Malware analysis svchost.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	svchost.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/2f70f9ac-d2ef-4caf-950c-fed782f69aea
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	July 10, 2025, 07:18:34
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 7 sections
MD5:	80460DB2C846A4115B7F0509A63FB0BD
SHA1:	A9028E32A50C50614C8796D8FFED9D58BBB6A8A1
SHA256:	53E57C196CC3C46937947309C9B0988E2C3A7DDB2D19BE9CBA9390AC6D65C069
SSDEEP:	12288:72IKTP7vBUzznnf9DzgaInzn8dqaDaSZCuUaHJPcyvF+RKnvDu2DJkqD0hNK/FtV:atP9z4qamScu8/RgvDRJk9ho/QIDt

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
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)
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
- Changes the autorun value in the registry
  - svchost.exe (PID: 4788)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 1336)
SUSPICIOUS
- The process creates files with name similar to system file names
  - svchost.exe (PID: 4788)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - svchost.exe (PID: 4788)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - svchost.exe (PID: 4788)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 1336)
- Creates files or folders in the user directory
  - svchost.exe (PID: 4788)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - svchost.exe (PID: 4788)
- Launching a file from a Registry key
  - svchost.exe (PID: 4788)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 1336)
- Manual execution by a user
  - svchost.exe (PID: 1336)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (42.2)
.exe	\|	Win64 Executable (generic) (37.3)
.dll	\|	Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.8)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (6)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	2016:07:11 03:07:09+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	11
CodeSize:	870400
InitializedDataSize:	208384
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x68d6a
OSVersion:	6
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

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Total processes

137

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1336

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\WPDNSE\svchost.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\wpdnse\svchost.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\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\user32.dll

2216

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

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

4788

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

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

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\svchost.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\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\user32.dll

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Total events

306

Read events

304

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(4788) svchost.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Operation:	write	Name:	Windows Atapi x86_64 Driver
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\WPDNSE\svchost.exe
(PID) Process:	(1336) svchost.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Operation:	write	Name:	Windows Atapi x86_64 Driver
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\WPDNSE\svchost.exe

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
4788	svchost.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\log_error.txt		text
		MD5:0ED9B635F8AABC919EF0DEE6B49D158F	SHA256:1498CA5FB4FAE3224F05117675208A86856E4ADFDD073501D8D02C6163B43B00
4788	svchost.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\WPDNSE\atapi.sys		text
		MD5:B36CF659C8E1E8B2A2B5E3CEE8B334BC	SHA256:425C00774A6FF54D8C24CE5F320C3B60C357D2BE1DF1A6D64497117B547302A7
4788	svchost.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\WPDNSE\svchost.exe		executable
		MD5:80460DB2C846A4115B7F0509A63FB0BD	SHA256:53E57C196CC3C46937947309C9B0988E2C3A7DDB2D19BE9CBA9390AC6D65C069

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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
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.20.245.139:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	104.119.109.218:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
640	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1652	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1652	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	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	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5944	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6788	RUXIMICS.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	2.20.245.139:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	SE	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	104.119.109.218:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
640	svchost.exe	40.126.32.72:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
640	svchost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	4.231.128.59 51.124.78.146 20.73.194.208 52.191.219.104	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.238	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.20.245.139 2.20.245.137	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	104.119.109.218 95.101.149.131	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.32.72 20.190.160.130 40.126.32.138 20.190.160.14 40.126.32.140 40.126.32.74 20.190.160.22 20.190.160.66	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com	52.111.243.29	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.12.23.50	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	13.85.23.206	whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com	40.91.76.224	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
—	—	Unknown Traffic	ET USER_AGENTS Microsoft Dr Watson User-Agent (MSDW)

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General Info

svchost.exe

80460DB2C846A4115B7F0509A63FB0BD

A9028E32A50C50614C8796D8FFED9D58BBB6A8A1

53E57C196CC3C46937947309C9B0988E2C3A7DDB2D19BE9CBA9390AC6D65C069

12288:72IKTP7vBUzznnf9DzgaInzn8dqaDaSZCuUaHJPcyvF+RKnvDu2DJkqD0hNK/FtV:atP9z4qamScu8/RgvDRJk9ho/QIDt

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Changes the autorun value in the registry

SUSPICIOUS

The process creates files with name similar to system file names

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

INFO

Checks supported languages

Creates files or folders in the user directory

Create files in a temporary directory

Launching a file from a Registry key

Manual execution by a user

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

EXE

Video and screenshots

Processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

Information

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Information

Modules

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Modules

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Debug output strings