File name:

hwmonitor_1.52.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/d445eb04-d971-409f-a454-4f809d7ba8fe
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: December 31, 2023, 13:41:04
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

C975D8D0CC0F49852DC41FDD2E0B8201

SHA1:

1FF6A10902D3FD343AAD94243C82DB3AFB9B8E04

SHA256:

11192B73BC70393F4AC655A49441FA352F52D011CDB3F86C77B73CF1EB7AC7E0

SSDEEP:

49152:2UJOVLra/ub+GHD0sB8/0xM8ImbiK06E7pqdg0kSKHDsCh5t2F04bMJYHSAgg/KE:9CrF+GHNB8/4TImDFVI/jsDCTX5DwddH

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads the Windows owner or organization settings

      • hwmonitor_1.52.tmp (PID: 1380)

    • Reads the Internet Settings

      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1732)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1732)

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1732)

    • Adds/modifies Windows certificates

      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1732)

    • Drops a system driver (possible attempt to evade defenses)

      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1732)

    • Checks Windows Trust Settings

      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1732)

  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • hwmonitor_1.52.tmp (PID: 124)
      • hwmonitor_1.52.exe (PID: 2016)
      • hwmonitor_1.52.tmp (PID: 1380)
      • hwmonitor_1.52.exe (PID: 2040)
      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1732)

    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • hwmonitor_1.52.exe (PID: 2040)
      • hwmonitor_1.52.exe (PID: 2016)
      • hwmonitor_1.52.tmp (PID: 1380)
      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1732)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • hwmonitor_1.52.exe (PID: 2040)
      • hwmonitor_1.52.exe (PID: 2016)
      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1732)

    • Reads the computer name

      • hwmonitor_1.52.tmp (PID: 124)
      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1732)
      • hwmonitor_1.52.tmp (PID: 1380)

    • Manual execution by a user

      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1732)
      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1780)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1732)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1732)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • HWMonitor.exe (PID: 1732)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • hwmonitor_1.52.tmp (PID: 1380)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Inno Setup installer (77.7)
.exe | Win32 Executable Delphi generic (10)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (4.6)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (3.1)
.exe | Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (1.4)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 1992:06:20 00:22:17+02:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Bytes reversed lo, 32-bit, Bytes reversed hi
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 2.25
CodeSize: 41984
InitializedDataSize: 17920
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0xaad0
OSVersion: 1
ImageVersion: 6
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 0.0.0.0
ProductVersionNumber: 0.0.0.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: Neutral
CharacterSet: Unicode
Comments: This installation was built with Inno Setup.
CompanyName: CPUID, Inc.
FileDescription: CPUID HWMonitor Setup
FileVersion:
LegalCopyright:
ProductName: CPUID HWMonitor
ProductVersion: 1.52
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Total processes
46
Monitored processes
6
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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start hwmonitor_1.52.exe no specs hwmonitor_1.52.tmp no specs hwmonitor_1.52.exe hwmonitor_1.52.tmp no specs hwmonitor.exe no specs hwmonitor.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
124"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-8IHHN.tmp\hwmonitor_1.52.tmp" /SL5="$301AA,1234407,58368,C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hwmonitor_1.52.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-8IHHN.tmp\hwmonitor_1.52.tmp—hwmonitor_1.52.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Setup/Uninstall
Exit code:
0
Version:
51.52.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\is-8ihhn.tmp\hwmonitor_1.52.tmp
c:\windows\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\oleaut32.dll
1380"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-JRNCO.tmp\hwmonitor_1.52.tmp" /SL5="$601B2,1234407,58368,C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hwmonitor_1.52.exe" /SPAWNWND=$401AE /NOTIFYWND=$301AA C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-JRNCO.tmp\hwmonitor_1.52.tmp—hwmonitor_1.52.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Setup/Uninstall
Exit code:
0
Version:
51.52.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\is-jrnco.tmp\hwmonitor_1.52.tmp
c:\windows\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\oleaut32.dll
1732"C:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor\HWMonitor.exe" C:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor\HWMonitor.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
CPUID
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
HWMonitor
Exit code:
0
Version:
1, 5, 2, 0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\cpuid\hwmonitor\hwmonitor.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
1780"C:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor\HWMonitor.exe" C:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor\HWMonitor.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
CPUID
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
HWMonitor
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
1, 5, 2, 0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\cpuid\hwmonitor\hwmonitor.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
2016"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hwmonitor_1.52.exe" /SPAWNWND=$401AE /NOTIFYWND=$301AA C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hwmonitor_1.52.exe
hwmonitor_1.52.tmp
User:
admin
Company:
CPUID, Inc.
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
CPUID HWMonitor Setup
Exit code:
0
Version:
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\hwmonitor_1.52.exe
c:\windows\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\oleaut32.dll
2040"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hwmonitor_1.52.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hwmonitor_1.52.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
CPUID, Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
CPUID HWMonitor Setup
Exit code:
0
Version:
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\hwmonitor_1.52.exe
c:\windows\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\oleaut32.dll
Total events
6 843
Read events
6 809
Write events
28
Delete events
6

Modification events

(PID) Process:(1380) hwmonitor_1.52.tmpKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Operation:delete valueName:RegFilesHash
Value:
EDE927240962CF70238698761C228B80F6663406C98230180971AF6FB562DC20
(PID) Process:(1380) hwmonitor_1.52.tmpKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Operation:delete valueName:RegFiles0000
Value:
C:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor\HWMonitor.exe
(PID) Process:(1380) hwmonitor_1.52.tmpKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Operation:delete valueName:Sequence
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(1380) hwmonitor_1.52.tmpKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Operation:delete valueName:SessionHash
Value:
C3A183703AF8372EEE45A486DDEE04EA1765431D4A17516116376E0E1030B495
(PID) Process:(1380) hwmonitor_1.52.tmpKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Operation:delete valueName:Owner
Value:
64050000C6384A05EF3BDA01
(PID) Process:(1380) hwmonitor_1.52.tmpKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(1732) HWMonitor.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:ProxyEnable
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(1732) HWMonitor.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:writeName:SavedLegacySettings
Value:
460000005B010000090000000000000000000000000000000400000000000000C0E333BBEAB1D3010000000000000000000000000100000002000000C0A8016B000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(1732) HWMonitor.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:ProxyBypass
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(1732) HWMonitor.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:IntranetName
Value:
1
Executable files
7
Suspicious files
15
Text files
3
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
1380hwmonitor_1.52.tmpC:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor\HWMonitor.exeexecutable
MD5:D7F245246F2597F7F23E15EA779CC5AB
SHA256:62CD1A2E8FE364F954F56438F5DB89B54F9F085531833C236C54E9A0AF496BE5
1380hwmonitor_1.52.tmpC:\Users\Public\Desktop\CPUID HWMonitor.lnkbinary
MD5:4D80698184D1529C72FF2A15EE3379AA
SHA256:831BEDE4DCEBE2DE9AE4B43BA58E02467AF82388DFBC131C727E31EF4DDA5FC2
1380hwmonitor_1.52.tmpC:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor\hwm_readme.txttext
MD5:F86BFE7020B639F6A70F20C00CE12F90
SHA256:E94300217D273F11EBC58EB273E5000EC86471E5C10CA12BB36FFBCDCC9FA666
1732HWMonitor.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157compressed
MD5:1BFE591A4FE3D91B03CDF26EAACD8F89
SHA256:9CF94355051BF0F4A45724CA20D1CC02F76371B963AB7D1E38BD8997737B13D8
2016hwmonitor_1.52.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-JRNCO.tmp\hwmonitor_1.52.tmpexecutable
MD5:318AC5138773AED192C72971D28C3984
SHA256:1E618C685C04E75291F908E9F7FBE8060F9766E0E9711142ABC2A1E3961A63EB
1380hwmonitor_1.52.tmpC:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor\unins000.msgbinary
MD5:2019EFB38EB66ED6ECA1747CE0E0A7DC
SHA256:D816931A62CB3BC09FF5D8326D33DBE7C6129C3E804321DFD6C57F5BA93FB715
1380hwmonitor_1.52.tmpC:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor\is-BEBNA.tmpexecutable
MD5:318AC5138773AED192C72971D28C3984
SHA256:1E618C685C04E75291F908E9F7FBE8060F9766E0E9711142ABC2A1E3961A63EB
1732HWMonitor.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\77EC63BDA74BD0D0E0426DC8F8008506compressed
MD5:AC05D27423A85ADC1622C714F2CB6184
SHA256:C6456E12E5E53287A547AF4103E0397CB9697E466CF75844312DC296D43D144D
1380hwmonitor_1.52.tmpC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\CPUID\HWMonitor\Uninstall HWMonitor.lnkbinary
MD5:3C61CC354097A4C3EAE437E8ABDBFA6B
SHA256:07CE4BCB244C0ABE77F53465518E464E8F3F3250167D9BC217883CCE800DE243
1380hwmonitor_1.52.tmpC:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor\unins000.exeexecutable
MD5:318AC5138773AED192C72971D28C3984
SHA256:1E618C685C04E75291F908E9F7FBE8060F9766E0E9711142ABC2A1E3961A63EB
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
8
DNS requests
4
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1732
HWMonitor.exe
GET
200
184.24.77.202:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?3464d7097e0ab8ab
unknown
compressed
4.66 Kb
unknown
1732
HWMonitor.exe
GET
200
69.192.161.44:80
http://x1.c.lencr.org/
unknown
binary
717 b
unknown
1732
HWMonitor.exe
GET
200
184.24.77.202:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab?ae5c3d36ab1426c9
unknown
compressed
65.2 Kb
unknown
1732
HWMonitor.exe
GET
200
2.16.241.8:80
http://r3.o.lencr.org/MFMwUTBPME0wSzAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBRI2smg%2ByvTLU%2Fw3mjS9We3NfmzxAQUFC6zF7dYVsuuUAlA5h%2BvnYsUwsYCEgTN4TiYAHgnmEyPhblHc%2F5gew%3D%3D
unknown
binary
503 b
unknown
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
1080
svchost.exe
224.0.0.252:5355
—
—
—
unknown
1732
HWMonitor.exe
195.154.81.43:443
download.cpuid.com
Online S.a.s.
FR
unknown
1732
HWMonitor.exe
184.24.77.202:80
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
unknown
1732
HWMonitor.exe
69.192.161.44:80
x1.c.lencr.org
AKAMAI-AS
DE
unknown
1732
HWMonitor.exe
2.16.241.8:80
r3.o.lencr.org
Akamai International B.V.
DE
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
download.cpuid.com
  • 195.154.81.43
whitelisted
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
  • 184.24.77.202
  • 184.24.77.194
whitelisted
x1.c.lencr.org
  • 69.192.161.44
whitelisted
r3.o.lencr.org
  • 2.16.241.8
  • 2.16.241.15
shared

Threats

No threats detected
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Reports
hwmonitor_1.52.exe