Malware analysis VMProtect.rar Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	VMProtect.rar
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/ac60cbce-3acd-4836-9a9e-fe72cc9cf8bb
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	September 10, 2019, 18:53:44
OS:	Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/x-rar
File info:	RAR archive data, v4, os: Win32
MD5:	D3F5CAD035BF5AF0675FCBD30ED6600F
SHA1:	465A6CDEC5A0BB13909F5B136655B9B1783297E7
SHA256:	0CFF5B46C9F8129BE55FC5C30A8CA46EDFE4221A9D3EC78BDF4F37072295094E
SSDEEP:	196608:Bten2L6T78keKbfbAZ3In6L2GWO+KyOy5MQcZo5PG5YjhIWUK1pSiTzTFDAAOSvd:Bten2Lo79qI61+njoV2eW91pSiPRDpBd

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 8.0.7601.17514 undefined
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC MUI (15.023.20070)
Adobe Flash Player 26 ActiveX (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Flash Player 26 NPAPI (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Flash Player 26 PPAPI (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Refresh Manager (1.8.0)
CCleaner (5.35)
FileZilla Client 3.36.0 (3.36.0)
Google Chrome (75.0.3770.100)
Google Update Helper (1.3.34.7)
Java 8 Update 92 (8.0.920.14)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.92.14)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (4.7.03062)
Microsoft Office Access MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Access Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Excel MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office OneNote MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Outlook MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office PowerPoint MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Professional 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (French) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (Spanish) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proofing (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Publisher MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Shared MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Shared Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Single Image 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Word MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161 (9.0.30729.6161)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219 (10.0.40219)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702.2)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702)
Mozilla Firefox 68.0.1 (x86 en-US) (68.0.1)
Notepad++ (32-bit x86) (7.5.1)
Opera 12.15 (12.15.1748)
Skype version 8.29 (8.29)
Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (KB4087364) (1)
VLC media player (2.2.6)
WinRAR 5.60 (32-bit) (5.60.0)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
Client Refresh LanguagePack Package
CodecPack Basic Package
Foundation Package
IE Troubleshooters Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB2534111
KB2999226
KB4019990
KB976902
LocalPack AU Package
LocalPack CA Package
LocalPack GB Package
LocalPack US Package
LocalPack ZA Package
ProfessionalEdition
UltimateEdition

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MALICIOUS
- Loads dropped or rewritten executable
  - SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 1000)
  - explorer.exe (PID: 276)
- Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
  - 03 - VMProtect Ultra Unpacker 1.0.exe (PID: 2548)
SUSPICIOUS
- Reads Internet Cache Settings
  - explorer.exe (PID: 276)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 3656)
- Creates files in the user directory
  - explorer.exe (PID: 276)
INFO
- Manual execution by user
  - NOTEPAD.EXE (PID: 3588)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.rar	\|	RAR compressed archive (v-4.x) (58.3)
.rar	\|	RAR compressed archive (gen) (41.6)

EXIF

ZIP

CompressedSize:	90614
UncompressedSize:	205312
OperatingSystem:	Win32
ModifyDate:	2012:12:10 12:49:26
PackingMethod:	Normal
ArchivedFileName:	VMProtect\VMProtect 1.xx - 2.xx Ultra Unpacker v1.0\ARImpRec.dll

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Total processes

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

276

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE

C:\Windows\explorer.exe

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User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Explorer

Exit code:

Version:

6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\winanr.dll
c:\windows\system32\mswsock.dll
c:\windows\system32\wshtcpip.dll
c:\windows\explorer.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll

1000

"C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe2_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe2 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"

C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe

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SearchIndexer.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host

Exit code:

Version:

7.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\searchprotocolhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll

2548

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\VMProtect\VMProtect 1.xx - 2.xx Ultra Unpacker v1.0\Video Tutorials\03 - VMProtect Ultra Unpacker 1.0.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\VMProtect\VMProtect 1.xx - 2.xx Ultra Unpacker v1.0\Video Tutorials\03 - VMProtect Ultra Unpacker 1.0.exe

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explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

SCREEN2EXE/SWF Player

Exit code:

Version:

3, 1, 0, 1

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\vmprotect\vmprotect 1.xx - 2.xx ultra unpacker v1.0\video tutorials\03 - vmprotect ultra unpacker 1.0.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\winmm.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll

3588

"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\VMProtect\VMProtect 1.xx - 2.xx Ultra Unpacker v1.0\VMProtect Ultra Unpacker 1.0.txt

C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE

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explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Notepad

Exit code:

Version:

6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

3656

"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VMProtect.rar"

C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Alexander Roshal

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

WinRAR archiver

Exit code:

Version:

5.60.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\comdlg32.dll

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Total events

2 319

Read events

2 102

Write events

216

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(3656) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Interface\Themes
Operation:	write	Name:	ShellExtBMP
Value:
(PID) Process:	(3656) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Interface\Themes
Operation:	write	Name:	ShellExtIcon
Value:
(PID) Process:	(3656) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\72\52C64B7E
Operation:	write	Name:	LanguageList
Value: en-US
(PID) Process:	(3656) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VMProtect.rar
(PID) Process:	(3656) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	name
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(3656) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	size
Value: 80
(PID) Process:	(3656) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	type
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(3656) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	mtime
Value: 100
(PID) Process:	(276) explorer.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.rar\OpenWithList
Operation:	write	Name:	a
Value: WinRAR.exe
(PID) Process:	(276) explorer.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.rar\OpenWithList
Operation:	write	Name:	MRUList
Value: a

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
3656	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa3656.15578\VMProtect\VMProtect 1.xx - 2.xx Ultra Unpacker v1.0\VMProtect Ultra Unpacker 1.0.txt		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
276	explorer.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\VMProtect		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3656	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa3656.15578\VMProtect\VMProtect 1.xx - 2.xx Ultra Unpacker v1.0\Video Tutorials\04 - VMProtect Ultra Unpacker 1.0.exe		executable
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3656	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa3656.15578\VMProtect\VMProtect 1.xx - 2.xx Ultra Unpacker v1.0\Me to you.txt		text
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3656	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa3656.15578\VMProtect\VMProtect 1.xx - 2.xx Ultra Unpacker v1.0\Short Script Description.txt		text
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3656	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa3656.15578\VMProtect\VMProtect 1.xx - 2.xx Ultra Unpacker v1.0\Video Tutorials\01 - VMProtect Ultra Unpacker 1.0.exe		executable
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3656	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa3656.15578\VMProtect\VMProtect 1.xx - 2.xx Ultra Unpacker v1.0\Video Tutorials\02 - VMProtect Ultra Unpacker 1.0.exe		executable
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3656	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa3656.15578\VMProtect\VMProtect 1.xx - 2.xx Ultra Unpacker v1.0\Video Tutorials\03 - VMProtect Ultra Unpacker 1.0.exe		executable
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3656	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa3656.15578\VMProtect\VMProtect 1.xx - 2.xx Ultra Unpacker v1.0\ARImpRec.dll		executable
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
276	explorer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\1b4dd67f29cb1962.automaticDestinations-ms		automaticdestinations-ms
		MD5:—	SHA256:—

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Connections

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DNS requests

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Threats

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General Info

VMProtect.rar

D3F5CAD035BF5AF0675FCBD30ED6600F

465A6CDEC5A0BB13909F5B136655B9B1783297E7

0CFF5B46C9F8129BE55FC5C30A8CA46EDFE4221A9D3EC78BDF4F37072295094E

196608:Bten2L6T78keKbfbAZ3In6L2GWO+KyOy5MQcZo5PG5YjhIWUK1pSiTzTFDAAOSvd:Bten2Lo79qI61+njoV2eW91pSiPRDpBd

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Loads dropped or rewritten executable

Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

SUSPICIOUS

Reads Internet Cache Settings

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Creates files in the user directory

INFO

Manual execution by user

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

ZIP

Video and screenshots

Processes

Behavior graph

Specs description

Process information

Information

Modules

Information

Modules

Information

Modules

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Modules

Information

Modules

Registry activity

Modification events

Files activity

Dropped files

Network activity

HTTP requests

Connections

DNS requests

Threats

Debug output strings