Malware analysis SmartAudio3.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	SmartAudio3.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/f8abbc5a-02b3-4589-8986-cfd26116ae2b
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	April 18, 2025, 06:03:20
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 2 sections
MD5:	86FDB0AE2945323BE4FF0478A7EC07F2
SHA1:	6806EEC878B406E77AF10E7F338BD5438EDC1B22
SHA256:	22C250C30BB4AAA6CBF40F1321EF7DBF477DBE768A44BA1CF12A0F99CE2ADE92
SSDEEP:	6144:DVZBU7XNPlbeAATV4oTaWGGYpZTV4oTaWGGYpL4wrniWS4wrniRTw4oMsWSYYpAP:DohATKakpZTKakprVTLfOpxm

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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 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- Executing a file with an untrusted certificate
  - SmartAudio3.exe (PID: 7000)
SUSPICIOUS
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - SmartAudio3.exe (PID: 7000)
- Reads the date of Windows installation
  - dw20.exe (PID: 4776)
INFO
- Checks proxy server information
  - SmartAudio3.exe (PID: 7000)
  - dw20.exe (PID: 4776)
- Checks supported languages
  - SmartAudio3.exe (PID: 7000)
  - dw20.exe (PID: 4776)
- Reads the computer name
  - SmartAudio3.exe (PID: 7000)
  - dw20.exe (PID: 4776)
- Creates files or folders in the user directory
  - SmartAudio3.exe (PID: 7000)
  - dw20.exe (PID: 4776)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - SmartAudio3.exe (PID: 7000)
  - dw20.exe (PID: 4776)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - SmartAudio3.exe (PID: 7000)
  - dw20.exe (PID: 4776)
- Reads product name
  - dw20.exe (PID: 4776)
- Reads Environment values
  - dw20.exe (PID: 4776)
- Process checks computer location settings
  - dw20.exe (PID: 4776)
- Reads CPU info
  - dw20.exe (PID: 4776)
- Creates files in the program directory
  - dw20.exe (PID: 4776)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (50)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (49.9)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	AMD AMD64
TimeStamp:	2019:12:10 08:10:22+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	48
CodeSize:	492032
InitializedDataSize:	89600
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x0000
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	4
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	4.0.136.0
ProductVersionNumber:	4.0.136.0
FileFlagsMask:	0x003f
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Win32
ObjectFileType:	Executable application
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	Neutral
CharacterSet:	Unicode
Comments:	Audio Controls
CompanyName:	Conexant Systems LLC.
FileDescription:	Audio Controls Control Panel
FileVersion:	4.0.136.0
InternalName:	SmartAudio3.exe
LegalCopyright:	© 2011-2019 Conexant Systems LLC.
LegalTrademarks:	-
OriginalFileName:	SmartAudio3.exe
ProductName:	SmartAudio3
ProductVersion:	4.0.136.0
AssemblyVersion:	4.0.136.0

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Total processes

131

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2852

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

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svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll

4380

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

—

SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\slui.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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

4776

dw20.exe -x -s 1792

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe

SmartAudio3.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft .NET Error Reporting Shim

Exit code:

Version:

2.0.50727.9149 (WinRelRS6.050727-9100)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework64\v2.0.50727\dw20.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\winsxs\amd64_microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.9672_none_88e266cb2fac7c0d\msvcr80.dll

7000

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SmartAudio3.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SmartAudio3.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Conexant Systems LLC.

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Audio Controls Control Panel

Exit code:

3762507597

Version:

4.0.136.0

Modules

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c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\smartaudio3.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.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

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Total events

6 342

Read events

6 342

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
4776	dw20.exe	C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_SmartAudio3.exe_80419241f9dd758dca2a315d3d48cfa49185cc42_00000000_acab61c8-6517-4be3-b696-0dc37063c6bb\Report.wer		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
7000	SmartAudio3.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\40C68D5626484A90937F0752C8B950AB		binary
		MD5:4A4A5596EBC8465E160BCDFC0B6DBAA1	SHA256:5E9D428FEBBD16EFB568213AB5758D9483269D954358939B692E08DBEADFEE3E
7000	SmartAudio3.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\EA618097E393409AFA316F0F87E2C202_D620C07D0DD01583926B76876728A36D		binary
		MD5:5BFA51F3A417B98E7443ECA90FC94703	SHA256:BEBE2853A3485D1C2E5C5BE4249183E0DDAFF9F87DE71652371700A89D937128
7000	SmartAudio3.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\40C68D5626484A90937F0752C8B950AB		binary
		MD5:2AB172E9398A3F429D22A89DB10F024D	SHA256:4DFCA5F2F4907EFD537D7DB7D4A8B5D57A14B551EE62A0F4F3EF6B795C438262
4776	dw20.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\37C951188967C8EB88D99893D9D191FE		binary
		MD5:3B5E0BD6640456A749D9155E6C135727	SHA256:C362A3D2B661C6066A02FC169FAAA1976C2F6160DA5837C7E68B7E0F67B794ED
7000	SmartAudio3.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C46E7B0F942663A1EDC8D9D6D7869173_6043FC604A395E1485AF7AC16D16B7CE		binary
		MD5:AAC27A229CBBF75F6507A6B73E5C2D4A	SHA256:72E1497CF2C83D07129FF41E4F6C86809AA4FDFCB1DD3B2BAD5FFB99FE43ABED
7000	SmartAudio3.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C46E7B0F942663A1EDC8D9D6D7869173_6043FC604A395E1485AF7AC16D16B7CE		binary
		MD5:5BFA51F3A417B98E7443ECA90FC94703	SHA256:BEBE2853A3485D1C2E5C5BE4249183E0DDAFF9F87DE71652371700A89D937128
7000	SmartAudio3.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\ECF3006D44DA211141391220EE5049F4		binary
		MD5:EA76383755F13428A897A66BE26A0DD9	SHA256:0A57129B893E28132135CF822FFBD9BDC0B6D0A059AE7569A6A2A2292671F04B
7000	SmartAudio3.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\EA618097E393409AFA316F0F87E2C202_D620C07D0DD01583926B76876728A36D		binary
		MD5:EFE117A8594866941B2A9A3A7C3574F6	SHA256:75D5E819347A13ADFF4F280039CB85A18536F7398A1604C721B3FCD3A354EBF2
4776	dw20.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\37C951188967C8EB88D99893D9D191FE		binary
		MD5:3EC5CEA0DBCDF8AE76B12A13EE044DA1	SHA256:2E8C5208E521FE95E1A15F1DF735859A0D1674CEB75D1C5454918C99AC3F73AF

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
—	—	GET	200	23.216.77.6:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	23.216.77.6:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7000	SmartAudio3.exe	GET	200	2.17.189.192:80	http://s1.symcb.com/pca3-g5.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7000	SmartAudio3.exe	GET	200	2.17.189.192:80	http://s2.symcb.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBS56bKHAoUD%2BOyl%2B0LhPg9JxyQm4gQUf9Nlp8Ld7LvwMAnzQzn6Aq8zMTMCED141%2Fl2SWCyYX308B7Khio%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7000	SmartAudio3.exe	GET	200	2.17.189.192:80	http://s2.symcb.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBS56bKHAoUD%2BOyl%2B0LhPg9JxyQm4gQUf9Nlp8Ld7LvwMAnzQzn6Aq8zMTMCED141%2Fl2SWCyYX308B7Khio%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7000	SmartAudio3.exe	GET	200	2.17.189.192:80	http://sv.symcd.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQe6LNDJdqx%2BJOp7hVgTeaGFJ%2FCQgQUljtT8Hkzl699g%2B8uK8zKt4YecmYCEGIQrA0d9NAl%2FxNnW1SqdXU%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7000	SmartAudio3.exe	GET	200	2.17.189.192:80	http://sv.symcb.com/sv.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2340	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	2.23.181.156:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2340	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	2.23.181.156:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7000	SmartAudio3.exe	GET	200	2.17.189.192:80	http://sv.symcd.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQe6LNDJdqx%2BJOp7hVgTeaGFJ%2FCQgQUljtT8Hkzl699g%2B8uK8zKt4YecmYCEGIQrA0d9NAl%2FxNnW1SqdXU%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	23.216.77.6:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	23.216.77.6:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
7000	SmartAudio3.exe	2.17.189.192:80	s2.symcb.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.160.20:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
4776	dw20.exe	20.42.73.29:443	watson.events.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	4.231.128.59 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
google.com	216.58.206.78	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.6 23.216.77.28	whitelisted
s2.symcb.com	2.17.189.192	whitelisted
s1.symcb.com	2.17.189.192	whitelisted
sv.symcd.com	2.17.189.192	whitelisted
sv.symcb.com	2.17.189.192	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.20 40.126.32.68 20.190.160.132 40.126.32.74 20.190.160.66 40.126.32.134 20.190.160.65 20.190.160.64	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

SmartAudio3.exe

86FDB0AE2945323BE4FF0478A7EC07F2

6806EEC878B406E77AF10E7F338BD5438EDC1B22

22C250C30BB4AAA6CBF40F1321EF7DBF477DBE768A44BA1CF12A0F99CE2ADE92

6144:DVZBU7XNPlbeAATV4oTaWGGYpZTV4oTaWGGYpL4wrniWS4wrniRTw4oMsWSYYpAP:DohATKakpZTKakprVTLfOpxm

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

SUSPICIOUS

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Reads the date of Windows installation

INFO

Checks proxy server information

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

Creates files or folders in the user directory

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Reads the software policy settings

Reads product name

Reads Environment values

Process checks computer location settings

Reads CPU info

Creates files in the program directory

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