File name:

1c87bae8cf1af3612a905fd6ceb86a02ce25f8acc44a21b8356b26e9f8567ef2winmerge-2.16.48.2-x64-exe.zip

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/18ff8a3a-214f-4571-b58c-772ec9bf2569
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: June 21, 2025, 21:50:11
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
arch-exec
arch-doc
Indicators:
MIME: application/zip
File info: Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=store
MD5:

088D6DFAAD462313501D63DF4816923E

SHA1:

87C085518EBD8FB408FDFA6F9E0994A6C4404B75

SHA256:

1C87BAE8CF1AF3612A905FD6CEB86A02CE25F8ACC44A21B8356B26E9F8567EF2

SSDEEP:

98304:ECasd36qd3MHu8TbzZIFOyWTTkU69Sco+ORo5CPt4hWkAt2wB97KOxi+t4MJS1cS:STk4t6B8G+h+JBdSprdUnPfApwTvoQ

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Generic archive extractor

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 188)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Application launched itself

      • cmd.exe (PID: 2428)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 5628)

    • Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

      • cmd.exe (PID: 5252)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 6408)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 5780)

    • Gets or sets the security protocol (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6472)

    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • cmd.exe (PID: 5628)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 2428)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6472)

    • Downloads file from URI via Powershell

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6472)

    • Using 'findstr.exe' to search for text patterns in files and output

      • cmd.exe (PID: 5780)

    • Probably obfuscated PowerShell command line is found

      • cmd.exe (PID: 5780)

  • INFO

    • Manual execution by a user

      • cmd.exe (PID: 2596)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 2428)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 5628)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 6408)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 5252)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 5780)

    • Disables trace logs

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6472)

    • Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6688)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6472)
      • slui.exe (PID: 3588)

    • Checks supported languages

      • yq_windows_386.exe (PID: 3864)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 3588)

    • Gets the hash of the file via CERTUTIL.EXE

      • certutil.exe (PID: 5908)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.zip | ZIP compressed archive (100)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion: 20
ZipBitFlag: -
ZipCompression: None
ZipModifyDate: 2025:04:29 21:24:58
ZipCRC: 0x00000000
ZipCompressedSize: -
ZipUncompressedSize: -
ZipFileName: WinMerge/
No data.
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Total processes
157
Monitored processes
29
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
2

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start winrar.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs powershell.exe conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs findstr.exe no specs certutil.exe no specs yq_windows_386.exe no specs slui.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
188"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\1c87bae8cf1af3612a905fd6ceb86a02ce25f8acc44a21b8356b26e9f8567ef2winmerge-2.16.48.2-x64-exe.zipC:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Alexander Roshal
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WinRAR archiver
Version:
5.91.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
536C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c type q\URL.txtC:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1472\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1720C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /S /D /c" type "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
2320findstr True C:\Windows\System32\findstr.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Find String (QGREP) Utility
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\findstr.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
2428C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\admin\Desktop\DownloadFiles.bat" "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\cmdext.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
2520\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
2596C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\admin\Desktop\UnRegister.bat" "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\cmdext.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
2620powershell -c "Get-AppxPackage -name WinMerge | Remove-AppxPackage"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.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
3392powershell -command "$(CertUtil -hashfile Commands\yq\yq_windows_386.exe SHA256)[1] -replace ' ','' -eq 'fde958b4f5830d0cb878bedcb4a3155e4b269520ceeb33966d9b326fb5c62bb2'" C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.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
Total events
28 401
Read events
28 391
Write events
10
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(188) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\Interface\Themes
Operation:writeName:ShellExtBMP
Value:
(PID) Process:(188) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\Interface\Themes
Operation:writeName:ShellExtIcon
Value:
(PID) Process:(188) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:3
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\preferences.zip
(PID) Process:(188) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:2
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip
(PID) Process:(188) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:1
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\omni_23_10_2024_.zip
(PID) Process:(188) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:0
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\1c87bae8cf1af3612a905fd6ceb86a02ce25f8acc44a21b8356b26e9f8567ef2winmerge-2.16.48.2-x64-exe.zip
(PID) Process:(188) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:name
Value:
120
(PID) Process:(188) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:size
Value:
80
(PID) Process:(188) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:type
Value:
120
(PID) Process:(188) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:mtime
Value:
100
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
1
Text files
10
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2620powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_aadx4cvn.0tk.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4512powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_dm2zoxaj.y4k.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
6688powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_nowx02h3.sai.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4512powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_uchuurxh.0c4.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
2620powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractivebinary
MD5:A5B3BB7D6C4412CCA5041AF13FE95D1C
SHA256:98A24E5DD5B979E7C2C4328DEEF34A95CCE63952209A5D34073721A11BD7F0C4
3392powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_wgpu3uvt.wzt.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
6688powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_cj0pxr11.hv0.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
6472powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\WinMerge\Commands\yq\yq_windows_386.exeexecutable
MD5:15BDAAB43F3E8D0C4566148D0A307487
SHA256:FDE958B4F5830D0CB878BEDCB4A3155E4B269520CEEB33966D9B326FB5C62BB2
6472powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_u4bob10r.2pq.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
2620powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_hlc2qa0b.u51.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
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HTTP(S) requests
29
TCP/UDP connections
45
DNS requests
20
Threats
5

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
POST
200
20.190.159.2:443
https://login.live.com/RST2.srf
unknown
xml
11.1 Kb
whitelisted
—
—
POST
200
40.126.31.128:443
https://login.live.com/RST2.srf
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
POST
200
20.190.159.131:443
https://login.live.com/RST2.srf
unknown
xml
11.1 Kb
whitelisted
1800
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.53.40.176:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
POST
200
40.126.31.67:443
https://login.live.com/RST2.srf
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
302
140.82.121.4:443
https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v4.11.1/yq_windows_386.exe
unknown
—
—
—
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
2.18.121.147:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
2.18.121.147:80
crl.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
FR
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
95.101.149.131:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
—
—
95.101.149.131:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
95.101.149.131:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6024
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
2336
svchost.exe
172.211.123.248:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 142.250.186.78
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.18.121.147
  • 2.18.121.139
  • 23.53.40.176
  • 23.53.40.178
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 95.101.149.131
  • 23.35.229.160
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 40.127.240.158
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.248
  • 172.211.123.249
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.159.129
  • 40.126.31.3
  • 20.190.159.68
  • 20.190.159.130
  • 40.126.31.1
  • 20.190.159.0
  • 20.190.159.2
  • 40.126.31.2
whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com
  • 52.111.236.23
whitelisted
github.com
  • 140.82.121.4
whitelisted
objects.githubusercontent.com
  • 185.199.109.133
  • 185.199.110.133
  • 185.199.111.133
  • 185.199.108.133
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 52.149.20.212
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
—
—
Not Suspicious Traffic
ET INFO Windows Powershell User-Agent Usage
—
—
Misc activity
ET INFO Request for EXE via Powershell
—
—
Not Suspicious Traffic
ET INFO Windows Powershell User-Agent Usage
—
—
Misc activity
ET INFO EXE - Served Attached HTTP
—
—
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET INFO PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP
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1c87bae8cf1af3612a905fd6ceb86a02ce25f8acc44a21b8356b26e9f8567ef2winmerge-2.16.48.2-x64-exe.zip