Malware analysis me.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	me.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/de3a756a-3101-4369-8922-52c586c939fb
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	March 10, 2026, 02:09:44
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	xmrig golang antivm
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows, 8 sections
MD5:	EFD792F08B152FCD59187EC311D785D2
SHA1:	A21C8B8CABC7670EA45BC175E185A0F9BFCF4733
SHA256:	4CDEB5DF217764A8B6A20D518B76CCB30CBE623365A13D9DCD40900950F1ED99
SSDEEP:	98304:+BTFBSq1gYN5XaBy0Nlm8PvJEesaOhU3eJpRmrZOKcH4NU/9jNu/LTB0E4zcuUiB:7

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 300 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 240 seconds
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
- XMRIG has been detected (YARA)
  - me.exe (PID: 8144)
  - HolaMonitorService.exe (PID: 7780)
SUSPICIOUS
- There is functionality for VM detection antiVM strings (YARA)
  - me.exe (PID: 8144)
  - HolaMonitorService.exe (PID: 7780)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - me.exe (PID: 1876)
- Executes as Windows Service
  - HolaMonitorService.exe (PID: 7780)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - me.exe (PID: 8144)
  - me.exe (PID: 1876)
  - HolaMonitorService.exe (PID: 7780)
- Detects GO elliptic curve encryption (YARA)
  - me.exe (PID: 8144)
  - HolaMonitorService.exe (PID: 7780)
- Reads the computer name
  - me.exe (PID: 8144)
  - me.exe (PID: 1876)
  - HolaMonitorService.exe (PID: 7780)
- Application based on Golang
  - me.exe (PID: 8144)
  - HolaMonitorService.exe (PID: 7780)
- Creates files in the program directory
  - me.exe (PID: 1876)
- Manual execution by a user
  - me.exe (PID: 1876)
- Checks proxy server information
  - slui.exe (PID: 5768)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	AMD AMD64
TimeStamp:	0000:00:00 00:00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	3
CodeSize:	4180480
InitializedDataSize:	537088
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x7bac0
OSVersion:	6.1
ImageVersion:	1
SubsystemVersion:	6.1
Subsystem:	Windows command line

No data.

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Total processes

155

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1876

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

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

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\me.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcryptprimitives.dll
c:\windows\system32\powrprof.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\umpdc.dll

4136

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

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

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me.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

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

5768

C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Exit code:

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

7780

"C:\Program Files\Hola\app\HolaMonitorService.exe"

C:\Program Files\Hola\app\HolaMonitorService.exe

services.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Modules

Images
c:\program files\hola\app\holamonitorservice.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcryptprimitives.dll
c:\windows\system32\powrprof.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\umpdc.dll

8144

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

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

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\me.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcryptprimitives.dll
c:\windows\system32\powrprof.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\umpdc.dll

9076

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

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

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me.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

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

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Total events

4 135

Read events

4 132

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(1876) me.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\EventLog\Application\hola_monitor_svc
Operation:	write	Name:	CustomSource
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(1876) me.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\EventLog\Application\hola_monitor_svc
Operation:	write	Name:	EventMessageFile
Value: %SystemRoot%\System32\EventCreate.exe
(PID) Process:	(1876) me.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\EventLog\Application\hola_monitor_svc
Operation:	write	Name:	TypesSupported
Value: 7

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Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
1876	me.exe	C:\Program Files\Hola\app\HolaMonitorService.exe		executable
		MD5:EFD792F08B152FCD59187EC311D785D2	SHA256:4CDEB5DF217764A8B6A20D518B76CCB30CBE623365A13D9DCD40900950F1ED99

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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	40.127.240.158:443	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
5180	svchost.exe	GET	304	40.127.240.158:443	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
356	svchost.exe	POST	400	20.190.159.131:443	https://login.live.com/ppsecure/deviceaddcredential.srf	US	text	203 b	whitelisted
5180	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.216.77.28:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	NL	binary	825 b	whitelisted
356	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAz1vQYrVgL0erhQLCPM8GY%3D	US	binary	471 b	whitelisted
8048	SIHClient.exe	GET	304	20.165.94.63:443	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
8048	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	74.178.240.51:443	https://fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/clientwebservice/ping	US	—	—	whitelisted
356	svchost.exe	POST	200	20.190.159.131:443	https://login.live.com/RST2.srf	US	xml	1.24 Kb	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	204.79.197.203:80	http://oneocsp.microsoft.com/ocsp/MFQwUjBQME4wTDAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ3L3%2F%2Fa6ADK8NraY2GXzVaYrHG4AQUb6t%2B2v%2BXQ3LsO2d33oJhNYhHQoUCEzMAAAAGb6JMMcOVb6sAAAAAAAY%3D	US	binary	959 b	whitelisted
8048	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	20.165.94.63:443	https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/sls/ping	US	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
5180	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	Not routed	—	whitelisted
4948	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
5568	SearchApp.exe	92.123.104.34:443	www.bing.com	AKAMAI-ASN1	NL	whitelisted
—	—	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	US	whitelisted
—	—	204.79.197.203:80	oneocsp.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
3412	svchost.exe	172.211.123.249:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	Not routed	—	whitelisted
356	svchost.exe	20.190.159.131:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2 20.73.194.208 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
www.bing.com	92.123.104.34 92.123.104.32 92.123.104.30 92.123.104.61 92.123.104.33 92.123.104.17 92.123.104.67 92.123.104.52 92.123.104.19	whitelisted
google.com	172.217.208.139 172.217.208.113 172.217.208.138 172.217.208.100 172.217.208.101 172.217.208.102	whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com	20.42.73.24 51.104.15.252	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
oneocsp.microsoft.com	204.79.197.203	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.249	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.131 20.190.159.75 20.190.159.23 40.126.31.2 40.126.31.67 40.126.31.1 20.190.159.0 40.126.31.129 20.190.159.68 40.126.31.3 20.190.159.4 40.126.31.69 40.126.31.71 40.126.31.0	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.28 23.216.77.6	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.52.181.212	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

me.exe

EFD792F08B152FCD59187EC311D785D2

A21C8B8CABC7670EA45BC175E185A0F9BFCF4733

4CDEB5DF217764A8B6A20D518B76CCB30CBE623365A13D9DCD40900950F1ED99

98304:+BTFBSq1gYN5XaBy0Nlm8PvJEesaOhU3eJpRmrZOKcH4NU/9jNu/LTB0E4zcuUiB:7

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MALICIOUS

XMRIG has been detected (YARA)

SUSPICIOUS

There is functionality for VM detection antiVM strings (YARA)

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Executes as Windows Service

INFO

Checks supported languages

Detects GO elliptic curve encryption (YARA)

Reads the computer name

Application based on Golang

Creates files in the program directory

Manual execution by a user

Checks proxy server information

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