| URL: | https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/8479dc74-3421-41fc-9bfe-86286cf626ee |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | July 03, 2025, 21:45:59 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MD5: | D12180ED7F51BCCD643CFAF8DBE85E54 |
| SHA1: | 9281117A4EDDE38ECC0CFF8DB7A9DBBF29BBA183 |
| SHA256: | 497518CBF71BFF5EB3338FFE1E355726DCA1732B10A4CA139488125BD8AB8F18 |
| SSDEEP: | 3:N8tEdsmQ7r2RR:2u6m4K3 |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Process drops legitimate windows executable
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 2864)
Process drops python dynamic module
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 2864)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 2864)
Loads Python modules
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 2952)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 2952)
Found regular expressions for crypto-addresses (YARA)
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 2952)
INFO
The sample compiled with english language support
- chrome.exe (PID: 6812)
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 2864)
- chrome.exe (PID: 7104)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- chrome.exe (PID: 6812)
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 2864)
- chrome.exe (PID: 7104)
Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
- chrome.exe (PID: 3100)
Checks supported languages
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 2952)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 2952)
Checks operating system version
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 2952)
Application launched itself
- chrome.exe (PID: 3100)
PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 2952)
Checks proxy server information
- slui.exe (PID: 4764)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 4764)
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Total processes
176
Monitored processes
33
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 424 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --string-annotations --field-trial-handle=5484,i,4007418113251133468,12526745936987528037,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version=20250221-144540.991000 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5884 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.6943.127 Modules
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| 592 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --string-annotations --field-trial-handle=5756,i,4007418113251133468,12526745936987528037,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version=20250221-144540.991000 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3692 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.6943.127 Modules
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| 2696 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=133.0.6943.127 --initial-client-data=0x228,0x22c,0x230,0x208,0x234,0x7ffc437afff8,0x7ffc437b0004,0x7ffc437b0010 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 133.0.6943.127 Modules
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| 2864 | "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Downloads\yt-dlp_win.zip" | C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe | chrome.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Alexander Roshal Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: WinRAR archiver Version: 5.91.0 Modules
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| 2952 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa2864.3405\yt-dlp.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa2864.3405\yt-dlp.exe | — | WinRAR.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Modules
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| 2980 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --string-annotations --field-trial-handle=6052,i,4007418113251133468,12526745936987528037,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version=20250221-144540.991000 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3524 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.6943.127 Modules
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| 3100 | "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 "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest" | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 133.0.6943.127 Modules
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| 3564 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --string-annotations --field-trial-handle=3576,i,4007418113251133468,12526745936987528037,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version=20250221-144540.991000 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3052 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.6943.127 Modules
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| 3704 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --string-annotations --field-trial-handle=5252,i,4007418113251133468,12526745936987528037,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version=20250221-144540.991000 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5452 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.6943.127 Modules
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| 3820 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --string-annotations --field-trial-handle=3524,i,4007418113251133468,12526745936987528037,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version=20250221-144540.991000 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5892 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.6943.127 Modules
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Total events
7 344
Read events
7 304
Write events
33
Delete events
7
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (3100) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3100) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3100) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3100) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\StabilityMetrics |
| Operation: | write | Name: | user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3100) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | usagestats |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3100) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.zip\OpenWithProgids |
| Operation: | write | Name: | WinRAR.ZIP |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2864) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 3 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\preferences.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2864) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 2 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2864) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\omni_23_10_2024_.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2864) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 0 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Downloads\yt-dlp_win.zip | |||
Executable files
118
Suspicious files
113
Text files
73
Unknown types
6
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3100 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\ClientCertificates\LOG.old~RF17597a.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3100 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\ClientCertificates\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3100 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old~RF17597a.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3100 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3100 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF17598a.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3100 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old~RF17598a.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3100 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3100 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\chrome_cart_db\LOG.old~RF17598a.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3100 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Segmentation Platform\SegmentInfoDB\LOG.old~RF17598a.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3100 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\chrome_cart_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
38
TCP/UDP connections
74
DNS requests
75
Threats
2
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3952 | chrome.exe | GET | 200 | 142.250.185.206:80 | http://clients2.google.com/time/1/current?cup2key=8:vdCQfWJxmwcHSbkiHu-P84LZc0SDhZ7MKDEVfYzzN9w&cup2hreq=e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.139:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2348 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2348 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3964 | svchost.exe | HEAD | 200 | 34.104.35.123:80 | http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome_component/acpeapixpwuzscfa5h5j5m7c4xaa_2025.6.16.0/niikhdgajlphfehepabhhblakbdgeefj_2025.06.16.00_all_acgsomx5qtwgffxcrxwhoksfom7q.crx3 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3964 | svchost.exe | GET | 206 | 34.104.35.123:80 | http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome_component/acpeapixpwuzscfa5h5j5m7c4xaa_2025.6.16.0/niikhdgajlphfehepabhhblakbdgeefj_2025.06.16.00_all_acgsomx5qtwgffxcrxwhoksfom7q.crx3 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3964 | svchost.exe | GET | 206 | 34.104.35.123:80 | http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome_component/acpeapixpwuzscfa5h5j5m7c4xaa_2025.6.16.0/niikhdgajlphfehepabhhblakbdgeefj_2025.06.16.00_all_acgsomx5qtwgffxcrxwhoksfom7q.crx3 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3964 | svchost.exe | HEAD | 200 | 34.104.35.123:80 | http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome_component/acdvcifl2ztime6bsz3eijtcfeaq_2025.5.15.1/kiabhabjdbkjdpjbpigfodbdjmbglcoo_2025.05.15.01_all_ehum5zzx5qnqq3vyyhyi6ytrfq.crx3 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3964 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 34.104.35.123:80 | http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome_component/acdvcifl2ztime6bsz3eijtcfeaq_2025.5.15.1/kiabhabjdbkjdpjbpigfodbdjmbglcoo_2025.05.15.01_all_ehum5zzx5qnqq3vyyhyi6ytrfq.crx3 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
3720 | RUXIMICS.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3952 | chrome.exe | 142.250.185.74:443 | safebrowsingohttpgateway.googleapis.com | GOOGLE | US | whitelisted |
3952 | chrome.exe | 142.250.185.206:80 | clients2.google.com | GOOGLE | US | whitelisted |
3952 | chrome.exe | 140.82.121.3:443 | github.com | GITHUB | US | whitelisted |
3952 | chrome.exe | 64.233.184.84:443 | accounts.google.com | GOOGLE | US | whitelisted |
3952 | chrome.exe | 185.199.108.154:443 | github.githubassets.com | FASTLY | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
clients2.google.com |
| whitelisted |
safebrowsingohttpgateway.googleapis.com |
| whitelisted |
github.com |
| whitelisted |
accounts.google.com |
| whitelisted |
github.githubassets.com |
| whitelisted |
avatars.githubusercontent.com |
| whitelisted |
camo.githubusercontent.com |
| whitelisted |
user-images.githubusercontent.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
3952 | chrome.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Attempting to access raw user content on GitHub |
3952 | chrome.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Attempting to access raw user content on GitHub |