| File name: | PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/96c98be6-92af-437a-9864-fc764d6372f4 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | June 13, 2025, 14:24:07 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive, 5 sections |
| MD5: | 89D44DE38D7E9CC99AE02C23FC522F0C |
| SHA1: | F2F2B357155990012C0464D6F189B44664D49D9D |
| SHA256: | 3C20EAD1A550EE05EE3894527F8D87143615A6AD9BEFB4BB01F5F59ADC0E70F5 |
| SSDEEP: | 393216:awn2QRy7bh8gLuu4DIek16KQbUMakyZnuH8hQ:awre18gy0ekEKQbxZOU8G |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe (PID: 6540)
The process creates files with name similar to system file names
- PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe (PID: 6540)
Malware-specific behavior (creating "System.dll" in Temp)
- PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe (PID: 6540)
There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
- PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe (PID: 6540)
Creates a software uninstall entry
- PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe (PID: 6540)
Uses TASKKILL.EXE to kill process
- PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe (PID: 6540)
The process executes via Task Scheduler
- updater.exe (PID: 6612)
Application launched itself
- updater.exe (PID: 6612)
INFO
The sample compiled with english language support
- PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe (PID: 6540)
Reads the computer name
- PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe (PID: 6540)
- prismlauncher.exe (PID: 2356)
- updater.exe (PID: 6612)
Checks supported languages
- PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe (PID: 6540)
- prismlauncher.exe (PID: 2356)
- updater.exe (PID: 6612)
- updater.exe (PID: 5172)
Create files in a temporary directory
- PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe (PID: 6540)
- prismlauncher.exe (PID: 2356)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe (PID: 6540)
- prismlauncher.exe (PID: 2356)
Drops encrypted JS script (Microsoft Script Encoder)
- prismlauncher.exe (PID: 2356)
Process checks computer location settings
- prismlauncher.exe (PID: 2356)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- prismlauncher.exe (PID: 2356)
Reads the software policy settings
- prismlauncher.exe (PID: 2356)
- slui.exe (PID: 6892)
Process checks whether UAC notifications are on
- updater.exe (PID: 6612)
Checks proxy server information
- slui.exe (PID: 6892)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (67.4) |
|---|---|---|
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (14.2) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (9.7) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.3) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (4.3) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2024:03:30 16:55:23+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 27136 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 184832 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 2048 |
| EntryPoint: | 0x3552 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | 6 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 10.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 10.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x0000 |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Windows, Latin1 |
| FileDescription: | Prism Launcher Installer |
| FileVersion: | 10.0.0.0 |
| LegalCopyright: | © 2022-2025 Prism Launcher Contributors\n© 2021-2022 PolyMC Contributors\n© 2012-2021 MultiMC Contributors |
| ProductName: | Prism Launcher |
| ProductVersion: | 10.0.0.0 |
Total processes
128
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2356 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher\prismlauncher.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher\prismlauncher.exe | PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: MultiMC & Prism Launcher Contributors Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Prism Launcher Version: 10.0.0.0 Modules
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| 3900 | TaskKill /IM prismlauncher.exe /F | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe | — | PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Terminates Processes Exit code: 128 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 3980 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | taskkill.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 5172 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.exe" --crash-handler --system "--database=C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\Crashpad" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=prod=Update4 --annotation=ver=134.0.6985.0 "--attachment=C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\updater.log" --initial-client-data=0x298,0x29c,0x2a0,0x274,0x2a4,0x111c460,0x111c46c,0x111c478 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.exe | — | updater.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Google Updater Exit code: 0 Version: 134.0.6985.0 Modules
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| 6540 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Prism Launcher Installer Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.0.0 Modules
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| 6612 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.exe" --wake --system | C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Google Updater Exit code: 0 Version: 134.0.6985.0 Modules
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| 6892 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | svchost.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Activation Client Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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Total events
11 483
Read events
11 467
Write events
16
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (6540) PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PrismLauncher |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EstimatedSize |
Value: 105655 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6540) PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PrismLauncher |
| Operation: | write | Name: | NoModify |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6540) PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PrismLauncher |
| Operation: | write | Name: | NoRepair |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6540) PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\PrismLauncher |
| Operation: | write | Name: | InstallDir |
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6540) PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\curseforge |
| Operation: | write | Name: | URL Protocol |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6540) PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\prismlauncher |
| Operation: | write | Name: | URL Protocol |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6540) PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PrismLauncher |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayName |
Value: Prism Launcher | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6540) PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PrismLauncher |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayIcon |
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher\prismlauncher.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6540) PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PrismLauncher |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UninstallString |
Value: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher\uninstall.exe" _?=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6540) PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PrismLauncher |
| Operation: | write | Name: | QuietUninstallString |
Value: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher\uninstall.exe" /S _?=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher | |||
Executable files
63
Suspicious files
5
Text files
19
Unknown types
2
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6540 | PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsr91B2.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp | image | |
MD5:CBE40FD2B1EC96DAEDC65DA172D90022 | SHA256:3AD2DC318056D0A2024AF1804EA741146CFC18CC404649A44610CBF8B2056CF2 | |||
| 6540 | PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsr91B2.tmp\System.dll | executable | |
MD5:192639861E3DC2DC5C08BB8F8C7260D5 | SHA256:23D618A0293C78CE00F7C6E6DD8B8923621DA7DD1F63A070163EF4C0EC3033D6 | |||
| 6540 | PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher\prismlauncher.exe | executable | |
MD5:89166BD77F2DB033283D12953DB62BEA | SHA256:ABC38628321B8FFBC4F6B06B37D87A1A1CA470108F49274ACD339DE8CD8500B6 | |||
| 6540 | PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsr91B2.tmp\nsExec.dll | executable | |
MD5:11092C1D3FBB449A60695C44F9F3D183 | SHA256:2CD3A2D4053954DB1196E2526545C36DFC138C6DE9B81F6264632F3132843C77 | |||
| 6540 | PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher\qtlogging.ini | text | |
MD5:58967A7FCC8CD9D2BDB9B0FC24EED94D | SHA256:BA15AEE260E7CA1D48016546BAB52FE30C3DA264356B629739C125CD4EB3C700 | |||
| 6540 | PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher\prismlauncher_filelink.exe | executable | |
MD5:3669776B518CDA65EFE2A056ADFB4D46 | SHA256:054BCB8B63E6B6AE775270EA17AA4572EFE97D37D0670D0BA3C5497F44B014F6 | |||
| 6540 | PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher\Qt6Core.dll | executable | |
MD5:B3125866C12E4599CEFD2C368370F363 | SHA256:0CC5355AE6DA6E00FF446559E5069AEB4909AD62726F3FB7B86AD75A99174CA4 | |||
| 6540 | PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher\qt.conf | binary | |
MD5:7215EE9C7D9DC229D2921A40E899EC5F | SHA256:36A9E7F1C95B82FFB99743E0C5C4CE95D83C9A430AAC59F84EF3CBFAB6145068 | |||
| 6540 | PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher\prismlauncher_updater.exe | executable | |
MD5:198330F4456F78DA88C31742D78D44B2 | SHA256:52F9E6C1E8A3A2BC8AC58248D9B500E2FB16C3E18CB1604B26676FBEA81F6487 | |||
| 6540 | PrismLauncher-Windows-MinGW-w64-Setup-9.4.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PrismLauncher\Qt6Svg.dll | executable | |
MD5:4B4B35A54CFB86523BAD8336EC4C2F3D | SHA256:AC2847A9B1E132B24705D9929F74BADA6CB3672FBE918BCB4D6A0F7BBC07217D | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
29
TCP/UDP connections
42
DNS requests
21
Threats
2
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 52.149.20.212:443 | 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 | — | — | unknown |
— | — | GET | 304 | 52.149.20.212:443 | 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 | — | — | unknown |
3960 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.181.156:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 20.242.39.171:443 | https://fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/clientwebservice/ping | unknown | — | — | unknown |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 2.16.168.114:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.16.168.114:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 2.16.168.114:80 | 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 |
3960 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.143:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3960 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.181.156:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 2.16.168.114:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | RU | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 2.16.168.114:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | RU | whitelisted |
— | — | 2.16.168.114:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | RU | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 95.101.149.131:80 | www.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 |
— | — | 95.101.149.131:80 | www.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
i18n.prismlauncher.org |
| unknown |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
— | — | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET INFO User-Agent (Launcher) |
— | — | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET INFO User-Agent (Launcher) |
Process | Message |
|---|---|
prismlauncher.exe | Failed to copy files: "The system cannot find the file specified."
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prismlauncher.exe | Source file: "C:/Users/admin/AppData/Roaming/PrismLauncher/logs/PrismLauncher-1.log"
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prismlauncher.exe | Source file: "C:/Users/admin/AppData/Roaming/PrismLauncher/logs/PrismLauncher-3.log"
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prismlauncher.exe | Destination file: "C:/Users/admin/AppData/Roaming/PrismLauncher/logs/PrismLauncher-3.log"
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prismlauncher.exe | Move of "logs/PrismLauncher-1.log" to "logs/PrismLauncher-2.log" failed!
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prismlauncher.exe | Copy of "logs/PrismLauncher-1.log" to "logs/PrismLauncher-2.log" failed!
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prismlauncher.exe | Destination file: "C:/Users/admin/AppData/Roaming/PrismLauncher/logs/PrismLauncher-1.log"
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prismlauncher.exe | Copy of "logs/PrismLauncher-0.log" to "logs/PrismLauncher-1.log" failed!
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prismlauncher.exe | Move of "logs/PrismLauncher-0.log" to "logs/PrismLauncher-1.log" failed!
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prismlauncher.exe | Move of "logs/PrismLauncher-3.log" to "logs/PrismLauncher-4.log" failed!
|