| URL: | https://featureflags.lavasoft.com/api/feature/WC |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/0834078f-7a85-4066-8f38-200c952f6bd6 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Adware is a form of malware that targets users with unwanted advertisements, often disrupting their browsing experience. It typically infiltrates systems through software bundling, malicious websites, or deceptive downloads. Once installed, it may track user activity, collect sensitive data, and display intrusive ads, including pop-ups or banners. Some advanced adware variants can bypass security measures and establish persistence on devices, making removal challenging. Additionally, adware can create vulnerabilities that other malware can exploit, posing a significant risk to user privacy and system security. |
| Analysis date: | June 19, 2025, 13:42:52 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MD5: | 97A1EE7229E8031BC30C6C6308C73B39 |
| SHA1: | E2A559C8A1D11B7A7C4CFCAE117B4E277F091479 |
| SHA256: | 29902C4833387CC4FA5E4D2B3534C6100611E8BB91496802EA7AD9789CC73F7C |
| SSDEEP: | 3:N8BQXADJECW9OaRIbQXAKymn:2mWKV9OQFt |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 420 | .\WebCompanion-Installer.exe --partner=IN220102 --savename=Setup_WebCompanion.exe --nonadmin --direct --tyed --campaign --version=12.901.4.1003 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS47F93868\WebCompanion-Installer.exe | Setup_WebCompanion.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Lavasoft Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Web Companion Exit code: 0 Version: 12.901.4.1003 Modules
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| 472 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250227124745 -sandboxingKind 0 -prefsHandle 4796 -prefsLen 44910 -prefMapHandle 4812 -prefMapSize 273389 -ipcHandle 4656 -initialChannelId {e056a75a-7e32-4446-906e-b37c873b9122} -parentPid 6140 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.6140" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 6 utility | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 136.0 Modules
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| 1028 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilWin --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --message-loop-type-ui --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=1452,i,12502656733070531172,18301266836001416671,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5320 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 1212 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 4084 -prefsLen 44882 -prefMapHandle 4088 -prefMapSize 273389 -jsInitHandle 4092 -jsInitLen 247456 -parentBuildID 20250227124745 -ipcHandle 4052 -initialChannelId {b0108ae6-3d1b-482c-932e-9af61c84f7d9} -parentPid 6140 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.6140" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 5 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 136.0 Modules
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| 1232 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanion.exe" --silent --update | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanion.exe | WebCompanion-Installer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Lavasoft Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Web Companion Exit code: 0 Version: 12.901.4.1003 Modules
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| 1964 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\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
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| 2028 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --string-annotations --disable-gpu-compositing --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=24 --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=4156,i,12502656733070531172,18301266836001416671,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6700 /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 2128 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --string-annotations --disable-gpu-compositing --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=37 --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=4980,i,12502656733070531172,18301266836001416671,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=8608 /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 2188 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-gpu-sandbox --use-gl=disabled --gpu-vendor-id=5140 --gpu-device-id=140 --gpu-sub-system-id=0 --gpu-revision=0 --gpu-driver-version=10.0.19041.3636 --string-annotations --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADoAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAA --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=5892,i,12502656733070531172,18301266836001416671,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5888 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 2212 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (6892) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6892) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6892) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\ThirdParty |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StatusCodes |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6892) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\ThirdParty |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StatusCodes |
Value: 01000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6892) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6892) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\StabilityMetrics |
| Operation: | write | Name: | user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6892) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowProperties\787138 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | WindowTabManagerFileMappingId |
Value: {633CCE5C-6807-4796-8A2F-69C6D4E5B519} | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6892) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\LastWasDefault |
| Operation: | write | Name: | S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001 |
Value: 0C0E253583962F00 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6892) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowProperties\787138 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | WindowTabManagerFileMappingId |
Value: {E6DD3FD2-28B3-4477-8113-4BFB7D7A75B4} | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6892) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\LastWasDefault |
| Operation: | write | Name: | S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001 |
Value: 20094E3583962F00 | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6892 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old~RF176a62.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6892 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6892 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old~RF176a62.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6892 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6892 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\LOG.old~RF176a52.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6892 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6892 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF176a72.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6892 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6892 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old~RF176a81.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6892 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7076 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3720 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 150.171.28.11:80 | http://edge.microsoft.com/browsernetworktime/time/1/current?cup2key=2:ycjW93AVcVxV05fn-QgdC7H8ukTluwJRb97gJAeVQLw&cup2hreq=e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6892 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 69.192.162.201:80 | http://ocsp.entrust.net/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBRr2bwARTxMtEy9aspRAZg5QFhagQQUgrrWPZfOn89x6JI3r%2F2ztWk1V88CEDWvt3udNB9q%2FI%2BERqsxNSs%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6892 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 69.192.162.201:80 | http://ocsp.entrust.net/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBRp%2BmQDKauE4nIg%2FgknZHuBlLkfKgQUzolPglGqFaKEYsoxI2HSYfv4%2FngCECXQy517DWxwDNrkPSQ6scY%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
420 | WebCompanion-Installer.exe | GET | 200 | 104.16.148.130:80 | http://geo.lavasoft.com/ | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4644 | WebCompanion.exe | GET | 200 | 104.16.148.130:80 | http://geo.lavasoft.com/ | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7076 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4644 | WebCompanion.exe | GET | 200 | 64.18.87.82:80 | http://wc-partners.lavasoft.com/Partner.svc/GetPartnerInfo?partner=IN220102 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4644 | WebCompanion.exe | GET | 200 | 64.18.87.82:80 | http://wc-partners.lavasoft.com/Partner.svc/GetPartnerInfo?partner=IN220102_ab | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1816 | RUXIMICS.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3720 | msedge.exe | 104.16.148.130:443 | featureflags.lavasoft.com | CLOUDFLARENET | — | whitelisted |
3720 | msedge.exe | 13.107.42.16:443 | config.edge.skype.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
3720 | msedge.exe | 150.171.28.11:80 | edge.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
3720 | msedge.exe | 150.171.27.11:443 | edge.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
3720 | msedge.exe | 92.123.104.45:443 | copilot.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| whitelisted |
edge.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
config.edge.skype.com |
| whitelisted |
featureflags.lavasoft.com |
| whitelisted |
copilot.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
update.googleapis.com |
| whitelisted |
www.bing.com |
| whitelisted |
edgeassetservice.azureedge.net |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
3720 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare content delivery network (cdnjs .cloudflare .com) |
3720 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare content delivery network (cdnjs .cloudflare .com) |
3720 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Requests to a free CDN for open source projects (jsdelivr .net) |
3720 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Requests to a free CDN for open source projects (jsdelivr .net) |
3720 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
3720 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
3720 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
3720 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
3720 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare content delivery network (cdnjs .cloudflare .com) |
3720 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
Process | Message |
|---|---|
WebCompanion-Installer.exe | Failed to OpenWcfHost: System.ServiceModel.AddressAccessDeniedException: HTTP could not register URL http://+:9008/webcompanion/. Your process does not have access rights to this namespace (see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70353 for details). ---> System.Net.HttpListenerException: Access is denied
at System.Net.HttpListener.AddAllPrefixes()
at System.Net.HttpListener.Start()
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.SharedHttpTransportManager.OnOpen()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.SharedHttpTransportManager.OnOpen()
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.TransportManager.Open(TransportChannelListener channelListener)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.TransportManagerContainer.Open(SelectTransportManagersCallback selectTransportManagerCallback)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.TransportChannelListener.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelListener`1.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ChannelDispatcher.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout)
at WebCompanionInstaller.App.OpenInstallerWcfHost()
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WebCompanion-Installer.exe | Detecting windows culture
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WebCompanion-Installer.exe | Preparing request for featureflag: {"Geo":"US","Partner":"IN220102","Campaign":"NA","InstallDate":"20250619","TriggerType":"install","TriggerEvent":"installer","Version":"12.901.4.1003","featurewp":true,"featureal":true}
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WebCompanion-Installer.exe | Getting response from featureflag: [{"sectionCode":"WAC","code":"WAC","configuration":"{\"Icon\": \"https://webcompanion.com/images/favicon.ico\", \"color\": \"25FFFF\", \"AppName\": \"Web Companion\", \"Settings\": [\"WCAutoUpdate\", \"EnableGranularity\", \"PostRunV2Action\", \"PostRunTimerAction\", \"EnableTelemetryScan\", \"EnableWebProtection\", \"EnableDynamicNotification\"], \"darkmode\": false, \"CompanyName\": \"Lavasoft\", \"ConfigVersion\": \"v1\", \"CurrentVersion\": \"9.3.0\", \"IsNewUpdaterService\": true}","targetId":301},{"sectionCode":"WFAI","code":"WCP","configuration":"{\"Version\": \"3.0.2.12\", \"FilePath\": \"https://rt.webcompanion.com/notifications/download/rt/dci/latest/Webprotection.zip\", \"BlackList\": \"https://acs.lavasoft.com/api/v2/url/blacklist\", \"WhiteList\": \"https://acs.lavasoft.com/api/v2/url/permanentwhitelist\", \"DisplayName\": \"Web Protection\", \"FeatureName\": \"WebProtection\"}","targetId":241}]
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WebCompanion-Installer.exe | 6/19/2025 1:43:47 PM :-> Start
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WebCompanion-Installer.exe | 6/19/2025 1:43:48 PM :-> Starting installer 12.901.4.1003 with: .\WebCompanion-Installer.exe --partner=IN220102 --savename=Setup_WebCompanion.exe --nonadmin --direct --tyed --campaign --version=12.901.4.1003, Run as admin: False
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WebCompanion-Installer.exe | Failed to report progress in SendPostRequest: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request.
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
at WebCompanionInstaller.Utils.RestUtils.SendPostRequest(String url, String body)
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WebCompanion-Installer.exe | SecurityProtocol set toTls, Tls11, Tls12, Tls13
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WebCompanion-Installer.exe | Preparing for installing Web Companion
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WebCompanion-Installer.exe | 6/19/2025 1:43:49 PM :-> Generating Machine and Install Id ...
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