| File name: | nvidiaRelease-malware.zip |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/e6777092-9205-4e3c-9560-9fd0bd3d8446 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | A loader is malicious software that infiltrates devices to deliver malicious payloads. This malware is capable of infecting victims’ computers, analyzing their system information, and installing other types of threats, such as trojans or stealers. Criminals usually deliver loaders through phishing emails and links by relying on social engineering to trick users into downloading and running their executables. Loaders employ advanced evasion and persistence tactics to avoid detection. |
| Analysis date: | July 18, 2025, 22:41:38 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/zip |
| File info: | Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate |
| MD5: | 2A8F87D3D0938F9E6F6E13ADFD59FF16 |
| SHA1: | 6E0B330BBD0D9B93020D8D53CDD8385E3E1600AC |
| SHA256: | 393027A884F48959E5FA11248DD582B97FE60DF3C01CFD06F150E2C5D874871C |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:ZSX79hV45gFR5LIm2l/xaa2/AjYDi5lMEn1BIUooXEPJL6BWof3Dv7wq4VW11Wib:EV4swkq |
MALICIOUS
Executing a file with an untrusted certificate
- NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe (PID: 4684)
- NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe (PID: 6948)
Generic archive extractor
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 5620)
SUSPICIOUS
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 5620)
- NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe (PID: 4684)
Process requests binary or script from the Internet
- NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe (PID: 4684)
INFO
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 5620)
Checks supported languages
- NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe (PID: 4684)
- identity_helper.exe (PID: 7496)
Reads Environment values
- NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe (PID: 4684)
- identity_helper.exe (PID: 7496)
Disables trace logs
- NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe (PID: 4684)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe (PID: 4684)
Application launched itself
- msedge.exe (PID: 1828)
- msedge.exe (PID: 1936)
- msedge.exe (PID: 6488)
Confuser has been detected (YARA)
- NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe (PID: 4684)
Detects InnoSetup installer (YARA)
- NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe (PID: 4684)
Checks proxy server information
- NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe (PID: 4684)
Manual execution by a user
- msedge.exe (PID: 1936)
Reads the computer name
- identity_helper.exe (PID: 7496)
- NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe (PID: 4684)
Reads the software policy settings
- NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe (PID: 4684)
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TRiD
| .zip | | | ZIP compressed archive (100) |
|---|
EXIF
ZIP
| ZipRequiredVersion: | 20 |
|---|---|
| ZipBitFlag: | 0x0008 |
| ZipCompression: | Deflated |
| ZipModifyDate: | 2025:03:05 01:51:04 |
| ZipCRC: | 0xe1428bf8 |
| ZipCompressedSize: | 3886439 |
| ZipUncompressedSize: | 3943120 |
| ZipFileName: | NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe |
Total processes
165
Monitored processes
26
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1068 | "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=2740,i,14383984045697549092,18214740642112727039,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2752 /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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| 1288 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --string-annotations --extension-process --renderer-sub-type=extension --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=7 --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=4336,i,14383984045697549092,18214740642112727039,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4348 /prefetch:2 | 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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| 1568 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=2068,i,3109835172124205308,17033928789540007769,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2568 /prefetch:3 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 1828 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --single-argument https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-nvcleanstall/ | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 1936 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --flag-switches-begin --disable-quic --flag-switches-end --do-not-de-elevate --single-argument https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-nvcleanstall/ | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 2076 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad" --annotation=IsOfficialBuild=1 --annotation=channel= --annotation=chromium-version=133.0.6943.142 "--annotation=exe=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Edge --annotation=ver=133.0.3065.92 --initial-client-data=0x298,0x29c,0x2a0,0x208,0x2b8,0x7ffc3aeef208,0x7ffc3aeef214,0x7ffc3aeef220 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 4412 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=gpu-process --string-annotations --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAA --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=1512,i,14383984045697549092,18214740642112727039,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1524 /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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| 4684 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5620.32089\NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5620.32089\NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe | WinRAR.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: TechPowerUp Integrity Level: HIGH Description: NVCleanstall Version: 1.18.0.0 Modules
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| 4884 | "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=5 --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=3592,i,14383984045697549092,18214740642112727039,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3416 /prefetch:1 | 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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| 5084 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=2220,i,14383984045697549092,18214740642112727039,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2492 /prefetch:3 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | msedge.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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Total events
7 569
Read events
7 521
Write events
48
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (5620) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 3 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\preferences.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5620) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 2 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5620) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\omni_23_10_2024_.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5620) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 0 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nvidiaRelease-malware.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5620) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | name |
Value: 120 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5620) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | size |
Value: 80 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5620) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | type |
Value: 120 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5620) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | mtime |
Value: 100 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4684) NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\NVCleanstall_1_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4684) NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\NVCleanstall_1_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
7
Suspicious files
71
Text files
43
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old~RF1914e6.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1936 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1936 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF191505.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1936 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 5620 | WinRAR.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5620.32089\NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe | executable | |
MD5:E9719E24B261EC9E265209098B86C37F | SHA256:6BC0315852A915632393EF6A67CCFA5F5299F80E9AA4E258C9F3BD9268FDA911 | |||
| 1936 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old~RF191524.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1936 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old~RF191524.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1936 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old~RF191524.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1936 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1936 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
8
TCP/UDP connections
62
DNS requests
51
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.42:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4684 | NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe | GET | 200 | 104.21.64.1:80 | http://gpu.me/v1/message.xml | unknown | — | — | unknown |
5084 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 150.171.27.11:80 | http://edge.microsoft.com/browsernetworktime/time/1/current?cup2key=2:nZcGseovXiIQLgEOQSLt1wG_nnWA9l06ZBddNpfy2ZM&cup2hreq=e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7612 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4684 | NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe | GET | 200 | 104.21.64.1:80 | http://gpu.me/v1/index2.json | unknown | — | — | unknown |
592 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7612 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1268 | svchost.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4456 | RUXIMICS.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 23.216.77.42:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
4684 | NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe | 104.21.64.1:80 | gpu.me | CLOUDFLARENET | — | unknown |
4684 | NVCleanstall_1.18.0.exe | 216.158.237.94:443 | www.techpowerup.com | IS-AS-1 | US | unknown |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
gpu.me |
| unknown |
www.techpowerup.com |
| unknown |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
edge.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
config.edge.skype.com |
| whitelisted |