Malware analysis protected_app.exe Malicious activity

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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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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (133.0.6943.127)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (133.0.3065.92)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (136.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (136.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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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
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - protected_app.exe (PID: 2976)
- Checks supported languages
  - protected_app.exe (PID: 2976)
  - protected_app.exe (PID: 6584)
- Reads the computer name
  - protected_app.exe (PID: 2976)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - protected_app.exe (PID: 2976)
  - protected_app.exe (PID: 6584)

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No Malware configuration.

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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.

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Total processes

138

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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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:

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

6216

C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

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svchost.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:

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

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Total events

390

Read events

390

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

No data

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Executable files

105

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2976	protected_app.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_Salsa20.pyd		executable
		MD5:17C99EDF022309BC2C54A732FB8FBF26	SHA256:34EB9C505180358711D8D6268E3F0E700C58AC9F47B0AD68565ED73BAB5DBD81
2976	protected_app.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_arc2.pyd		executable
		MD5:530BB99610B35527C3B06A22FD92CCEC	SHA256:43BC2F864D062BF7FE940E9CC497EF4FDFCC6EAEAB95FD4D4EE837E4D5DE0437
2976	protected_app.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Hash\_BLAKE2s.pyd		executable
		MD5:EFB1F498321597F1AAF7FB6A57603C76	SHA256:2A8CA6C6E864F0F5DE6E22736D461AEC5AFA45B4CB77449731AFC0861C20C23D
2976	protected_app.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_des.pyd		executable
		MD5:A2DE9A3A802296D900F1630358EBA28D	SHA256:DA5E3E81F96EC3CBE7C9587344421F86E422A6E74A022E565FD6184FB03BBA1C
2976	protected_app.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_ctr.pyd		executable
		MD5:3D0FB2250C76B501ABF008D8E6180594	SHA256:E5E2B54591D4CA2DC43F6D0FFDBFF45393D092E9E37C072FFE7B8769EEC3B82E
2976	protected_app.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_eksblowfish.pyd		executable
		MD5:B6037CEAA162C50FC25F1B361B4250C9	SHA256:605AECF52ACD7D17B7B1000AEEDEE6C0601D6BC5F753756E7EE70A83F44FCCB2
2976	protected_app.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_cbc.pyd		executable
		MD5:088A5FDA312EC2E1957E83D530F9BB8F	SHA256:FD5AC5C38172A303A274D2B8D1E9B794380773F50350453EAE3117724134EDE1
2976	protected_app.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_ocb.pyd		executable
		MD5:35B044D9ECD823161EF267517BA88509	SHA256:3B236F9148645B4CE4375D2BEE7844F4F5D381746F4A33492A3C35C2B156DE4D
2976	protected_app.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_ofb.pyd		executable
		MD5:A2B9F1DB81EE431F07A848F44153518F	SHA256:CD11346BDC23F15D68701C3F602B621BB7C93CF1AAA193FF079225603514122D
2976	protected_app.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI29762\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_ecb.pyd		executable
		MD5:B9F8151C65BDAF81BF9407A32E77959B	SHA256:ED154E6C22235659E57532B0A8B3CD7A081603C6CAE9CB165E436006881C1C74

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

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%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	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

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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

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No debug info

General Info

protected_app.exe

AFA0E3CA466637CCA8ACB9E18004468E

D96B1C1D7220771A39F015B59F20D7B91069F989

30D0A54CE7DF22647A18C3FCFCFEA08A37F18FC00530023CFCB3DA85AC29FC90

98304:5C3CpA4Jjs6S0QneeQrhuZzpvRERRdopaZOl/QOsIgMb1mB75kzlUzUjGNgLN71I:MyxGvfkK881mwe/kil9UHlI

Software environment set and analysis options

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Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

SUSPICIOUS

Process drops python dynamic module

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Process drops legitimate windows executable

The process drops C-runtime libraries

Application launched itself

Loads Python modules

INFO

The sample compiled with english language support

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

Create files in a temporary directory

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

EXE

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