Malware analysis dead.sys Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	dead.sys
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/ab24aaad-f187-4388-b0f3-221e5cc0ac52
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	June 21, 2025, 22:16:28
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (DLL) (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 3 sections
MD5:	5DF15AF3CFF38A908D5807F8EE5F8055
SHA1:	39AD4A84DCA5581B2F358B4B3100DF630079F20C
SHA256:	42B826E9E06ACDC86C717985A141780C69F70A7BC0CAE4843191070B6F59406E
SSDEEP:	24576:qotN/vc8Z4Vt+3bjfQX9yTVakbcSbAF2wdoafez4:qotN/v3Z4Vt+3bjfQXcTVakbcSbAF2iR

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 180 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 120 seconds
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: on
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
- Scans artifacts that could help determine the target
  - RUXIMICS.exe (PID: 5000)
SUSPICIOUS
- The process executes via Task Scheduler
  - PLUGScheduler.exe (PID: 3720)
  - updater.exe (PID: 3660)
- Application launched itself
  - updater.exe (PID: 3660)
INFO
- Creates files in the program directory
  - PLUGScheduler.exe (PID: 3720)
  - RUXIMICS.exe (PID: 6012)
- Checks supported languages
  - PLUGScheduler.exe (PID: 3720)
  - updater.exe (PID: 3660)
  - updater.exe (PID: 4192)
  - RUXIMICS.exe (PID: 5000)
  - RUXIMICS.exe (PID: 6012)
- Reads the computer name
  - RUXIMICS.exe (PID: 5000)
  - updater.exe (PID: 3660)
  - PLUGScheduler.exe (PID: 3720)
- Process checks whether UAC notifications are on
  - updater.exe (PID: 3660)
- Reads Environment values
  - RUXIMICS.exe (PID: 5000)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - RUXIMICS.exe (PID: 5000)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - RUXIMICS.exe (PID: 5000)

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (50)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (49.9)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	AMD AMD64
TimeStamp:	2024:10:22 16:55:20+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware, DLL
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	14.39
CodeSize:	540672
InitializedDataSize:	4096
UninitializedDataSize:	1286144
EntryPoint:	0x1bd1a0
OSVersion:	6
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

No data.

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Total processes

194

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

3660

"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:

Version:

134.0.6985.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files (x86)\google\googleupdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll

3720

"C:\Program Files\RUXIM\PLUGscheduler.exe"

C:\Program Files\RUXIM\PLUGScheduler.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Update LifeCycle Component Scheduler

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3623 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\program files\ruxim\plugscheduler.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll

4192

"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=0x29c,0x2a0,0x2a4,0x298,0x2a8,0xd1c460,0xd1c46c,0xd1c478

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:

Version:

134.0.6985.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files (x86)\google\googleupdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll

5000

%ProgramFiles%\RUXIM\RUXIMICS.EXE /onlyloadcampaigns

C:\Program Files\RUXIM\RUXIMICS.exe

PLUGScheduler.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Reusable UX Interaction Manager

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3623 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\program files\ruxim\ruximics.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll

6012

%ProgramFiles%\RUXIM\RUXIMICS.EXE /nonetwork

C:\Program Files\RUXIM\RUXIMICS.exe

—

PLUGScheduler.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Reusable UX Interaction Manager

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3623 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\program files\ruxim\ruximics.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll

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Total events

4 273

Read events

4 261

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(3720) PLUGScheduler.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\PLUG\Scheduler\Activity\State\RUXIM
Operation:	write	Name:	ExecutionCount
Value: 9
(PID) Process:	(3720) PLUGScheduler.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\PLUG\Scheduler\Activity\State\RUXIM
Operation:	write	Name:	LastExecutionResult
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(3720) PLUGScheduler.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\PLUG\Scheduler\Activity\State\RUXIM
Operation:	write	Name:	LastExecutionExitCode
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(3720) PLUGScheduler.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\PLUG\Scheduler\Activity\State\RUXIM
Operation:	write	Name:	LastExecutionTime
Value: 5FC3903FFAE2DB01
(PID) Process:	(3720) PLUGScheduler.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\PLUG\Scheduler\Activity\State\OneSettings
Operation:	write	Name:	ExecutionCount
Value: 9
(PID) Process:	(3720) PLUGScheduler.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\PLUG\Scheduler\Activity\State\OneSettings
Operation:	write	Name:	LastExecutionResult
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(3720) PLUGScheduler.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\PLUG\Scheduler\Activity\State\OneSettings
Operation:	write	Name:	LastExecutionExitCode
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(3720) PLUGScheduler.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\PLUG\Scheduler\Activity\State\OneSettings
Operation:	write	Name:	LastExecutionTime
Value: 8219803FFAE2DB01
(PID) Process:	(3720) PLUGScheduler.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\PLUG\Scheduler\Activity\State\DTU
Operation:	write	Name:	ExecutionCount
Value: 9
(PID) Process:	(3720) PLUGScheduler.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\PLUG\Scheduler\Activity\State\DTU
Operation:	write	Name:	LastExecutionResult
Value:

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Executable files

Suspicious files

123

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
3720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.045.etl		binary
		MD5:B787593A02A4E0A601164A65952D0CB9	SHA256:3594AD496D8E1771BCC3E8B6F68B4C2B4190A9A331FB43F068A7DF4E1894E2CF
3720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.050.etl		binary
		MD5:C1F87CF12DD702D2185E703BA004D216	SHA256:9D993487866C9538DC19F281A6346E1796E7478C7C164D61437AF6E698C66125
3720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.031.etl		binary
		MD5:938B477DD8384852FC05E3D20D5E3CC3	SHA256:72AF2AAE3F5B7FD51C5BF0AF8F7AAAED0D4A161942766D1C4696BD4958EC98BD
3720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.036.etl		binary
		MD5:C24F2F73AE0F37A15E43051889BE2387	SHA256:654E4670D1D662456E5ABB532CFD8E7E50162D6763F3AB09FFEDA10B7C9A92D2
3720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.037.etl		binary
		MD5:F9D8BBFBB3073C1ACA1D6D611F3937CC	SHA256:BC040E242B9963E9ACDEA9ED8DD6FEDC97EFBE93816250C1801A822539E8602B
3720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.035.etl		binary
		MD5:B2DCCF84AD3730CC025D433B03860DF6	SHA256:D92260469906F2847FA4C38A8355BE35383B0BE9B9D2AB9A8801C7FFF8CBC926
3720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.032.etl		binary
		MD5:57F963301223851879993AFFE837C03C	SHA256:F38ED8326833EFCAFA6E5CEBBE0B045978ED00AA6358989E22442B81CB18DFE1
3720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.028.etl		binary
		MD5:C7664BD01B6BE0E3816C38F071BA666F	SHA256:BBF0A0AD362CB5A9D51F8F2BCC3DCF1DBAFA6B43FF0F419B732700CCE72FC7C2
3720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.029.etl		binary
		MD5:C3582899A62457A2D517E1A3C3BC2245	SHA256:363E36FFCF59C18EDAF750E6048EF20B5D0CE5B01D22C83BDAD829F8643B3FA5
3720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.049.etl		binary
		MD5:09359EE89B0634478ADFF73CDA7BFB12	SHA256:4D800AC7C55960B107C9D3E40F63130407835E69DF4F5C558C500FC0BD20D8ED

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
—	—	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
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	224.0.0.252:5355	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	224.0.0.251:5353	—	—	—	unknown
3020	OfficeClickToRun.exe	52.109.28.46:443	officeclient.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	GB	whitelisted
3020	OfficeClickToRun.exe	52.123.129.14:443	ecs.office.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
5000	RUXIMICS.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5316	SearchApp.exe	2.16.241.218:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
4520	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	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	20.73.194.208 4.231.128.59	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.142	whitelisted
officeclient.microsoft.com	52.109.28.46	whitelisted
ecs.office.com	52.123.129.14 52.123.128.14	whitelisted
www.bing.com	2.16.241.218 2.16.241.201	whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com	20.42.65.89	whitelisted
edge.microsoft.com	150.171.28.11 150.171.27.11	whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com	20.83.72.98	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

dead.sys

5DF15AF3CFF38A908D5807F8EE5F8055

39AD4A84DCA5581B2F358B4B3100DF630079F20C

42B826E9E06ACDC86C717985A141780C69F70A7BC0CAE4843191070B6F59406E

24576:qotN/vc8Z4Vt+3bjfQX9yTVakbcSbAF2wdoafez4:qotN/v3Z4Vt+3bjfQXcTVakbcSbAF2iR

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MALICIOUS

Scans artifacts that could help determine the target

SUSPICIOUS

The process executes via Task Scheduler

Application launched itself

INFO

Creates files in the program directory

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

Process checks whether UAC notifications are on

Reads Environment values

Reads the software policy settings

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

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