URL:

steamtools.net

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/c3280c31-db55-455f-a3b5-ac21f1de4165
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: April 13, 2025, 14:54:34
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

DED5ECB52B0DF19E5119A0CC9D88BBA8

SHA1:

B0D5EA7961B4BB88E7A872FCA6FC217875874A3F

SHA256:

4422709446726E48F056D95A983199901697697E3C90BB849FDD7EFDB4B09BF8

SSDEEP:

3:ksNn:ksNn

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • The process creates files with name similar to system file names

      • st-setup-1.8.16.exe (PID: 7084)

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • st-setup-1.8.16.exe (PID: 7084)

    • Executing commands from a ".bat" file

      • explorer.exe (PID: 4152)

    • Uses ICACLS.EXE to modify access control lists

      • st-setup-1.8.16.exe (PID: 7084)

    • Creates a software uninstall entry

      • st-setup-1.8.16.exe (PID: 7084)

    • Malware-specific behavior (creating "System.dll" in Temp)

      • st-setup-1.8.16.exe (PID: 7084)

    • Explorer used for Indirect Command Execution

      • explorer.exe (PID: 2568)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • st-setup-1.8.16.exe (PID: 7084)

    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • explorer.exe (PID: 4152)

    • The process drops C-runtime libraries

      • st-setup-1.8.16.exe (PID: 7084)

  • INFO

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • chrome.exe (PID: 5072)

    • The sample compiled with bulgarian language support

      • chrome.exe (PID: 5072)

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 5072)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • st-setup-1.8.16.exe (PID: 7084)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • explorer.exe (PID: 4152)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • st-setup-1.8.16.exe (PID: 7084)

    • Reads the computer name

      • st-setup-1.8.16.exe (PID: 7084)
      • SteamTools.exe (PID: 2420)

    • Checks supported languages

      • SteamTools.exe (PID: 2420)
      • st-setup-1.8.16.exe (PID: 7084)

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • st-setup-1.8.16.exe (PID: 7084)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • SteamTools.exe (PID: 2420)

    • Autorun file from Downloads

      • chrome.exe (PID: 5256)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 8140)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 5072)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • st-setup-1.8.16.exe (PID: 7084)
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No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
165
Monitored processes
35
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start chrome.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs sppextcomobj.exe no specs slui.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs st-setup-1.8.16.exe no specs st-setup-1.8.16.exe icacls.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs icacls.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs explorer.exe no specs explorer.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs steamtools.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
728"C:\Users\admin\Downloads\st-setup-1.8.16.exe" C:\Users\admin\Downloads\st-setup-1.8.16.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
3221226540
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\downloads\st-setup-1.8.16.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
812"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilReadIcon --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=icon_reader --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6072 --field-trial-handle=1900,i,1157077847314350792,11812786131774182193,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
122.0.6261.70
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
968\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—icacls.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
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
2420"C:\Program Files\SteamTools\SteamTools.exe" C:\Program Files\SteamTools\SteamTools.exe
cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
steamtools.net
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Steamtools
Version:
1.8.1.5
Modules
Images
c:\program files\steamtools\steamtools.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
2568"C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SteamTools_launcher.bat"C:\Windows\explorer.exe—st-setup-1.8.16.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Explorer
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.19041.3758 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\explorer.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
2644icacls "C:\Program Files\SteamTools\*.*" /grant:r "*S-1-5-32-545:(OI)(CI)F"C:\Windows\System32\icacls.exe—st-setup-1.8.16.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\icacls.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
4152C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -EmbeddingC:\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
Images
c:\windows\explorer.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\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\twinapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
4172"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilReadIcon --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=icon_reader --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6020 --field-trial-handle=1900,i,1157077847314350792,11812786131774182193,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
122.0.6261.70
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
5072"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disk-cache-dir=null --disk-cache-size=1 --media-cache-size=1 --disable-gpu-shader-disk-cache --disable-background-networking --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction,OptimizationHints "steamtools.net"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Version:
122.0.6261.70
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
5256"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=quarantine.mojom.Quarantine --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4564 --field-trial-handle=1900,i,1157077847314350792,11812786131774182193,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
122.0.6261.70
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
Total events
9 645
Read events
9 627
Write events
18
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(5072) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(5072) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(5072) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(5072) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\StabilityMetrics
Operation:writeName:user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(5072) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(5256) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Cached
Operation:writeName:{2781761E-28E0-4109-99FE-B9D127C57AFE} {56FFCC30-D398-11D0-B2AE-00A0C908FA49} 0xFFFF
Value:
0100000000000000726AD80984ACDB01
(PID) Process:(7084) st-setup-1.8.16.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SteamTools
Operation:writeName:DisplayName
Value:
SteamTools
(PID) Process:(7084) st-setup-1.8.16.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SteamTools
Operation:writeName:UninstallString
Value:
"C:\Program Files\SteamTools\Uninstall.exe"
(PID) Process:(7084) st-setup-1.8.16.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SteamTools
Operation:writeName:QuietUninstallString
Value:
"C:\Program Files\SteamTools\Uninstall.exe" /S
(PID) Process:(7084) st-setup-1.8.16.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SteamTools
Operation:writeName:InstallLocation
Value:
C:\Program Files\SteamTools
Executable files
25
Suspicious files
54
Text files
23
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
5072chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\chrome_cart_db\LOG.old~RF10c11f.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
5072chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\chrome_cart_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
5072chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old~RF10c11f.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
5072chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
5072chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old~RF10c12f.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
5072chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
5072chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF10c12f.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
5072chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
5072chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\coupon_db\LOG.old~RF10c12f.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
5072chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\coupon_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
92
DNS requests
110
Threats
7

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
—
—
GET
200
23.48.23.156:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
8052
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
2420
SteamTools.exe
GET
302
119.188.174.58:80
http://new-service.biliapi.net/picture/chatres/update/version2.txt
unknown
—
—
unknown
8052
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
2420
SteamTools.exe
GET
200
8.133.135.83:80
http://stools.oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com/version2.txt
unknown
—
—
unknown
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
—
—
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
—
—
23.48.23.156:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
5072
chrome.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
—
—
—
whitelisted
7316
chrome.exe
74.125.128.84:443
accounts.google.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
7316
chrome.exe
104.26.5.149:443
steamtools.net
CLOUDFLARENET
US
malicious
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.248:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
7316
chrome.exe
142.250.185.202:443
fonts.googleapis.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.124.78.146
  • 20.73.194.208
  • 40.127.240.158
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.48.23.156
  • 23.48.23.173
  • 23.48.23.177
  • 23.48.23.147
  • 23.48.23.194
  • 23.48.23.176
  • 23.48.23.166
  • 23.48.23.164
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.238
whitelisted
steamtools.net
  • 104.26.5.149
  • 104.26.4.149
  • 172.67.74.16
malicious
accounts.google.com
  • 74.125.128.84
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.248
whitelisted
fonts.googleapis.com
  • 142.250.185.202
whitelisted
static.cloudflareinsights.com
  • 104.16.79.73
  • 104.16.80.73
whitelisted
fonts.gstatic.com
  • 216.58.212.163
whitelisted
pagead2.googlesyndication.com
  • 142.250.186.66
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
7316
chrome.exe
Not Suspicious Traffic
INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare Network Error Logging (NEL)
7316
chrome.exe
Not Suspicious Traffic
INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare Network Error Logging (NEL)
7316
chrome.exe
Not Suspicious Traffic
INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare content delivery network (cdnjs .cloudflare .com)
7316
chrome.exe
Not Suspicious Traffic
INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare content delivery network (cdnjs .cloudflare .com)
2420
SteamTools.exe
Misc activity
INFO [ANY.RUN] USER_AGENTS Suspicious User-Agent (Mozilla/5.0)
2196
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO DNS Query to Alibaba Cloud CDN Domain (aliyuncs .com)
2420
SteamTools.exe
Misc activity
INFO [ANY.RUN] USER_AGENTS Suspicious User-Agent (Mozilla/5.0)
No debug info
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