| File name: | dxwebsetup.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/7c372c04-ca38-4f01-84f4-685a9e1d031c |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | July 30, 2025, 21:14:37 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, MS CAB-Installer self-extracting archive, 3 sections |
| MD5: | 2CBD6AD183914A0C554F0739069E77D7 |
| SHA1: | 7BF35F2AFCA666078DB35CA95130BEB2E3782212 |
| SHA256: | 2CF71D098C608C56E07F4655855A886C3102553F648DF88458DF616B26FD612F |
| SSDEEP: | 6144:kWK8fc2liXmrLxcdRDLiH1vVRGVOhMp421/7YQV:VcvgLARDI1KIOzO0 |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (42.2) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (37.3) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.8) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (6) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.7) |
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2001:08:18 01:42:57+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 7 |
| CodeSize: | 34816 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 250368 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x5a5e |
| OSVersion: | 5.1 |
| ImageVersion: | 5.1 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 6.0.2600.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 6.0.2600.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Windows NT 32-bit |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| CompanyName: | Microsoft Corporation |
| FileDescription: | DirectX 9.0 Web setup |
| FileVersion: | 9.29.1974.0 |
| InternalName: | DXWebSetup |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. |
| OriginalFileName: | dxwebsetup.exe |
| ProductName: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| ProductVersion: | 9.29.1974.0 |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 32 | "C:\Users\admin\Downloads\dxwebsetup.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Downloads\dxwebsetup.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: DirectX 9.0 Web setup Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 9.29.1974.0 Modules
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| 1216 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exe | dxwebsetup.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: DirectX Setup Version: 4.9.0.0904 Modules
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| 1244 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=2600,i,8615446631731602287,12539815590322466194,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2828 /prefetch:8 | 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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| 1948 | "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=6560,i,8615446631731602287,12539815590322466194,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=7196 /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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| 2028 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --string-annotations --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=6 --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=3620,i,8615446631731602287,12539815590322466194,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3640 /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 2064 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=edge_collections.mojom.CollectionsDataManager --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=collections --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=6892,i,8615446631731602287,12539815590322466194,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6940 /prefetch:8 | 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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| 3100 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=gpu-process --string-annotations --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAA --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=1708,i,8615446631731602287,12539815590322466194,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2360 /prefetch:2 | 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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| 3736 | "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=7368,i,8615446631731602287,12539815590322466194,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=7244 /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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| 4512 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=edge_xpay_wallet.mojom.EdgeXPayWalletService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=5576,i,8615446631731602287,12539815590322466194,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5568 /prefetch:8 | 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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| 4544 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=quarantine.mojom.Quarantine --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=7748,i,8615446631731602287,12539815590322466194,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=7308 /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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| (PID) Process: | (6840) dxwebsetup.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce |
| Operation: | write | Name: | wextract_cleanup0 |
Value: rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\advpack.dll,DelNodeRunDLL32 "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1216) dxwsetup.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1216) dxwsetup.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Cookie: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1216) dxwsetup.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Visited: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6832) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6832) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6832) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6832) 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: 4372C24CC2992F00 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6832) 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: C952C74CC2992F00 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6832) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowProperties\525030 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | WindowTabManagerFileMappingId |
Value: {9A7B1A20-811E-4BEA-9CF4-4F8DE167ABF0} | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6840 | dxwebsetup.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dsetup32.dll | executable | |
MD5:A5412A144F63D639B47FCC1BA68CB029 | SHA256:8A011DA043A4B81E2B3D41A332E0FF23A65D546BD7636E8BC74885E8746927D6 | |||
| 1216 | dxwsetup.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\directx\websetup\dsetup.dll | executable | |
MD5:984CAD22FA542A08C5D22941B888D8DC | SHA256:57BC22850BB8E0BCC511A9B54CD3DA18EEC61F3088940C07D63B9B74E7FE2308 | |||
| 6840 | dxwebsetup.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.inf | ini | |
MD5:AD8982EAA02C7AD4D7CDCBC248CAA941 | SHA256:D63C35E9B43EB0F28FFC28F61C9C9A306DA9C9DE3386770A7EB19FAA44DBFC00 | |||
| 6840 | dxwebsetup.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dsetup.dll | executable | |
MD5:984CAD22FA542A08C5D22941B888D8DC | SHA256:57BC22850BB8E0BCC511A9B54CD3DA18EEC61F3088940C07D63B9B74E7FE2308 | |||
| 6840 | dxwebsetup.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.cif | ini | |
MD5:7B1FBE9F5F43B2261234B78FE115CF8E | SHA256:762FF640013DB2BD4109D7DF43A867303093815751129BD1E33F16BF02E52CCE | |||
| 6840 | dxwebsetup.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exe | executable | |
MD5:AC3A5F7BE8CD13A863B50AB5FE00B71C | SHA256:8F5E89298E3DC2E22D47515900C37CCA4EE121C5BA06A6D962D40AD6E1A595DA | |||
| 1216 | dxwsetup.exe | C:\Windows\Logs\DirectX.log | text | |
MD5:BBA46EB07E4D77F0F579F5DE6C58E92B | SHA256:5CBD49BEB0D320341EF9685EA9A018223DDF668ED902DCC82E6578294F4ED14C | |||
| 1216 | dxwsetup.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\directx\websetup\SETC82D.tmp | executable | |
MD5:984CAD22FA542A08C5D22941B888D8DC | SHA256:57BC22850BB8E0BCC511A9B54CD3DA18EEC61F3088940C07D63B9B74E7FE2308 | |||
| 1216 | dxwsetup.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\KCV3KQBA\dxupdate[1].cab | compressed | |
MD5:4AFD7F5C0574A0EFD163740ECB142011 | SHA256:6E39B3FDB6722EA8AA0DC8F46AE0D8BD6496DD0F5F56BAC618A0A7DD22D6CFB2 | |||
| 1216 | dxwsetup.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\directx\websetup\dxupdate.cab | compressed | |
MD5:4AFD7F5C0574A0EFD163740ECB142011 | SHA256:6E39B3FDB6722EA8AA0DC8F46AE0D8BD6496DD0F5F56BAC618A0A7DD22D6CFB2 | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4060 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.131.245:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1216 | dxwsetup.exe | GET | 302 | 2.18.160.223:80 | http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/dxupdate.cab | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.139:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.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 |
1216 | dxwsetup.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.131.245:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEApDqVCbATUviZV57HIIulA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1216 | dxwsetup.exe | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.139:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6868 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 150.171.28.11:80 | http://edge.microsoft.com/browsernetworktime/time/1/current?cup2key=2:FpEm2A2T5YHcBm_vfrTi-w2nRFl_XLDR0Aftlu-xm4E&cup2hreq=e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5724 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5724 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1216 | dxwsetup.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicCodSigPCA2011_2011-07-08.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 51.124.78.146:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 51.124.78.146:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
5884 | RUXIMICS.exe | 51.124.78.146:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
4060 | svchost.exe | 20.190.159.73:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4060 | svchost.exe | 184.30.131.245:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | US | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 23.48.23.139:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 95.101.149.131:80 | www.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
1216 | dxwsetup.exe | 2.18.160.223:80 | download.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
download.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
edge.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
config.edge.skype.com |
| whitelisted |
ntp.msn.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
6868 | msedge.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET FILE_SHARING Online File Storage Domain in DNS Lookup (gofile .io) |
6868 | msedge.exe | Misc activity | ET FILE_SHARING File Sharing Related Domain in TLS SNI (gofile .io) |
6868 | msedge.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET FILE_SHARING Online File Storage Domain in DNS Lookup (gofile .io) |
6868 | msedge.exe | Misc activity | ET FILE_SHARING File Sharing Related Domain in TLS SNI (gofile .io) |
6868 | msedge.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET FILE_SHARING Online File Storage Domain in DNS Lookup (gofile .io) |
6868 | msedge.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET FILE_SHARING Online File Storage Domain in DNS Lookup (gofile .io) |
6868 | msedge.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET FILE_SHARING Online File Storage Domain in DNS Lookup (gofile .io) |
6868 | msedge.exe | Misc activity | ET FILE_SHARING File Sharing Related Domain in TLS SNI (gofile .io) |
6868 | msedge.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET FILE_SHARING Online File Storage Domain in DNS Lookup (gofile .io) |
6868 | msedge.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET FILE_SHARING Online File Storage Domain in DNS Lookup (gofile .io) |
Process | Message |
|---|---|
dxwsetup.exe | DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH |
dxwsetup.exe | Invalid parameter passed to C runtime function.
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dxwsetup.exe | Invalid parameter passed to C runtime function.
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dxwsetup.exe | DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH |
dxwsetup.exe | DLL_PROCESS_DETACH |
dxwsetup.exe | DLL_PROCESS_DETACH |