| File name: | adware.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/5fa9333f-caa3-41ca-8dce-6ae9ba871652 |
| 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: | January 10, 2020, 07:27:37 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive |
| MD5: | F88E9B7446A6E57943728CCE3CC70720 |
| SHA1: | 0030E2B87ACEBAA040E3F872C13E39AF88B733B9 |
| SHA256: | 2FD5B075AB9DFFE8B421A4942ECDAC322D8F0FCECA597A644A6A9E631901E8BC |
| SSDEEP: | 24576:sM3B3GYeUXVdhaR/R8mRtCB8J7aTIqCTFfRFeAq05KWg6KH3mrMa1ihn58Y:pR3HeUXo/2UJuIfFjeCKWg6W3UTEhnd |
MALICIOUS
Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
- ailiao.exe (PID: 1036)
- ailiao.exe (PID: 460)
Loads dropped or rewritten executable
- adware.exe (PID: 2868)
SUSPICIOUS
Creates a software uninstall entry
- adware.exe (PID: 2868)
Creates files in the program directory
- adware.exe (PID: 2868)
Changes IE settings (feature browser emulation)
- ailiao.exe (PID: 460)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- adware.exe (PID: 2868)
Reads internet explorer settings
- ailiao.exe (PID: 1036)
Creates files in the user directory
- adware.exe (PID: 2868)
Reads Internet Cache Settings
- ailiao.exe (PID: 1036)
Starts Internet Explorer
- adware.exe (PID: 2868)
Check for Java to be installed
- iexplore.exe (PID: 3376)
INFO
Application launched itself
- iexplore.exe (PID: 3376)
Changes internet zones settings
- iexplore.exe (PID: 3376)
Reads internet explorer settings
- iexplore.exe (PID: 2208)
Reads Internet Cache Settings
- iexplore.exe (PID: 2208)
Creates files in the user directory
- iexplore.exe (PID: 2208)
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TRiD
| .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) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2009:06:18 23:33:23+02:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 23552 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 119808 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 1024 |
| EntryPoint: | 0x3121 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | 6 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Summary
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 18-Jun-2009 21:33:23 |
| Detected languages: |
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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: | 0x000000C8 |
PE Headers
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 5 |
| Time date stamp: | 18-Jun-2009 21:33:23 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
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Sections
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00001000 | 0x00005A38 | 0x00005C00 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.40345 |
.rdata | 0x00007000 | 0x00001190 | 0x00001200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.17961 |
.data | 0x00009000 | 0x0001AF58 | 0x00000400 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 4.61789 |
.ndata | 0x00024000 | 0x00025000 | 0x00000000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 0 |
.rsrc | 0x00049000 | 0x000007D8 | 0x00000800 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 4.42128 |
Resources
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5.10609 | 533 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_MANIFEST |
103 | 2.16096 | 20 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_GROUP_ICON |
105 | 2.66174 | 256 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
111 | 2.48825 | 96 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
Imports
ADVAPI32.dll |
COMCTL32.dll |
GDI32.dll |
KERNEL32.dll |
SHELL32.dll |
USER32.dll |
VERSION.dll |
ole32.dll |
Total processes
43
Monitored processes
6
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 392 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adware.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adware.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 3221226540 Modules
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| 2868 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adware.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adware.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 460 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nst9DB2.tmp\ailiao.exe /fix | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nst9DB2.tmp\ailiao.exe | — | adware.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.1029.2527 Modules
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| 1036 | "C:\Program Files\ailiao\ailiao.exe" /A | C:\Program Files\ailiao\ailiao.exe | adware.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Version: 1.0.1029.2527 Modules
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| 3376 | "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome | C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe | adware.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Internet Explorer Exit code: 1 Version: 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2208 | "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:3376 CREDAT:79873 | C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe | — | iexplore.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Internet Explorer Exit code: 0 Version: 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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Total events
1 048
Read events
731
Write events
316
Delete events
1
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (2868) adware.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\ailiao |
| Operation: | write | Name: | |
Value: C:\Program Files\ailiao\ailiao.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2868) adware.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\°®ÁÄ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayName |
Value: °®ÁÄ | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2868) adware.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\°®ÁÄ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UninstallString |
Value: C:\Program Files\ailiao\uninst.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2868) adware.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\°®ÁÄ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayIcon |
Value: C:\Program Files\ailiao\ailiao.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2868) adware.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\°®ÁÄ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayVersion |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2868) adware.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\°®ÁÄ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | URLInfoAbout |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2868) adware.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\°®ÁÄ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Publisher |
Value: ailiao Inc. | |||
| (PID) Process: | (460) ailiao.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ailiao.exe |
Value: 10001 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2868) adware.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ailiao |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ailiaofilename |
Value: ailiao.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2868) adware.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ailiao |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ailiaofiledir |
Value: C:\Program Files\ailiao | |||
Executable files
7
Suspicious files
2
Text files
13
Unknown types
18
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3376 | iexplore.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\JGRR2OYX\favicon[1].ico | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2868 | adware.exe | C:\Program Files\ailiao\ailiao.lnk | lnk | |
MD5:0C7B139EB3F844DAA6071488426A5C9E | SHA256:0C05A89CFBDDDADD96BF3DCCB481F354BC40B423449D01305CB6AE9F2DC04468 | |||
| 2868 | adware.exe | C:\Users\Administrator\NTUSER.DAT.LOG1 | log | |
MD5:8103E78A3016ACA1E50DEE5FB545DE74 | SHA256:CB9BF13791F067F085BDDBC8A29DDD76522E1920E5DF6EE46980171A2C34F1B9 | |||
| 2868 | adware.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\°®ÁÄ\°®ÁÄ.lnk | lnk | |
MD5:EC86E84F1B9C7B43EFC4062778E0DB61 | SHA256:95A2678E7CFD04948780B738F825F971E1C9AAC2553FA894C5FEE56F5FEA0C61 | |||
| 2868 | adware.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\°®ÁÄ\жÔØ°®ÁÄ.lnk | lnk | |
MD5:EB380177659750A31205A405796E28CC | SHA256:18033CD63BFEAF3B70B3ED21E755D9E5F1CACC6B92B730117B28FD1CF03C3D9E | |||
| 3376 | iexplore.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2868 | adware.exe | C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat.LOG1 | log | |
MD5:12D8B6288A828E33B687DEA27EBBA357 | SHA256:D0076DEC7D20AD5CF8E5FE3385CF36DED94F8DC0E65ADAC800BA73A16728054F | |||
| 2868 | adware.exe | C:\ProgramData\ailiaoweb\webico.ico | image | |
MD5:00DDAA9CEB9587AC0A2DE3F3312AC660 | SHA256:FE538D116FD42530BE370BBB239BE8130A9FA472DC523F93E2B85985136A5980 | |||
| 2868 | adware.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\ailiao.lnk | lnk | |
MD5:0C7B139EB3F844DAA6071488426A5C9E | SHA256:0C05A89CFBDDDADD96BF3DCCB481F354BC40B423449D01305CB6AE9F2DC04468 | |||
| 2868 | adware.exe | C:\Users\Administrator\NTUSER.DAT | hiv | |
MD5:0F1F5F3F21383E472DDAF209BB4A7570 | SHA256:2F0E063E4F7292A8D395F22D948E974F2B7F5B4BA7104007710FC423ABDB5B7A | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
1
TCP/UDP connections
2
DNS requests
12
Threats
1
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3376 | iexplore.exe | GET | 200 | 204.79.197.200:80 | http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico | US | image | 237 b | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3376 | iexplore.exe | 204.79.197.200:80 | www.bing.com | Microsoft Corporation | US | whitelisted |
1036 | ailiao.exe | 159.138.26.59:80 | www.woxiu.com | — | US | malicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
tongjik.ailiao.tv |
| malicious |
udp.quzhao.com |
| unknown |
udpk.ailiao.tv |
| malicious |
ailiao.liaoban.com |
| unknown |
www.woxiu.com |
| malicious |
www.bing.com |
| whitelisted |
shangxianwt.liaoban.com |
| unknown |
shangxiandx.liaoban.com |
| unknown |
udpwt.quzhao.com |
| unknown |
udpkwt.ailiao.tv |
| unknown |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
— | — | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] Win32/Meinhudong |
Process | Message |
|---|---|
ailiao.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\AiLiao\lbldi.dat |