File name: | npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe |
Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/ac5004b0-0c9e-428f-8dd1-87619c144891 |
Verdict: | Malicious activity |
Analysis date: | July 08, 2025, 19:56:00 |
OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive, 5 sections |
MD5: | 9D5F82487266770F1D4AAAE96354A4CC |
SHA1: | 128908FDE534E2CCE805609DB926D56FCB817EA7 |
SHA256: | 4148E29F859B8CEF8AD0D834701D3982C673DB523C3B7D41088A4DB9B11794CC |
SSDEEP: | 98304:wPPFSOgbOwJuc/WAQklRazbc+Qj+pMJXkryQjHyMLgldvA2rs6n41PuPrVR/sHf8:bYtZY+5+hp5fxki |
.exe | | | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (67.4) |
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.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) |
MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
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TimeStamp: | 2023:07:02 02:09:43+00:00 |
ImageFileCharacteristics: | No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit |
PEType: | PE32 |
LinkerVersion: | 6 |
CodeSize: | 26624 |
InitializedDataSize: | 139776 |
UninitializedDataSize: | 2048 |
EntryPoint: | 0x3645 |
OSVersion: | 4 |
ImageVersion: | 6 |
SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
FileVersionNumber: | 8.7.7.0 |
ProductVersionNumber: | 8.7.7.0 |
FileFlagsMask: | 0x0000 |
FileFlags: | (none) |
FileOS: | Win32 |
ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
FileSubtype: | - |
LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
CharacterSet: | Unicode |
CompanyName: | Don HO [email protected] |
FileDescription: | Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor |
FileVersion: | 8.7.7.0 |
LegalCopyright: | Copyleft 1998-2017 by Don HO |
ProductName: | Notepad++ |
ProductVersion: | 8.77 |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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420 | "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\updater\gup.exe" -v8.77 -px64 | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\updater\GUP.exe | notepad++.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Don HO [email protected] Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: WinGup for Notepad++ Exit code: 0 Version: 5.31 Modules
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856 | regsvr32 /s "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\contextMenu\NppShell.dll" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe | — | npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Microsoft(C) Register Server Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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1068 | C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding | C:\Windows\explorer.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Explorer Version: 10.0.19041.3758 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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1484 | "C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe" "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" | C:\Windows\explorer.exe | — | npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Explorer Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3758 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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4044 | "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Don HO [email protected] Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Notepad++ Exit code: 0 Version: 8.7.7 Modules
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5576 | "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\change.log" | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe | — | npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Don HO [email protected] Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Notepad++ Exit code: 0 Version: 8.7.7 Modules
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5712 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Don HO [email protected] Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor Exit code: 0 Version: 8.7.7.0 Modules
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6004 | /s "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\contextMenu\NppShell.dll" | C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe | — | regsvr32.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Microsoft(C) Register Server Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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6428 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Don HO [email protected] Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 8.7.7.0 Modules
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(PID) Process: | (5712) npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Notepad++ |
Operation: | write | Name: | InstallerLanguage |
Value: 1033 | |||
(PID) Process: | (6004) regsvr32.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shell\ANotepad++64 |
Operation: | write | Name: | ExplorerCommandHandler |
Value: {B298D29A-A6ED-11DE-BA8C-A68E55D89593} | |||
(PID) Process: | (6004) regsvr32.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shell\ANotepad++64 |
Operation: | write | Name: | NeverDefault |
Value: | |||
(PID) Process: | (6004) regsvr32.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{B298D29A-A6ED-11DE-BA8C-A68E55D89593}\InprocServer32 |
Operation: | write | Name: | ThreadingModel |
Value: Apartment | |||
(PID) Process: | (6004) regsvr32.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
Operation: | write | Name: | GlobalAssocChangedCounter |
Value: 19 | |||
(PID) Process: | (5712) npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Notepad++ |
Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayName |
Value: Notepad++ (64-bit x64) | |||
(PID) Process: | (5712) npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Notepad++ |
Operation: | write | Name: | Publisher |
Value: Notepad++ Team | |||
(PID) Process: | (5712) npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Notepad++ |
Operation: | write | Name: | MajorVersion |
Value: 8 | |||
(PID) Process: | (5712) npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Notepad++ |
Operation: | write | Name: | MinorVersion |
Value: 77 | |||
(PID) Process: | (5712) npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Notepad++ |
Operation: | write | Name: | UninstallString |
Value: "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\uninstall.exe" |
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
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5712 | npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\powershell.xml | xml | |
MD5:D161F77EA1500DE3D863BE2E0F91E16C | SHA256:6123E3294CCFC27143361426EB5874E8EFAE8A31B26E0078776DAF82CF74D8B0 | |||
5712 | npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsa4ECE.tmp\System.dll | executable | |
MD5:4ADD245D4BA34B04F213409BFE504C07 | SHA256:9111099EFE9D5C9B391DC132B2FAF0A3851A760D4106D5368E30AC744EB42706 | |||
5712 | npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsa4ECE.tmp\ioSpecial.ini | ini | |
MD5:E2D5070BC28DB1AC745613689FF86067 | SHA256:D95AED234F932A1C48A2B1B0D98C60CA31F962310C03158E2884AB4DDD3EA1E0 | |||
5712 | npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\functionList\cpp.xml | xml | |
MD5:C794BB828625F83122E89B24BBC5F0C8 | SHA256:40CF1AF5650B699A947899D2B43A00DCB64CDEAF080651C82A7930910C1C03F4 | |||
5712 | npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\go.xml | text | |
MD5:226FA88DE6A4DC87F13B897320EE2204 | SHA256:B32FB13F6FB628EEC6B447983DD062C13F7A68E2ADED77BE3C5AF7384935A7FF | |||
5712 | npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsa4ECE.tmp\InstallOptions.dll | executable | |
MD5:D095B082B7C5BA4665D40D9C5042AF6D | SHA256:B2091205E225FC07DAF1101218C64CE62A4690CACAC9C3D0644D12E93E4C213C | |||
5712 | npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\cobol.xml | xml | |
MD5:C435D68DF074BA8D660EBACE763E9DA9 | SHA256:7690E1BBE3EE5D55B993EBC1F41DF35F5BF1B7AAC7C6B6152A6F1112CB9A6773 | |||
5712 | npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\raku.xml | xml | |
MD5:3204AAD1FDD74450017479C0AA953E56 | SHA256:20809301E7D81E43AD38755A07801D290B07062CC7A0775C1101D0DD9847437F | |||
5712 | npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsa4ECE.tmp\nsDialogs.dll | executable | |
MD5:1D8F01A83DDD259BC339902C1D33C8F1 | SHA256:4B7D17DA290F41EBE244827CC295CE7E580DA2F7E9F7CC3EFC1ABC6898E3C9ED | |||
5712 | npp.8.7.7.Installer.x64.exe | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\typescript.xml | xml | |
MD5:948B1E1B251350BABAF87A3D314DC6F3 | SHA256:A09F978AEBA209E18CD424D98C8BAFB6165777E3992EB09E5E7E0A26BDED4410 |
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
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1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.18:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 69.192.161.161:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6320 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4120 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4120 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
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4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4680 | 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 | 40.127.240.158:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 23.216.77.18:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 69.192.161.161:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
6320 | svchost.exe | 40.126.32.134:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
6320 | svchost.exe | 2.23.77.188:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
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settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
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— | — | Unknown Traffic | ET USER_AGENTS Microsoft Dr Watson User-Agent (MSDW) |
— | — | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET INFO PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP |
— | — | Misc activity | ET INFO EXE - Served Attached HTTP |