Malware analysis windows.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	windows.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/fd36156f-bd74-478f-ae6b-e9efafdc7c1c
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	February 17, 2025, 04:56:44
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	eicar-test
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 4 sections
MD5:	74B08C57FC59DE662C4F34FB66A435D7
SHA1:	44C823B9F62EB51FB47EED58B12DE9B58B063980
SHA256:	239AAC4569DCD6C9F1FE1DC435E9215BA148AE913902B9A60F531B804CA4B569
SSDEEP:	48:0F+pxwOZv1wOZGZdPkwOW1wAPFsXEJfmbJuoH5BPs:zxwOZv1wOZGZdPkwOW1wAPF+Ofmduy5

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
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
- The EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File is detected
  - windows.exe (PID: 3988)
SUSPICIOUS
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - windows.exe (PID: 3988)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - windows.exe (PID: 3988)
- Reads the computer name
  - windows.exe (PID: 3988)
- Checks proxy server information
  - windows.exe (PID: 3988)
- Creates files or folders in the user directory
  - windows.exe (PID: 3988)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - windows.exe (PID: 3988)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (52.9)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (23.5)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (23.5)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	1973:05:23 20:33:04+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	0.4
CodeSize:	512
InitializedDataSize:	3072
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x4000
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	4
Subsystem:	Windows command line

No data.

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Total processes

125

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1668

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

windows.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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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

3988

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

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

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\windows.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\urlmon.dll

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Total events

473

Read events

470

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(3988) windows.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:	(3988) windows.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value: Cookie:
(PID) Process:	(3988) windows.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value: Visited:

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
3988	windows.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\drop.com		text
		MD5:69630E4574EC6798239B091CDA43DCA0	SHA256:131F95C51CC819465FA1797F6CCACF9D494AAAFF46FA3EAC73AE63FFBDFD8267
3988	windows.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\RR3E01RZ\eicar[1].com		text
		MD5:69630E4574EC6798239B091CDA43DCA0	SHA256:131F95C51CC819465FA1797F6CCACF9D494AAAFF46FA3EAC73AE63FFBDFD8267

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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
3988	windows.exe	GET	200	192.241.205.137:80	http://rb3.ftnt.io/download00/eicar.com	unknown	—	—	unknown
1176	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.51.98.7:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
3988	windows.exe	192.241.205.137:80	rb3.ftnt.io	DIGITALOCEAN-ASN	US	suspicious
1176	svchost.exe	20.190.159.64:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	23.51.98.7:80	ocsp.digicert.com	Akamai International B.V.	US	whitelisted
1076	svchost.exe	2.19.106.8:443	go.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
rb3.ftnt.io	192.241.205.137	unknown
login.live.com	20.190.159.64 40.126.31.129 20.190.159.129 20.190.159.2 40.126.31.71 40.126.31.69 40.126.31.128 20.190.159.0	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	23.51.98.7	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	2.19.106.8	whitelisted

Threats

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No debug info

General Info

windows.exe

74B08C57FC59DE662C4F34FB66A435D7

44C823B9F62EB51FB47EED58B12DE9B58B063980

239AAC4569DCD6C9F1FE1DC435E9215BA148AE913902B9A60F531B804CA4B569

48:0F+pxwOZv1wOZGZdPkwOW1wAPFsXEJfmbJuoH5BPs:zxwOZv1wOZGZdPkwOW1wAPF+Ofmduy5

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

The EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File is detected

SUSPICIOUS

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

INFO

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

Checks proxy server information

Creates files or folders in the user directory

Create files in a temporary directory

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

EXE

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