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File name:

adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/4193e066-76bd-48c3-85ec-e57a3425f148
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: May 30, 2020, 11:31:07
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, UPX compressed
MD5:

FC1C2D0C39F0F0E63486EE3A96AADB4D

SHA1:

7463365265141DA80B59F1E539F5AA1D4B0BF2E5

SHA256:

2663EE8D38AF67C536AF5865253615FB14C000263BB98831C206E3B3E00FDD8B

SSDEEP:

196608:JjUtVI+hxibobGQ6wJmPXPqEcPoCoGhQUsbXWso59ijSjnAcGvyJ3:JwLVhxi0bGLwsPjooGKUsWsi2yA0J3

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Changes settings of System certificates

      • adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe (PID: 888)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Modifies files in Chrome extension folder

      • chrome.exe (PID: 272)
    • Adds / modifies Windows certificates

      • adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe (PID: 888)
  • INFO

    • Manual execution by user

      • chrome.exe (PID: 272)
    • Reads the hosts file

      • chrome.exe (PID: 1716)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 272)
    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 272)
    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe (PID: 888)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 1716)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | UPX compressed Win32 Executable (76)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (12.6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (5.6)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (5.6)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2020:04:03 13:25:18+02:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14.16
CodeSize: 8056832
InitializedDataSize: 126976
UninitializedDataSize: 13684736
EntryPoint: 0x14bbbb0
OSVersion: 6
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 8.0.4.0
ProductVersionNumber: 8.0.4.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Unknown (0)
ObjectFileType: Unknown
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Windows, Latin1
CompanyName: Malwarebytes
FileDescription: AdwCleaner
FileVersion: 8.0.4.0
InternalName: AdwCleaner
LegalCopyright: Copyright 2020 Malwarebytes
LegalTrademarks1: All Rights Reserved
LegalTrademarks2: All Rights Reserved
OriginalFileName: AdwCleaner.exe
ProductName: AdwCleaner
ProductVersion: 8

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 03-Apr-2020 11:25:18
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
CompanyName: Malwarebytes
FileDescription: AdwCleaner
FileVersion: 8.0.4.0
InternalName: AdwCleaner
LegalCopyright: Copyright 2020 Malwarebytes
LegalTrademarks1: All Rights Reserved
LegalTrademarks2: All Rights Reserved
OriginalFilename: AdwCleaner.exe
ProductName: AdwCleaner
ProductVersion: 8.0

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0090
Pages in file: 0x0003
Relocations: 0x0000
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x00B8
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x00000130

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 3
Time date stamp: 03-Apr-2020 11:25:18
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
UPX0
0x00001000
0x00D0D000
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
UPX1
0x00D0E000
0x007AF000
0x007AEA00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
7.99997
.rsrc
0x014BD000
0x0001F000
0x0001EA00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
5.12358

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.13365
1737
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
3.6406
67624
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
3
4.33285
16936
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
4
4.6297
9640
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
5
5.27513
4264
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
6
6.10277
1128
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
5101
5.07214
35
UNKNOWN
English - United States
BINARY
5102
7.99982
1154083
UNKNOWN
English - United States
BINARY
IDI_ICON1
2.94936
90
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_GROUP_ICON

Imports

IMM32.dll
KERNEL32.DLL
SHELL32.dll
USER32.dll
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Total processes
75
Monitored processes
34
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2968"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adwcleaner_8.0.4.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Malwarebytes
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
AdwCleaner
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
8.0.4.0
888"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Malwarebytes
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
AdwCleaner
Exit code:
0
Version:
8.0.4.0
272"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Version:
75.0.3770.100
2712"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:7 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" "--metrics-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win32 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=75.0.3770.100 --initial-client-data=0x7c,0x80,0x84,0x78,0x88,0x6e60a9d0,0x6e60a9e0,0x6e60a9ecC:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Version:
75.0.3770.100
340"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=watcher --main-thread-id=324 --on-initialized-event-handle=324 --parent-handle=328 /prefetch:6C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Version:
75.0.3770.100
1812"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=1000,17342218490386037078,7871510871114845624,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAADgAAAgAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAACgAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAGAAAA --service-request-channel-token=10597945521338599127 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1044 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Version:
75.0.3770.100
1716"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=1000,17342218490386037078,7871510871114845624,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=network --service-request-channel-token=142234473344176499 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1560 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Version:
75.0.3770.100
1580"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1000,17342218490386037078,7871510871114845624,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --instant-process --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=12196346563966930229 --renderer-client-id=6 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2268 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
2924"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1000,17342218490386037078,7871510871114845624,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=16210147543267811848 --renderer-client-id=7 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2468 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Version:
75.0.3770.100
3052"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1000,17342218490386037078,7871510871114845624,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --extension-process --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=17538731259188286935 --renderer-client-id=4 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2464 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Total events
2 065
Read events
816
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
46
Text files
188
Unknown types
6

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
272chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\BrowserMetrics\BrowserMetrics-5ED24420-110.pma
MD5:
SHA256:
272chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
272chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
272chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
272chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old~RF1625bd.TMP
MD5:
SHA256:
272chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\fa7c40d0-dd1f-41fc-a6d5-d770491f80ac.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
272chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\000028.dbtmp
MD5:
SHA256:
272chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.old~RF1625bd.TMPtext
MD5:F69C20D5B552B8D973FB1CBA5FDD7D87
SHA256:48799968D50E2D74E625A0AB18E93C6792AF20010334C6BB4E935C8D26F7026A
272chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase\LOG.oldtext
MD5:AC43135B8C9FED46A92448C4E711F45C
SHA256:D840BA7CEBACF86DDBAD75BFB61A53449AA7AE3DE6B8ADC97FE45624626A6F09
888adwcleaner_8.0.4.exeC:\AdwCleaner\settingsbinary
MD5:D6E0CD370F0D75F9D5ABE80C2E746611
SHA256:8089B9F6781602B0E434E1DA31D87ADDC7D7F465F3CADF6B8192E82680C674EE
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HTTP(S) requests
8
TCP/UDP connections
42
DNS requests
29
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1716
chrome.exe
GET
304
93.184.221.240:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
57.0 Kb
whitelisted
1716
chrome.exe
GET
200
93.184.221.240:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
57.0 Kb
whitelisted
1716
chrome.exe
GET
200
74.125.173.166:80
http://r1---sn-1gieen7e.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvYjY5QUFXTEQwc2RPVXhRY3picjhxblh1dw/7619.603.0.2_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx?cms_redirect=yes&mh=Qx&mip=185.230.125.140&mm=28&mn=sn-1gieen7e&ms=nvh&mt=1590838213&mv=m&mvi=0&pl=24&shardbypass=yes
US
crx
816 Kb
whitelisted
1716
chrome.exe
GET
200
93.184.221.240:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
57.0 Kb
whitelisted
1716
chrome.exe
GET
302
216.58.212.174:80
http://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvOTRmQUFXVHlhaGJaUTdMLWtCSkNJUl9ZQQ/1.0.0.5_nmmhkkegccagdldgiimedpiccmgmieda.crx
US
html
521 b
whitelisted
1716
chrome.exe
GET
200
173.194.160.74:80
http://r5---sn-1gi7znes.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvOTRmQUFXVHlhaGJaUTdMLWtCSkNJUl9ZQQ/1.0.0.5_nmmhkkegccagdldgiimedpiccmgmieda.crx?cms_redirect=yes&mh=QJ&mip=185.230.125.140&mm=28&mn=sn-1gi7znes&ms=nvh&mt=1590838272&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=24&shardbypass=yes
US
crx
293 Kb
whitelisted
1716
chrome.exe
GET
302
216.58.212.174:80
http://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvYjY5QUFXTEQwc2RPVXhRY3picjhxblh1dw/7619.603.0.2_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx
US
html
526 b
whitelisted
1716
chrome.exe
GET
304
93.184.221.240:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
57.0 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
1716
chrome.exe
216.58.207.35:443
fonts.gstatic.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
1716
chrome.exe
172.217.16.163:443
www.gstatic.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
1716
chrome.exe
173.194.79.94:443
www.google.com.ua
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
888
adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe
104.89.19.35:443
adwcleaner.malwarebytes.com
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
NL
unknown
1716
chrome.exe
108.177.126.94:443
clientservices.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
1716
chrome.exe
216.58.208.46:443
apis.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
1716
chrome.exe
108.177.126.95:443
fonts.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
1716
chrome.exe
172.217.218.84:443
accounts.google.com
Google Inc.
US
unknown
1716
chrome.exe
74.125.128.105:443
www.google.com
Google Inc.
US
unknown
1716
chrome.exe
172.217.22.78:443
ogs.google.com.ua
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
adwcleaner.malwarebytes.com
  • 104.89.19.35
whitelisted
clientservices.googleapis.com
  • 108.177.126.94
whitelisted
accounts.google.com
  • 172.217.218.84
shared
www.google.com.ua
  • 173.194.79.94
whitelisted
fonts.googleapis.com
  • 108.177.126.95
whitelisted
www.gstatic.com
  • 172.217.16.163
whitelisted
fonts.gstatic.com
  • 216.58.207.35
whitelisted
apis.google.com
  • 216.58.208.46
whitelisted
ogs.google.com.ua
  • 172.217.22.78
whitelisted
www.google.com
  • 74.125.128.105
  • 74.125.128.99
  • 74.125.128.106
  • 74.125.128.104
  • 74.125.128.103
  • 74.125.128.147
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
Process
Message
adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe
QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath: Please instantiate the QApplication object first
adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe
[Json Parser] Failed to open file "C:\\AdwCleaner\\settings" ( "The system cannot find the file specified." )
adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe
[Application] AdwCleaner 8 . 0 . 4 launched
adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe
[AdwUpgrade] Checking application updates
adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe
[Telemetry] Sending hello
adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe
[SslCert] Issued by ("DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA")
adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe
[SslCert] Issued to ("*.malwarebytes.com")
adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe
[SslCert] Locality Name ("Santa Clara")
adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe
[SslCert] Organization ("Malwarebytes Inc")
adwcleaner_8.0.4.exe
[SslCert] Certificate EffectiveDate: "Mon Oct 2 00:00:00 2017 GMT"