| URL: | github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/download/v8.8.1/npp.8.8.1.Installer.x64.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/30469c3d-6487-45ed-9d91-8f29fe6d08d1 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | June 14, 2025, 13:38:38 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Indicators: | |
| MD5: | 869984AC966B5F634BC083E09D687BC2 |
| SHA1: | E1851E9C5B5173391F60990E81652838C37EDBFE |
| SHA256: | 4D9CBF583C3B2952237FCC3F947DE9553A88D8DCA8614F34891EA55E12F22F8C |
| SSDEEP: | 3:j4d7buDUZKwEDUFsArkCToYiigXLRRJ:j4IDUowEDUiM9oYiigXL3J |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 1204 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.ProcessorMetrics --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --string-annotations --field-trial-handle=4408,i,11918565364202933919,18048346935084594088,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version=20250221-144540.991000 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4836 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.6943.127 Modules
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| 1212 | "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\updater\gup.exe" -v8.81 -px64 | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\updater\GUP.exe | notepad++.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Don HO don.h@free.fr Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: WinGup for Notepad++ Exit code: 4294967295 Version: 5.32 Modules
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| 1520 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --string-annotations --field-trial-handle=2176,i,11918565364202933919,18048346935084594088,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version=20250221-144540.991000 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2188 /prefetch:3 | 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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| 1560 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --string-annotations --field-trial-handle=2296,i,11918565364202933919,18048346935084594088,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version=20250221-144540.991000 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2316 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 133.0.6943.127 Modules
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| 1700 | /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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| 1712 | "C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe" "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" | C:\Windows\explorer.exe | — | npp.8.8.1.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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| 1816 | "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\change.log" | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe | — | npp.8.8.1.Installer.x64.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Don HO don.h@free.fr Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Notepad++ Exit code: 0 Version: 8.8.1 Modules
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| 2368 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --string-annotations --extension-process --enable-dinosaur-easter-egg-alt-images --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=7 --field-trial-handle=3484,i,11918565364202933919,18048346935084594088,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version=20250221-144540.991000 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3572 /prefetch:2 | 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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| 3480 | "C:\Users\admin\Downloads\npp.8.8.1.Installer.x64.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Downloads\npp.8.8.1.Installer.x64.exe | chrome.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Don HO don.h@free.fr Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor Exit code: 0 Version: 8.8.1.0 Modules
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| 3864 | "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 "github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/download/v8.8.1/npp.8.8.1.Installer.x64.exe" | 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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| (PID) Process: | (3864) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3864) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3864) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StatusCodes |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3864) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StatusCodes |
Value: 01000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3864) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3864) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\StabilityMetrics |
| Operation: | write | Name: | user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3864) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | usagestats |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3480) npp.8.8.1.Installer.x64.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Notepad++ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | InstallerLanguage |
Value: 1033 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1700) regsvr32.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shell\ANotepad++64 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ExplorerCommandHandler |
Value: {B298D29A-A6ED-11DE-BA8C-A68E55D89593} | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1700) regsvr32.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shell\ANotepad++64 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | NeverDefault |
Value: | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3864 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old~RF17606f.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3864 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3864 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF17607f.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3864 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3864 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old~RF17608e.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3864 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\chrome_cart_db\LOG.old~RF17608e.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3864 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Segmentation Platform\SegmentInfoDB\LOG.old~RF17608e.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3864 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\chrome_cart_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3864 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Segmentation Platform\SegmentInfoDB\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3864 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Segmentation Platform\SignalDB\LOG.old~RF17609e.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1520 | chrome.exe | GET | 200 | 216.58.212.142:80 | http://clients2.google.com/time/1/current?cup2key=8:RJ89BbN_g0JKqytYQsIQGi5QOInybHTuR9Vu-kphfeE&cup2hreq=e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
436 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.6:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1036 | 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 |
1036 | 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 |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1508 | RUXIMICS.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1520 | chrome.exe | 216.58.212.142:80 | clients2.google.com | GOOGLE | US | whitelisted |
1520 | chrome.exe | 142.250.185.170:443 | safebrowsingohttpgateway.googleapis.com | GOOGLE | US | whitelisted |
1520 | chrome.exe | 140.82.121.4:443 | github.com | GITHUB | US | whitelisted |
1520 | chrome.exe | 140.82.121.4:80 | github.com | GITHUB | US | whitelisted |
1520 | chrome.exe | 142.250.102.84:443 | accounts.google.com | GOOGLE | US | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| whitelisted |
clients2.google.com |
| whitelisted |
safebrowsingohttpgateway.googleapis.com |
| whitelisted |
github.com |
| whitelisted |
accounts.google.com |
| whitelisted |
objects.githubusercontent.com |
| whitelisted |
sb-ssl.google.com |
| whitelisted |
www.google.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |