File name:

protected_app.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/64206507-eceb-4f3b-9854-68a5f00c5d82
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: July 06, 2025, 00:15:43
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
python
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 7 sections
MD5:

AFA0E3CA466637CCA8ACB9E18004468E

SHA1:

D96B1C1D7220771A39F015B59F20D7B91069F989

SHA256:

30D0A54CE7DF22647A18C3FCFCFEA08A37F18FC00530023CFCB3DA85AC29FC90

SSDEEP:

98304:5C3CpA4Jjs6S0QneeQrhuZzpvRERRdopaZOl/QOsIgMb1mB75kzlUzUjGNgLN71I:MyxGvfkK881mwe/kil9UHlI

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Process drops python dynamic module

      • protected_app.exe (PID: 2976)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • protected_app.exe (PID: 2976)
      • protected_app.exe (PID: 6584)
    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • protected_app.exe (PID: 2976)
    • The process drops C-runtime libraries

      • protected_app.exe (PID: 2976)
    • Application launched itself

      • protected_app.exe (PID: 2976)
    • Loads Python modules

      • protected_app.exe (PID: 6584)
  • INFO

    • Reads the computer name

      • protected_app.exe (PID: 2976)
    • Checks supported languages

      • protected_app.exe (PID: 2976)
      • protected_app.exe (PID: 6584)
    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • protected_app.exe (PID: 2976)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • protected_app.exe (PID: 2976)
      • protected_app.exe (PID: 6584)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
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: 2025:07:06 00:11:06+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 14.43
CodeSize: 174592
InitializedDataSize: 157184
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0xd0d0
OSVersion: 6
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
138
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start protected_app.exe protected_app.exe slui.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2976"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\protected_app.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\protected_app.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\protected_app.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
6216C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
6584"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\protected_app.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\protected_app.exe
protected_app.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\protected_app.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
Total events
390
Read events
390
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
105
Suspicious files
1
Text files
8
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2976protected_app.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_Salsa20.pydexecutable
MD5:17C99EDF022309BC2C54A732FB8FBF26
SHA256:34EB9C505180358711D8D6268E3F0E700C58AC9F47B0AD68565ED73BAB5DBD81
2976protected_app.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_aes.pydexecutable
MD5:61CB04BF8E8C111AB4B6FED3BE0E8FA9
SHA256:DD5A327AF8913D4B772E37ABB1FB7E0F74D4CE0E5850EB06A4329720FC159175
2976protected_app.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_ARC4.pydexecutable
MD5:EFF0F16D6E853EA2CBC7B3BCAB5E0591
SHA256:9892A83A3E511BD1024BFCCE460DBDE2690FD2A3C0C449081950C40EFDBA4C7D
2976protected_app.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_ocb.pydexecutable
MD5:35B044D9ECD823161EF267517BA88509
SHA256:3B236F9148645B4CE4375D2BEE7844F4F5D381746F4A33492A3C35C2B156DE4D
2976protected_app.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_cbc.pydexecutable
MD5:088A5FDA312EC2E1957E83D530F9BB8F
SHA256:FD5AC5C38172A303A274D2B8D1E9B794380773F50350453EAE3117724134EDE1
2976protected_app.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_des3.pydexecutable
MD5:494239F9453679D80511BECC23C6B621
SHA256:9C849A1DD641A3143C25B261E18D8F1453B00BB975E324384F15311C1B544F3D
2976protected_app.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_ecb.pydexecutable
MD5:B9F8151C65BDAF81BF9407A32E77959B
SHA256:ED154E6C22235659E57532B0A8B3CD7A081603C6CAE9CB165E436006881C1C74
2976protected_app.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_ofb.pydexecutable
MD5:A2B9F1DB81EE431F07A848F44153518F
SHA256:CD11346BDC23F15D68701C3F602B621BB7C93CF1AAA193FF079225603514122D
2976protected_app.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_eksblowfish.pydexecutable
MD5:B6037CEAA162C50FC25F1B361B4250C9
SHA256:605AECF52ACD7D17B7B1000AEEDEE6C0601D6BC5F753756E7EE70A83F44FCCB2
2976protected_app.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_cast.pydexecutable
MD5:C5ECF284E05E75955A40E1276C9B250D
SHA256:3F65302BA35C1FF1F9A9BE9C5C5300A66B1BC4577E444B3EEE738FA7177135D4
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
22
DNS requests
16
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.20.245.137:80
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
7076
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
2468
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
2468
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6128
RUXIMICS.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
2.20.245.137:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
95.101.149.131:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
7076
svchost.exe
20.190.160.66:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
7076
svchost.exe
2.17.190.73:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
2336
svchost.exe
172.211.123.249:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.184.206
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.20.245.137
  • 2.20.245.139
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 95.101.149.131
  • 184.30.21.171
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.160.66
  • 20.190.160.20
  • 20.190.160.132
  • 40.126.32.74
  • 20.190.160.65
  • 20.190.160.5
  • 40.126.32.76
  • 20.190.160.64
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.17.190.73
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.249
whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com
  • 52.111.243.29
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 52.149.20.212
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 13.85.23.206
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info