File name:

Optimizer.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/677bbe90-f624-4d55-a444-32364465b121
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

Blank Grabber is an infostealer written in Python. It is designed to steal a wide array of data, such as browser login credentials, crypto wallets, Telegram sessions, and Discord tokens. It is an open-source malware, with its code available on GitHub and regularly receiving updates. Blank Grabber builder’s simple interface lets threat actors even with basic skills to deploy it and conduct attacks.

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Analysis date: April 29, 2025, 10:27:41
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
uac
evasion
blankgrabber
auto-startup
screenshot
stealer
discord
pyinstaller
discordgrabber
generic
ims-api
growtopia
upx
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 7 sections
MD5:

437F8889CD1A6F9FDDD48FF6A8F9A832

SHA1:

21D60DFC8981424304A5365654C8EBDA2A18EB6F

SHA256:

2FCC8182FFC231B3220B4E0D8D903FAF3B8BDDACECFABFE8604C45D052E135B6

SSDEEP:

98304:eCYzBfb/aohQRoomUyepmSPy4OuqOVCDmTaEucWbTyTt41LUr08A3+gH46eYUmDc:+t1liSnecvsy96ey7K8

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7452)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7472)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7976)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

    • BlankGrabber has been detected

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7452)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7976)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8012)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8064)

    • Bypass User Account Control (Modify registry)

      • reg.exe (PID: 7664)
      • reg.exe (PID: 7424)

    • Bypass User Account Control (ComputerDefaults)

      • ComputerDefaults.exe (PID: 7932)
      • ComputerDefaults.exe (PID: 7756)

    • Antivirus name has been found in the command line (generic signature)

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3300)

    • Adds path to the Windows Defender exclusion list

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 6640)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 5008)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7936)

    • Changes settings for protection against network attacks (IPS)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Changes settings for sending potential threat samples to Microsoft servers

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Changes settings for real-time protection

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Changes Controlled Folder Access settings

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Changes settings for reporting to Microsoft Active Protection Service (MAPS)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Changes settings for checking scripts for malicious actions

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Changes antivirus protection settings for downloading files from the Internet (IOAVProtection)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Changes Windows Defender settings

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3300)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 6640)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 5008)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7936)

    • Create files in the Startup directory

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

    • Steals credentials from Web Browsers

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

    • Actions looks like stealing of personal data

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

    • Bypass execution policy to execute commands

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6080)

    • Changes powershell execution policy (Bypass)

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3240)

    • Resets Windows Defender malware definitions to the base version

      • MpCmdRun.exe (PID: 7424)

    • DISCORDGRABBER has been detected (YARA)

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

    • GROWTOPIA has been detected (YARA)

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

    • BLANKGRABBER has been detected (SURICATA)

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

    • Starts CMD.EXE for self-deleting

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7452)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7976)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8012)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8064)

    • Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7452)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7472)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7976)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

    • Process drops python dynamic module

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7452)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7976)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8012)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8064)

    • Application launched itself

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7452)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7976)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8012)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8064)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7452)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7976)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8012)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8064)
      • csc.exe (PID: 4112)

    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7472)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 7532)

    • The process drops C-runtime libraries

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7452)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7976)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8012)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8064)

    • Uses REG/REGEDIT.EXE to modify registry

      • cmd.exe (PID: 7600)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7504)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 8088)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7960)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7312)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7576)

    • Changes default file association

      • reg.exe (PID: 7664)
      • reg.exe (PID: 7424)

    • Found strings related to reading or modifying Windows Defender settings

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7472)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 7532)

    • Uses WEVTUTIL.EXE to query events from a log or log file

      • cmd.exe (PID: 7692)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 8004)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 8020)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 8020)

    • Get information on the list of running processes

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 2392)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 8124)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 8112)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 6476)

    • Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

      • cmd.exe (PID: 6640)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 3300)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 5008)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7936)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 3240)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7456)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7000)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7724)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7480)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 1672)

    • Script disables Windows Defender's real-time protection

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3300)

    • Script disables Windows Defender's IPS

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3300)

    • Script adds exclusion path to Windows Defender

      • cmd.exe (PID: 6640)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 5008)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7936)

    • The executable file from the user directory is run by the CMD process

      • bound.exe (PID: 6272)
      • rar.exe (PID: 4220)

    • Accesses product unique identifier via WMI (SCRIPT)

      • WMIC.exe (PID: 7228)

    • Uses WMIC.EXE to obtain Windows Installer data

      • cmd.exe (PID: 6424)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 8188)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 4428)

    • Checks for external IP

      • svchost.exe (PID: 2196)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

    • Uses WMIC.EXE to obtain a list of video controllers

      • cmd.exe (PID: 7520)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7720)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7308)

    • Accesses video controller name via WMI (SCRIPT)

      • WMIC.exe (PID: 7636)
      • WMIC.exe (PID: 7740)

    • Uses ATTRIB.EXE to modify file attributes

      • cmd.exe (PID: 7916)

    • Starts application with an unusual extension

      • cmd.exe (PID: 4696)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7772)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 8040)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8012)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7904)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7712)
      • ComputerDefaults.exe (PID: 7756)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 8128)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8064)

    • Base64-obfuscated command line is found

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3240)

    • BASE64 encoded PowerShell command has been detected

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3240)

    • The process bypasses the loading of PowerShell profile settings

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3240)

    • Uses NETSH.EXE to obtain data on the network

      • cmd.exe (PID: 7332)

    • Uses SYSTEMINFO.EXE to read the environment

      • cmd.exe (PID: 4724)

    • Accesses antivirus product name via WMI (SCRIPT)

      • WMIC.exe (PID: 1040)

    • CSC.EXE is used to compile C# code

      • csc.exe (PID: 4112)

    • Captures screenshot (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6080)

    • Possible usage of Discord/Telegram API has been detected (YARA)

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

    • Hides command output

      • cmd.exe (PID: 1056)

    • Runs PING.EXE to delay simulation

      • cmd.exe (PID: 1056)

    • Uses WMIC.EXE to obtain operating system information

      • cmd.exe (PID: 7324)

    • Uses WMIC.EXE to obtain computer system information

      • cmd.exe (PID: 6644)

  • INFO

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7452)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7976)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8012)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8064)

    • Checks supported languages

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7452)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7472)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7976)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)
      • bound.exe (PID: 6272)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8012)
      • tree.com (PID: 7532)
      • tree.com (PID: 7912)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 7532)
      • tree.com (PID: 7908)
      • tree.com (PID: 7672)
      • tree.com (PID: 1240)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8064)
      • tree.com (PID: 7856)
      • csc.exe (PID: 4112)
      • cvtres.exe (PID: 8020)
      • rar.exe (PID: 4220)
      • MpCmdRun.exe (PID: 7424)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 2096)

    • Reads the computer name

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7452)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7976)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)
      • bound.exe (PID: 6272)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8012)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8064)
      • MpCmdRun.exe (PID: 7424)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7452)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7976)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8012)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 7532)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8064)
      • csc.exe (PID: 4112)
      • MpCmdRun.exe (PID: 7424)
      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 2096)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • ComputerDefaults.exe (PID: 7932)
      • WMIC.exe (PID: 7228)
      • WMIC.exe (PID: 7636)
      • WMIC.exe (PID: 7740)
      • WMIC.exe (PID: 1040)
      • ComputerDefaults.exe (PID: 7756)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • bound.exe (PID: 6272)
      • csc.exe (PID: 4112)
      • rar.exe (PID: 4220)

    • Reads Environment values

      • bound.exe (PID: 6272)

    • Reads product name

      • bound.exe (PID: 6272)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • bound.exe (PID: 6272)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

    • Auto-launch of the file from Startup directory

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

    • Manual execution by a user

      •    ‎‌.scr (PID: 8012)

    • Checks the directory tree

      • tree.com (PID: 7532)
      • tree.com (PID: 7912)
      • tree.com (PID: 7908)
      • tree.com (PID: 1240)
      • tree.com (PID: 7856)
      • tree.com (PID: 7672)

    • Checks if a key exists in the options dictionary (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 1660)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 5124)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 6192)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 7836)

    • The Powershell gets current clipboard

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7640)

    • PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 7976)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

    • Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7836)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 6192)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 5124)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 1660)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 7548)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 7472)

    • Displays MAC addresses of computer network adapters

      • getmac.exe (PID: 8056)

    • UPX packer has been detected

      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)

    • Attempting to use instant messaging service

      • svchost.exe (PID: 2196)
      • Optimizer.exe (PID: 5968)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report

ims-api

(PID) Process(5968) Optimizer.exe
Discord-Webhook-Tokens (1)1365073913054494863/9Ot8K-9NGF1vCnkXHDbWrbdTO7x3nvior-mhtASB9qNtIi3_2paQ47NB1gg-dYkpSKbe
Discord-Info-Links
1365073913054494863/9Ot8K-9NGF1vCnkXHDbWrbdTO7x3nvior-mhtASB9qNtIi3_2paQ47NB1gg-dYkpSKbe
Get Webhook Infohttps://discord.com/api/webhooks/1365073913054494863/9Ot8K-9NGF1vCnkXHDbWrbdTO7x3nvior-mhtASB9qNtIi3_2paQ47NB1gg-dYkpSKbe
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 2025:04:24 21:28:54+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 14.43
CodeSize: 173568
InitializedDataSize: 95744
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0xce30
OSVersion: 6
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 10.0.19041.3636
ProductVersionNumber: 10.0.19041.3636
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Dynamic link library
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Windows Rights Management Services Activation for Desktop Security Processor
FileVersion: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
InternalName: Windows Rights Management Services Activation for Desktop Security Processor
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName: rmactivate.exe
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
ProductVersion: 10.0.19041.3636
No data.
screenshotscreenshot
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Total processes
291
Monitored processes
168
Malicious processes
16
Suspicious processes
10

Behavior graph

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start #BLANKGRABBER optimizer.exe optimizer.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs reg.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs reg.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs wevtutil.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs computerdefaults.exe no specs computerdefaults.exe no specs computerdefaults.exe #BLANKGRABBER optimizer.exe cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs wevtutil.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs reg.exe no specs #GROWTOPIA optimizer.exe cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs bound.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs tasklist.exe no specs wmic.exe no specs svchost.exe cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs reg.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs reg.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs wmic.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs wmic.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs attrib.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs #BLANKGRABBER    ‎‌.scr cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs tasklist.exe no specs wmic.exe no specs tasklist.exe no specs tree.com no specs tasklist.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs reg.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs netsh.exe no specs systeminfo.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs tree.com no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs    ‎‌.scr no specs tree.com no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs tree.com no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs reg.exe no specs tree.com no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs tree.com no specs reg.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs wevtutil.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs computerdefaults.exe no specs computerdefaults.exe no specs computerdefaults.exe #BLANKGRABBER    ‎‌.scr cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs wevtutil.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs csc.exe reg.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs mpcmdrun.exe no specs cvtres.exe no specs tiworker.exe no specs    ‎‌.scr no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs getmac.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs rar.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs wmic.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs wmic.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs wmic.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs wmic.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs ping.exe no specs slui.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
300\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
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
632\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
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
660ping localhost -n 3 C:\Windows\System32\PING.EXE—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
TCP/IP Ping Command
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ping.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ws2_32.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\iphlpapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\mswsock.dll
c:\windows\system32\dnsapi.dll
1040WMIC /Node:localhost /Namespace:\\root\SecurityCenter2 Path AntivirusProduct Get displayNameC:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
WMI Commandline Utility
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\wbem\wmic.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\iphlpapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\framedynos.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1040\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
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
1056C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c "getmac"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—Optimizer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
1056C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c "ping localhost -n 3 > NUL && del /A H /F "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Optimizer.exe""C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—Optimizer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
1240tree /A /FC:\Windows\System32\tree.com—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Tree Walk Utility
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\tree.com
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ulib.dll
c:\windows\system32\fsutilext.dll
1660powershell -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Optimizer.exe'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1672C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path 'HKLM:System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment' -Name PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—Optimizer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
Total events
70 571
Read events
70 550
Write events
13
Delete events
8

Modification events

(PID) Process:(7664) reg.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ms-settings\shell\open\command
Operation:writeName:DelegateExecute
Value:
(PID) Process:(7932) ComputerDefaults.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Operation:writeName:SlowContextMenuEntries
Value:
6024B221EA3A6910A2DC08002B30309D0A010000BD0E0C47735D584D9CEDE91E22E23282770100000114020000000000C0000000000000468D0000006078A409B011A54DAFA526D86198A780390100009AD298B2EDA6DE11BA8CA68E55D895936E000000
(PID) Process:(7932) ComputerDefaults.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:(7932) ComputerDefaults.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Cookie:
(PID) Process:(7932) ComputerDefaults.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Visited:
(PID) Process:(8156) reg.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ms-settings\shell\open\command
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(8156) reg.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ms-settings\shell\open
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(8156) reg.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ms-settings\shell
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(8156) reg.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ms-settings
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(5968) Optimizer.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\DrawDib
Operation:writeName: 1280x720x32(BGR 0)
Value:
31,31,31,31
Executable files
99
Suspicious files
43
Text files
113
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
7452Optimizer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI74522\VCRUNTIME140.dllexecutable
MD5:32DA96115C9D783A0769312C0482A62D
SHA256:8B10C53241726B0ACC9F513157E67FCB01C166FEC69E5E38CA6AADA8F9A3619F
7452Optimizer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI74522\_ctypes.pydexecutable
MD5:8AB8AF95F0000BFD777D2E9832414D71
SHA256:75CE9F065CE713218DFF44E990081FE307B571BDB944B47D4CA622CD9821F548
7452Optimizer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI74522\_asyncio.pydexecutable
MD5:EBAA926303F81E8DB85D6523208B336E
SHA256:9F51191EBAFA85CA5AB3C9B78A85D814F39CCA12EF7A5A3CF09DE256E38C10B9
7452Optimizer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI74522\_bz2.pydexecutable
MD5:D445B66C80C38F484DFD22C5BC99BFD6
SHA256:8DC70347CE9DA41B43FDA9442B74CFCAEBD3B3BBF5C679FA776787D10676926F
7452Optimizer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI74522\_decimal.pydexecutable
MD5:423D3C24A162C2F70E9862A446C5969A
SHA256:EB0CB61D3275ECE3FDEE62726C546C13B43C6AE450295DD1A2E1245DCB068958
7452Optimizer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI74522\_hashlib.pydexecutable
MD5:5F64EB23EED56E87B1E21F0790E59BA0
SHA256:FA251F61BAC1645FD9DB7FC0E392F57FCEDCDAE988FBF019EE934C82BCC01714
7452Optimizer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI74522\_multiprocessing.pydexecutable
MD5:4C511CA8FE446D24F623F07631A69C81
SHA256:AE3502EAE5006810DD3F958C151421D0B77A6294EADE51935744EC7DF3064514
7452Optimizer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI74522\_lzma.pydexecutable
MD5:04AE3BB5F79FC405C70AB54645778C5A
SHA256:9801BB857F2DC21AFDDCA82D1A1ED9567AD343C8C0A5137BC4BA804CAB1500A1
7452Optimizer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI74522\_socket.pydexecutable
MD5:A3E17F70F84E2B890D6382076573103B
SHA256:079F88CB08B8FC0BBAA54CA679EC5F89463AD17A61F2ACE1CD9CB0D0098178A6
7452Optimizer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI74522\_queue.pydexecutable
MD5:092DE95C7338C37287B5AB0D580B26A1
SHA256:F45665BC81E5484FDAF9F712E39EA3EC19AD7D61A6C1A2AD4E98984740633353
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HTTP(S) requests
27
TCP/UDP connections
44
DNS requests
18
Threats
9

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
5968
Optimizer.exe
GET
200
208.95.112.1:80
http://ip-api.com/line/?fields=hosting
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5512
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.16.168.114:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5968
Optimizer.exe
GET
200
208.95.112.1:80
http://ip-api.com/json/?fields=225545
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5512
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.38.73.129:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5512
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.38.73.129:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
20.242.39.171:443
https://fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/clientwebservice/ping
unknown
—
—
—
—
—
GET
200
20.12.23.50:443
https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/sls/ping
unknown
—
—
—
5512
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.38.73.129:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
204
216.58.206.35:443
https://gstatic.com/generate_204
unknown
—
—
—
—
—
GET
304
20.12.23.50:443
https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/SLS/%7B522D76A4-93E1-47F8-B8CE-07C937AD1A1E%7D/x64/10.0.19045.4046/0?CH=686&L=en-US&P=&PT=0x30&WUA=10.0.19041.3996&MK=DELL&MD=DELL
unknown
—
—
—
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
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
—
—
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.250:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
5968
Optimizer.exe
208.95.112.1:80
ip-api.com
TUT-AS
US
whitelisted
5968
Optimizer.exe
142.250.186.67:443
gstatic.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
5512
SIHClient.exe
172.202.163.200:443
slscr.update.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
GB
whitelisted
5512
SIHClient.exe
2.16.168.114:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
RU
whitelisted
5512
SIHClient.exe
23.38.73.129:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.124.78.146
  • 40.127.240.158
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.186.46
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.250
  • 172.211.123.249
whitelisted
blank-lnf1m.in
  • —
unknown
ip-api.com
  • 208.95.112.1
whitelisted
gstatic.com
  • 142.250.186.67
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 172.202.163.200
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.168.114
  • 2.16.168.124
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 23.38.73.129
whitelisted
discord.com
  • 162.159.137.232
  • 162.159.138.232
  • 162.159.135.232
  • 162.159.128.233
  • 162.159.136.232
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
2196
svchost.exe
Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected
INFO [ANY.RUN] External IP Check (ip-api .com)
2196
svchost.exe
Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected
ET INFO External IP Lookup Domain in DNS Lookup (ip-api .com)
5968
Optimizer.exe
Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected
ET INFO External IP Lookup ip-api.com
2196
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO Observed Discord Domain in DNS Lookup (discord .com)
5968
Optimizer.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO Observed Discord Service Domain (discord .com) in TLS SNI
5968
Optimizer.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
STEALER [ANY.RUN] BlankGrabber (SkochGrabber) Generic External IP Check
2196
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO Discord Chat Service Domain in DNS Lookup (discord .com)
5968
Optimizer.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO Observed Discord Domain (discord .com in TLS SNI)
5968
Optimizer.exe
Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected
ET INFO External IP Lookup ip-api.com
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Optimizer.exe