blacklist-webgl --disable-bundled-ppapi-flash --disable-flash-3d --enable-aggressive-domstorage-flushing --enable-media-stream --disable-gpu --disable-webgl --disable-gpu-compositing --allow-file-access-from-files=1 --pack_loading_disabled=1 --log-file="C:\ProgramData\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\log\cef_log.txt" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3308 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\Vpn.exeVpn.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Gen Digital Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Avast SecureLine VPN
Version:
25.6.11656.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\avast software\secureline vpn\vpn.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
1976"C:\Program Files\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\Vpn.exe" --type=renderer --no-sandbox --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required --log-file="C:\ProgramData\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\log\cef_log.txt" --field-trial-handle=2748,7154691283743482747,10743049408320129894,131072 --disable-features=CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,CookiesWithoutSameSiteMustBeSecure,ForcedColors,SameSiteByDefaultCookies,SameSiteDefaultChecksMethodRigorously --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\ProgramData\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\log\cef_log.txt" --log-severity=error --user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.101 Safari/537.36 Avastium (22.0)" --disable-webaudio --force-wave-audio --disable-software-rasterizer --no-sandbox --blacklist-accelerated-compositing --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas --disable-accelerated-compositing --disable-accelerated-layers --disable-accelerated-video-decode --blacklist-webgl --disable-bundled-ppapi-flash --disable-flash-3d --enable-aggressive-domstorage-flushing --enable-media-stream --disable-gpu --disable-webgl --disable-gpu-compositing --allow-file-access-from-files=1 --pack_loading_disabled=1 --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=20 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4532 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\Vpn.exeVpn.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Gen Digital Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Avast SecureLine VPN
Version:
25.6.11656.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\avast software\secureline vpn\vpn.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
2032"C:\Program Files\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\Vpn.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --field-trial-handle=2748,7154691283743482747,10743049408320129894,131072 --disable-features=CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,CookiesWithoutSameSiteMustBeSecure,ForcedColors,SameSiteByDefaultCookies,SameSiteDefaultChecksMethodRigorously --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --no-sandbox --force-wave-audio --log-file="C:\ProgramData\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\log\cef_log.txt" --log-severity=error --user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.101 Safari/537.36 Avastium (22.0)" --lang=en-US --disable-webaudio --force-wave-audio --disable-software-rasterizer --no-sandbox --blacklist-accelerated-compositing --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas --disable-accelerated-compositing --disable-accelerated-layers --disable-accelerated-video-decode --blacklist-webgl --disable-bundled-ppapi-flash --disable-flash-3d --enable-aggressive-domstorage-flushing --enable-media-stream --disable-gpu --disable-webgl --disable-gpu-compositing --allow-file-access-from-files=1 --pack_loading_disabled=1 --log-file="C:\ProgramData\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\log\cef_log.txt" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5060 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Avast Software\SecureLine VPN\Vpn.exe
Vpn.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Gen Digital Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Avast SecureLine VPN
Version:
25.6.11656.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\avast software\secureline vpn\vpn.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
Total events
29 774
Read events
29 681
Write events
71
Delete events
22

Modification events

(PID) Process:(4192) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(4192) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(4192) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:(4192) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(4192) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(4192) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\StabilityMetrics
Operation:writeName:user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(4192) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(7524) avast_vpn_online_setup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\1D0EC6DE-4A80-4CC3-A335-E6E41C951198
Operation:writeName:8C5CFDF4-AB05-4EB0-8EF6-7B4620DC2CF3
Value:
AQAAANCMnd8BFdERjHoAwE/Cl+sBAAAATZtgOarPZ0OsAjYW+wL2QQQAAAACAAAAAAAQZgAAAAEAACAAAAAYxVeBK49dq5enKzFsJiCrDcNraxOCQNXdH6GuJY+76wAAAAAOgAAAAAIAACAAAAAOWh+o2B/iZabBrZJPn6RtS67OZyIIgPXFTkWJMm6L9lAAAADJkuXr1jZp5Fwym66CHIKuPe45FgNDC9y5qJOaDTgiEs5VHFC1TRLXaOAaJL8Vu3ynjmW2Dogm6FzCHcN5s86TAWOfKn0RkZ4tjIkM1P8+WEAAAACFlB/Z7biEoSVuB7MZLMJb0C26WRCeHfDV6ZL/glnsH/hfRfTqru6bAlV1JlcAFW3dPPOVIwjJ9cePm17rORi/
(PID) Process:(7524) avast_vpn_online_setup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\C06AEB9D-8774-46E7-8160-8321BCD14D9F
Operation:writeName:5E1D6A55-0134-486E-A166-38C2E4919BB1
Value:
AQAAANCMnd8BFdERjHoAwE/Cl+sBAAAATZtgOarPZ0OsAjYW+wL2QQQAAAACAAAAAAAQZgAAAAEAACAAAAAYxVeBK49dq5enKzFsJiCrDcNraxOCQNXdH6GuJY+76wAAAAAOgAAAAAIAACAAAAAOWh+o2B/iZabBrZJPn6RtS67OZyIIgPXFTkWJMm6L9lAAAADJkuXr1jZp5Fwym66CHIKuPe45FgNDC9y5qJOaDTgiEs5VHFC1TRLXaOAaJL8Vu3ynjmW2Dogm6FzCHcN5s86TAWOfKn0RkZ4tjIkM1P8+WEAAAACFlB/Z7biEoSVuB7MZLMJb0C26WRCeHfDV6ZL/glnsH/hfRfTqru6bAlV1JlcAFW3dPPOVIwjJ9cePm17rORi/
(PID) Process:(7524) avast_vpn_online_setup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\1D0EC6DE-4A80-4CC3-A335-E6E41C951198
Operation:writeName:144807F0-DE37-4C62-9C05-EB4CC64A7A2F
Value:
6a8fe76f-36e2-436c-a202-99955c33bad4
Executable files
230
Suspicious files
500
Text files
102
Unknown types
168

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
4192chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\ClientCertificates\LOG.old~RF17544a.TMP
MD5:
SHA256:
4192chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\ClientCertificates\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
4192chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old~RF175459.TMP
MD5:
SHA256:
4192chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
4192chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\chrome_cart_db\LOG.old~RF1754b7.TMP
MD5:
SHA256:
4192chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Segmentation Platform\SegmentInfoDB\LOG.old~RF1754b7.TMP
MD5:
SHA256:
4192chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Segmentation Platform\SegmentInfoDB\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
4192chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\chrome_cart_db\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
4192chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old~RF1754b7.TMP
MD5:
SHA256:
4192chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
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HTTP(S) requests
16
TCP/UDP connections
137
DNS requests
116
Threats
4

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2940
svchost.exe
GET
200
69.192.161.44:80
http://x1.c.lencr.org/
unknown
whitelisted
6636
VpnSvc.exe
GET
200
2.16.168.113:80
http://ncc.avast.com/ncc.txt
unknown
whitelisted
6636
VpnSvc.exe
GET
200
2.16.168.113:80
http://ncc.avast.com/ncc.txt
unknown
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.216.77.35:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
5744
chrome.exe
GET
200
216.58.206.46:80
http://clients2.google.com/time/1/current?cup2key=8:suW7HTSooEEMFGb5PgGZ-53BIM2MfuW9bkuHuyhraRU&cup2hreq=e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
unknown
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
8088
svchost.exe
GET
206
34.104.35.123:80
http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvYjhkYWYwZDctOTExOS00MGQ5LTgyNjAtN2FlY2ZjMDg0NmNj/1.0.0.17_llkgjffcdpffmhiakmfcdcblohccpfmo.crx
unknown
whitelisted
3788
Vpn.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTfqhLjKLEJQZPin0KCzkdAQpVYowQUsT7DaQP4v0cB1JgmGggC72NkK8MCEAx5qUSwjBGVIJJhX%2BJrHYM%3D
unknown
whitelisted
6636
VpnSvc.exe
GET
200
2.16.168.121:80
http://amionline.ff.avast.com/status
unknown
whitelisted
6636
VpnSvc.exe
GET
200
2.16.168.121:80
http://amionline.ff.avast.com/status
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
4832
RUXIMICS.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
5744
chrome.exe
216.58.206.46:80
clients2.google.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
5744
chrome.exe
216.58.206.74:443
safebrowsingohttpgateway.googleapis.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
5744
chrome.exe
23.32.97.64:443
honzik.avcdn.net
AKAMAI-AS
SE
whitelisted
5744
chrome.exe
173.194.76.84:443
accounts.google.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
5744
chrome.exe
142.250.185.174:443
sb-ssl.google.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.73.194.208
  • 51.104.136.2
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.186.46
whitelisted
clients2.google.com
  • 216.58.206.46
whitelisted
safebrowsingohttpgateway.googleapis.com
  • 216.58.206.74
  • 142.250.184.234
  • 142.250.186.74
  • 142.250.185.74
  • 142.250.186.138
  • 172.217.18.106
  • 142.250.184.202
  • 142.250.186.106
  • 172.217.16.202
  • 142.250.186.42
  • 216.58.206.42
  • 172.217.18.10
  • 142.250.185.234
  • 142.250.185.106
  • 142.250.181.234
  • 142.250.186.170
whitelisted
honzik.avcdn.net
  • 23.32.97.64
  • 2a02:26f0:3500:f92::240d
  • 2a02:26f0:3500:f9c::240d
  • 23.58.109.178
whitelisted
accounts.google.com
  • 173.194.76.84
whitelisted
sb-ssl.google.com
  • 142.250.185.174
whitelisted
www.google.com
  • 142.250.186.68
  • 142.250.186.132
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.216.77.35
  • 23.216.77.36
  • 23.216.77.19
  • 23.216.77.29
  • 23.216.77.21
  • 23.216.77.37
  • 23.216.77.7
  • 23.216.77.22
  • 23.216.77.5
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 23.35.229.160
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
2200
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO External IP Lookup Service in DNS Query (ip-info .ff .avast .com)
6636
VpnSvc.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO Observed External IP Lookup Domain (ip-info .ff .avast .com) in TLS SNI
2200
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO External IP Lookup Service in DNS Query (ip-info .ff .avast .com)
2200
svchost.exe
Not Suspicious Traffic
INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com)
Process
Message
Vpn.exe
[0702/121516.817:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(440)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is swiftshader
Vpn.exe
[2025-07-02 12:15:17.368] [error ] [settings ] [ 3788: 1036] [32CCB3: 15] Error getting property Exception: Property path points to an invalid location Code: 0x0000000d (13)
Vpn.exe
[2025-07-02 12:15:17.858] [error ] [chromium ] [ 3788: 7948] [83C853: 243] ClientHandler OnLoadError for MainFrame with ErrorCode: -3 and url: https://ipm.avcdn.net/?data=CDoQGRgGIIhbKgAwAFICZW5aBWVuLVVTYgUKAOWUAYgBALIDAMoDJGY3Y2VkNzhhLTA5ZDMtNDk1OS1iYjY3LWQyODZhNzJkNjNmZqoEALAEAbgEAMAEAMgEAKgGAKgHALAHAMAHAYIJQDk3Yjc3MjFjNDk5NGUyNTU2ZmY2YTQzOTUxMGY2NjVkNmFjZDNkNzhkZDM0Mjk2NGQyN2Q2MWE1NWRlODhiNziaDQN3aW7oDtPFlMMG2hMHcmVsZWFzZdAbAcolAMArALgtAYAyAIgyAJAyAJgyAKAyAKgyAMgyAKg1ANI2Bk5vdFNldII8AOA9Aeg9AMA%2BANI%2BA3g2NPBDAOBGAPBKAaBqANptIEY2RDRGNTIyMjBCQjVBM0Q3MjQ2QTAwNDI3OEJCMjNG4m0kNmE4ZmU3NmYtMzZlMi00MzZjLWEyMDItOTk5NTVjMzNiYWQ0wHQFwHgA&p_opmver=281&action=1&p_tbc=1&p_mid=AVAST_VPN_OPENUI&p_elm=47&p_plc=popup&debugMode=true&atowneruid=393948
Vpn.exe
[2025-07-02 12:15:18.005] [error ] [chromium ] [ 3788: 7948] [83C853: 243] ClientHandler OnLoadError for MainFrame with ErrorCode: -3 and url: https://ipm.avcdn.net/?data=CDoQGRgGIIhbKgAwAFICZW5aBWVuLVVTYgUKAOWUAYgBALIDAMoDJGY3Y2VkNzhhLTA5ZDMtNDk1OS1iYjY3LWQyODZhNzJkNjNmZqoEALAEAbgEAMAEAMgEAKgGAKgHALAHAMAHAYIJQDk3Yjc3MjFjNDk5NGUyNTU2ZmY2YTQzOTUxMGY2NjVkNmFjZDNkNzhkZDM0Mjk2NGQyN2Q2MWE1NWRlODhiNziaDQN3aW7oDtPFlMMG2hMHcmVsZWFzZdAbAcolAMArALgtAYAyAIgyAJAyAJgyAKAyAKgyAMgyAKg1ANI2Bk5vdFNldII8AOA9Aeg9AMA%2BANI%2BA3g2NPBDAOBGAPBKAaBqANptIEY2RDRGNTIyMjBCQjVBM0Q3MjQ2QTAwNDI3OEJCMjNG4m0kNmE4ZmU3NmYtMzZlMi00MzZjLWEyMDItOTk5NTVjMzNiYWQ0wHQFwHgA&p_opmver=281&action=1&p_tbc=1&p_mid=AVAST_VPN_EXPIRATION_NAG_ILEAP&p_elm=2&p_plc=popup&debugMode=true&atowneruid=459484
Vpn.exe
[2025-07-02 12:15:18.157] [error ] [chromium ] [ 3788: 7948] [83C853: 243] ClientHandler OnLoadError for MainFrame with ErrorCode: -3 and url: https://ipm.avcdn.net/?data=CDoQGRgGIIhbKgAwAFICZW5aBWVuLVVTYgUKAOWUAYgBALIDAMoDJGY3Y2VkNzhhLTA5ZDMtNDk1OS1iYjY3LWQyODZhNzJkNjNmZqoEALAEAbgEAMAEAMgEAKgGAKgHALAHAMAHAYIJQDk3Yjc3MjFjNDk5NGUyNTU2ZmY2YTQzOTUxMGY2NjVkNmFjZDNkNzhkZDM0Mjk2NGQyN2Q2MWE1NWRlODhiNziaDQN3aW7oDtPFlMMG2hMHcmVsZWFzZdAbAcolAMArALgtAYAyAIgyAJAyAJgyAKAyAKgyAMgyAKg1ANI2Bk5vdFNldII8AOA9Aeg9AMA%2BANI%2BA3g2NPBDAOBGAPBKAaBqANptIEY2RDRGNTIyMjBCQjVBM0Q3MjQ2QTAwNDI3OEJCMjNG4m0kNmE4ZmU3NmYtMzZlMi00MzZjLWEyMDItOTk5NTVjMzNiYWQ0wHQFwHgA&p_opmver=281&action=1&p_tbc=1&p_mid=AVAST_VPN_TRIAL_EXPIRING_NAG&p_elm=2&p_plc=popup&debugMode=true&atowneruid=394054
Vpn.exe
[2025-07-02 12:15:18.401] [error ] [settings ] [ 3788: 7268] [32CCB3: 15] Error getting property Exception: Property path points to an invalid location Code: 0x0000000d (13)
VpnSvc.exe
[2025-07-02 12:15:29.822] [error ] [vpn ] [ 6636: 7436] [3375EB:1531] asw::vpn::VpnConnectionProvider::OnException Exception: Invalid license for connecting Code: 0x000186a1 (100001)
Vpn.exe
[2025-07-02 12:15:30.418] [error ] [settings ] [ 3788: 7316] [32CCB3: 15] Error getting property Exception: Property path points to an invalid location Code: 0x0000000d (13)
Vpn.exe
[2025-07-02 12:15:34.354] [error ] [settings ] [ 3788: 1352] [32CCB3: 15] Error getting property Exception: Property path points to an invalid location Code: 0x0000000d (13)
Vpn.exe
[0702/121536.311:WARNING:used_ids.h(55)] Duplicate id found. Reassigning from 104 to 127