Malware analysis PPServer.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	PPServer.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/4493680d-4840-4ac3-8a8a-c6f856cf66d9
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	February 26, 2026, 16:06:29
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	python pyinstaller
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows, 7 sections
MD5:	E5339E40DC767D8CA35A4BC6B0B35AAE
SHA1:	260A8976F9E9967527E100ED00A097F4C6DE7214
SHA256:	3C9B8A82F5A3F8C8998B3D684C3C902F5061884AC3D78754A9BF8F0A52310CB0
SSDEEP:	98304:tgsEUse+bHxnzTGwdvk1aXdNnStCJxmjZRRP77LwlPmRSvddzdzoqgPgVhq2Gv58:2/jL881mw2uzNSUv

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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)
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
- Executing a file with an untrusted certificate
  - PPServer.exe (PID: 3716)
  - PPServer.exe (PID: 1848)
SUSPICIOUS
- Process drops python dynamic module
  - PPServer.exe (PID: 3716)
- Application launched itself
  - PPServer.exe (PID: 3716)
- Loads Python modules
  - PPServer.exe (PID: 1848)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - PPServer.exe (PID: 3716)
  - PPServer.exe (PID: 1848)
- Reads the computer name
  - PPServer.exe (PID: 3716)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - PPServer.exe (PID: 3716)
- PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)
  - PPServer.exe (PID: 3716)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	InstallShield setup (57.6)
.exe	\|	Win64 Executable (generic) (36.9)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.6)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (2.6)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	AMD AMD64
TimeStamp:	2026:02:25 00:11:31+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	14.44
CodeSize:	186880
InitializedDataSize:	157696
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0xd4a0
OSVersion:	6
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6
Subsystem:	Windows command line

No data.

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Total processes

149

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1848

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PPServer.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PPServer.exe

—

PPServer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\ppserver.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

3716

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PPServer.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PPServer.exe

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explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\ppserver.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

5604

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

6864

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

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PPServer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

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Total events

433

Read events

433

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

No data

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
3716	PPServer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI37162\_socket.pyd		binary
		MD5:C2938DBDCDABA1CCBEFEE37F6A06CD0C	SHA256:C63E8E6A369CBE86E57C9823FB48BC5D4E7BB18455B9B001986B4768C49007DA
3716	PPServer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI37162\_lzma.pyd		binary
		MD5:D165B7B9A127F66704CEAA196BE319E5	SHA256:B78F5A8476139FF04731046459EFD047BB8F52DC92C5B2082EABF2929C0CA02D
3716	PPServer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI37162\_decimal.pyd		binary
		MD5:90071379B9E53B2D1834D49F4FD804EC	SHA256:90045140E45EDCFE4F4859B3190184FAFF1249220011330A9D01319745766607
3716	PPServer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI37162\_bz2.pyd		binary
		MD5:ED9F4C1CF33DB08CAC3C7BA7A973E61B	SHA256:965F199679AFA9B31D537D98C3CA8403AFD6B9E58E1A463AE47697AE4BF12771
3716	PPServer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI37162\akatsuki_pp_py\akatsuki_pp_py.cp313-win_amd64.pyd		binary
		MD5:C929E047B9EE3183A90294F0452BEEAF	SHA256:B964628818FC904C451EFBFC858E4E975CCD519CC36959E9AC2A700ED93C75BB
3716	PPServer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI37162\_hashlib.pyd		binary
		MD5:9EC1021FA8A3C252E1F805AC7F172753	SHA256:1430E4A2ED19EDA840668A292C39FF44488B598F53E903A61739A86B779ECBFE
3716	PPServer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI37162\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll		binary
		MD5:4890901924F515B4B91613A4D95ADCB4	SHA256:FDB29AFC4EC3585586D8415DE087D6C6993C5A1171F57DD5185389ECA33BA948
3716	PPServer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI37162\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll		binary
		MD5:E4E3FAE385155E2639F0962E0952B651	SHA256:4626BA7D6181906A130CB32A965C33D8F41940B23AB2946B51DA3EDA3F5A1D99
3716	PPServer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI37162\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll		binary
		MD5:A38B31502F49E8E38ABFFFAB170179AE	SHA256:8289C551E17E2648BC5384E7CE4787EBEA452C10E799E6DA96CEC930885C7584
3716	PPServer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI37162\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll		binary
		MD5:8D20DE7A494EDF18E8B00F403A3B9935	SHA256:3B114C3944CB6E0C4F43D4A90248F8BF0EE0230A2096B788F2A2B3F12B59C458

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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
6768	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	304	20.73.194.208:443	https://settings-win.data.microsoft.com/settings/v3.0/OneSettings/Client?OSVersionFull=10.0.19045.4046.amd64fre.vb_release.191206-1406&LocalDeviceID=s%3ABAD99146-31D3-4EC6-A1A4-BE76F32BA5D4&FlightRing=Retail&AttrDataVer=186&OSUILocale=en-US&OSSkuId=48&App=WOSC&AppVer=&IsFlightingEnabled=0&TelemetryLevel=1&DeviceFamily=Windows.Desktop	US	—	—	whitelisted
2036	svchost.exe	GET	304	20.73.194.208:443	https://settings-win.data.microsoft.com/settings/v3.0/WSD/UpdateHealthTools?os=Windows&osVer=10.0.19041.1.amd64fre.vb_release.191206-&sku=48&deviceClass=Windows.Desktop&locale=en-US&deviceId=s:BAD99146-31D3-4EC6-A1A4-BE76F32BA5D4&sampleId=s:95271487&appVer=10.0.19041.3626&FlightRing=Retail&TelemetryLevel=1&HidOverGattReg=C%3A%5CWINDOWS%5CSystem32%5CDriverStore%5CFileRepository%5Chidbthle.inf_amd64_9610b4821fdf82a5%5CMicrosoft.Bluetooth.Profiles.HidOverGatt.dll&AppVer=&ProcessorIdentifier=AMD64%20Family%2023%20Model%201%20Stepping%202&OEMModel=DELL&UpdateOfferedDays=4294967295&ProcessorManufacturer=AuthenticAMD&InstallDate=1661339444&OEMModelBaseBoard=&BranchReadinessLevel=CB&OEMSubModel=J5CR&IsCloudDomainJoined=0&DeferFeatureUpdatePeriodInDays=30&IsDeviceRetailDemo=0&FlightingBranchName=&OSUILocale=en-US&DeviceFamily=Windows.Desktop&WuClientVer=10.0.19041.3996&UninstallActive=1&IsFlightingEnabled=0&OSSkuId=48&ProcessorClockSpeed=3094&TotalPhysicalRAM=6144&SecureBootCapable=0&App=SedimentPack&ProcessorCores=6&CurrentBranch=vb_release&InstallLanguage=en-US&DeferQualityUpdatePeriodInDays=0&OEMName_Uncleaned=DELL&TPMVersion=0&PrimaryDiskTotalCapacity=262144&InstallationType=Client&AttrDataVer=186&ProcessorModel=AMD%20Ryzen%205%203500%206-Core%20Processor&IsEdgeWithChromiumInstalled=1&OSVersion=10.0.19045.4046&IsMDMEnrolled=0&ActivationChannel=Retail&FirmwareVersion=A.40&TrendInstalledKey=1&OSArchitecture=AMD64&DefaultUserRegion=244&UpdateManagementGroup=2	US	—	—	whitelisted
7496	SIHClient.exe	GET	304	135.232.92.137:443	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	US	—	—	whitelisted
7496	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	135.233.95.135:443	https://fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/clientwebservice/ping	US	—	—	whitelisted
7496	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	135.232.92.137:443	https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/sls/ping	US	—	—	whitelisted
7496	SIHClient.exe	GET	304	135.232.92.137:443	https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/SLS/%7BE7A50285-D08D-499D-9FF8-180FDC2332BC%7D/x64/10.0.19045.4046/0?CH=686&L=en-US&P=&PT=0x30&WUA=10.0.19041.3996&MK=DELL&MD=DELL	US	—	—	whitelisted
356	svchost.exe	POST	200	40.126.32.138:443	https://login.live.com/RST2.srf	US	—	10.3 Kb	whitelisted
356	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAz1vQYrVgL0erhQLCPM8GY%3D	US	binary	471 b	whitelisted
2036	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.52.181.212:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	US	binary	814 b	whitelisted
2036	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.16.164.49:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	NL	binary	825 b	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	Not routed	—	whitelisted
2036	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
6996	RUXIMICS.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
6768	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
—	—	92.123.104.66:443	www.bing.com	AKAMAI-ASN1	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	Not routed	—	whitelisted
—	—	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
356	svchost.exe	40.126.32.138:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
356	svchost.exe	184.30.131.245:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	US	whitelisted
2036	svchost.exe	2.16.164.49:80	crl.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-ASN1	NL	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2 20.73.194.208	whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com	52.168.117.168	whitelisted
www.bing.com	92.123.104.66 92.123.104.63 92.123.104.67 92.123.104.61 92.123.104.64 92.123.104.6 92.123.104.10 92.123.104.62 92.123.104.65	whitelisted
google.com	142.251.143.110	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.32.138 20.190.160.130 20.190.160.65 20.190.160.67 20.190.160.128 40.126.32.72 20.190.160.22 40.126.32.74	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	184.30.131.245	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.164.49 2.16.164.120	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.52.181.212	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	135.232.92.137	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
2036	svchost.exe	Unknown Traffic	ET USER_AGENTS Microsoft Dr Watson User-Agent (MSDW)

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General Info

PPServer.exe

E5339E40DC767D8CA35A4BC6B0B35AAE

260A8976F9E9967527E100ED00A097F4C6DE7214

3C9B8A82F5A3F8C8998B3D684C3C902F5061884AC3D78754A9BF8F0A52310CB0

98304:tgsEUse+bHxnzTGwdvk1aXdNnStCJxmjZRRP77LwlPmRSvddzdzoqgPgVhq2Gv58:2/jL881mw2uzNSUv

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MALICIOUS

Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

SUSPICIOUS

Process drops python dynamic module

Application launched itself

Loads Python modules

INFO

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

Create files in a temporary directory

PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)

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