File name:

GoogleEarthProSetup.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/593b2575-bf04-41c4-88e5-8e0f1120e1a8
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: October 19, 2024, 10:46:34
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

7C36E11474B1DDB330B3B0E3A176BF4D

SHA1:

4386B5DEEB1E553F7C0A31EDEFE04594C77F4A61

SHA256:

5540427D0B14A6DD42ECC7A4A118B95335994FA687AF7F27841F5546DB19D9B2

SSDEEP:

98304:sJOajhYAsUeyS0KTFnY1viV7azuAYy9gSPWAgVuyDztsyLFHJiePAZrPI5D+PeZW:FRcJoRZewY

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Application launched itself

      • GoogleEarthProSetup.exe (PID: 5624)
      • updater.exe (PID: 1396)
      • updater.exe (PID: 6384)
      • updater.exe (PID: 3772)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • GoogleEarthProSetup.exe (PID: 5624)
      • updater.exe (PID: 1396)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • updater.exe (PID: 1396)
      • updater.exe (PID: 6384)

    • Executes as Windows Service

      • updater.exe (PID: 6384)
      • updater.exe (PID: 3772)

    • Checks Windows Trust Settings

      • updater.exe (PID: 1396)

  • INFO

    • Reads the computer name

      • GoogleEarthProSetup.exe (PID: 204)
      • GoogleEarthProSetup.exe (PID: 5624)
      • updater.exe (PID: 1396)
      • updater.exe (PID: 6384)
      • updater.exe (PID: 3772)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • updater.exe (PID: 1396)
      • GoogleEarthProSetup.exe (PID: 204)
      • updater.exe (PID: 6904)
      • updater.exe (PID: 6384)
      • updater.exe (PID: 3772)

    • Process checks computer location settings

      • GoogleEarthProSetup.exe (PID: 5624)

    • Checks supported languages

      • GoogleEarthProSetup.exe (PID: 204)
      • GoogleEarthProSetup.exe (PID: 5624)
      • updater.exe (PID: 6904)
      • updater.exe (PID: 1396)
      • updater.exe (PID: 6028)
      • updater.exe (PID: 6384)
      • updater.exe (PID: 6736)
      • updater.exe (PID: 3772)

    • Process checks whether UAC notifications are on

      • updater.exe (PID: 1396)
      • updater.exe (PID: 3772)
      • updater.exe (PID: 6384)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • updater.exe (PID: 1396)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • updater.exe (PID: 1396)
      • updater.exe (PID: 3772)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • updater.exe (PID: 1396)
      • updater.exe (PID: 3772)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (50)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (49.9)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2024:10:14 03:02:02+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14
CodeSize: 3359232
InitializedDataSize: 6839808
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x1b6fd0
OSVersion: 10
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 10
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 131.0.6776.0
ProductVersionNumber: 131.0.6776.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x0017
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Google LLC
FileDescription: Google Installer
FileVersion: 131.0.6776.0
InternalName: Google Installer(x86)
LegalCopyright: Copyright 2024 Google LLC. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName: UpdaterSetup.exe
ProductName: Google Installer
ProductVersion: 131.0.6776.0
CompanyShortName: Google
ProductShortName: GoogleUpdater
LastChange: 9375f838d3d59edadc27380f48f0f1c166dc626b-refs/branch-heads/6776@{#1}
OfficialBuild: 1
No data.
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Total processes
132
Monitored processes
8
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start googleearthprosetup.exe no specs googleearthprosetup.exe updater.exe updater.exe no specs updater.exe updater.exe no specs updater.exe updater.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
204"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\GoogleEarthProSetup.exe" --install=appguid={65E60E95-0DE9-43FF-9F3F-4F7D2DFF04B5}&iid={65E60E95-0DE9-43FF-9F3F-4F7D2DFF04B5}&lang=hu&browser=4&usagestats=0&appname=Google%20Earth%20Pro&needsadmin=True&brand=GGGE --enable-logging --vmodule=*/components/winhttp/*=1,*/components/update_client/*=2,*/chrome/enterprise_companion/*=2,*/chrome/updater/*=2 --expect-elevatedC:\Users\admin\Desktop\GoogleEarthProSetup.exe
GoogleEarthProSetup.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Google Installer
Exit code:
0
Version:
131.0.6776.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\googleearthprosetup.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\advapi32.dll
1396"C:\WINDOWS\SystemTemp\Google204_634977255\bin\updater.exe" --install=appguid={65E60E95-0DE9-43FF-9F3F-4F7D2DFF04B5}&iid={65E60E95-0DE9-43FF-9F3F-4F7D2DFF04B5}&lang=hu&browser=4&usagestats=0&appname=Google%20Earth%20Pro&needsadmin=True&brand=GGGE --enable-logging --vmodule=*/components/winhttp/*=1,*/components/update_client/*=2,*/chrome/enterprise_companion/*=2,*/chrome/updater/*=2 --expect-elevatedC:\Windows\SystemTemp\Google204_634977255\bin\updater.exe
GoogleEarthProSetup.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Google Updater
Exit code:
0
Version:
131.0.6776.0
Modules
Images
c:\windows\systemtemp\google204_634977255\bin\updater.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\advapi32.dll
3772"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\131.0.6776.0\updater.exe" --system --windows-service --service=updateC:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\131.0.6776.0\updater.exe
services.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Google Updater
Exit code:
0
Version:
131.0.6776.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files (x86)\google\googleupdater\131.0.6776.0\updater.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\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
5624"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\GoogleEarthProSetup.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\GoogleEarthProSetup.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Installer
Exit code:
0
Version:
131.0.6776.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\googleearthprosetup.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\advapi32.dll
6028"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\131.0.6776.0\updater.exe" --crash-handler --system "--database=C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\131.0.6776.0\Crashpad" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=prod=Update4 --annotation=ver=131.0.6776.0 "--attachment=C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\updater.log" --initial-client-data=0x2a0,0x2a4,0x2a8,0x27c,0x2ac,0x1256290,0x125629c,0x12562a8C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\131.0.6776.0\updater.exe—updater.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Google Updater
Exit code:
0
Version:
131.0.6776.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files (x86)\google\googleupdater\131.0.6776.0\updater.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\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
6384"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\131.0.6776.0\updater.exe" --system --windows-service --service=update-internalC:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\131.0.6776.0\updater.exe
services.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Google Updater
Exit code:
0
Version:
131.0.6776.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files (x86)\google\googleupdater\131.0.6776.0\updater.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\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
6736"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\131.0.6776.0\updater.exe" --crash-handler --system "--database=C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\131.0.6776.0\Crashpad" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=prod=Update4 --annotation=ver=131.0.6776.0 "--attachment=C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\updater.log" --initial-client-data=0x29c,0x2a0,0x2a4,0x1cc,0x2a8,0x1256290,0x125629c,0x12562a8C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\131.0.6776.0\updater.exe—updater.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Google Updater
Exit code:
0
Version:
131.0.6776.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files (x86)\google\googleupdater\131.0.6776.0\updater.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\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
6904C:\WINDOWS\SystemTemp\Google204_634977255\bin\updater.exe --crash-handler --system "--database=C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\131.0.6776.0\Crashpad" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=prod=Update4 --annotation=ver=131.0.6776.0 "--attachment=C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\updater.log" --initial-client-data=0x2ac,0x2b0,0x2b4,0x288,0x2b8,0xfb6290,0xfb629c,0xfb62a8C:\Windows\SystemTemp\Google204_634977255\bin\updater.exe—updater.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Google Updater
Exit code:
0
Version:
131.0.6776.0
Modules
Images
c:\windows\systemtemp\google204_634977255\bin\updater.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\advapi32.dll
Total events
7 291
Read events
7 163
Write events
102
Delete events
26

Modification events

(PID) Process:(1396) updater.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\Update\Clients\{44fc7fe2-65ce-487c-93f4-edee46eeaaab}
Operation:writeName:pv
Value:
131.0.6776.0
(PID) Process:(1396) updater.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\Update\Clients\{44fc7fe2-65ce-487c-93f4-edee46eeaaab}
Operation:writeName:name
Value:
GoogleUpdater
(PID) Process:(1396) updater.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\Update\ClientState\{44fc7fe2-65ce-487c-93f4-edee46eeaaab}
Operation:writeName:pv
Value:
131.0.6776.0
(PID) Process:(1396) updater.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\Update\ClientState\{44fc7fe2-65ce-487c-93f4-edee46eeaaab}
Operation:writeName:name
Value:
GoogleUpdater
(PID) Process:(1396) updater.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{7405F538-1185-5D46-BDE0-8FD5C0DBFF39}
Operation:writeName:AppID
Value:
{7405F538-1185-5D46-BDE0-8FD5C0DBFF39}
(PID) Process:(1396) updater.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\{7405F538-1185-5D46-BDE0-8FD5C0DBFF39}
Operation:writeName:LocalService
Value:
GoogleUpdaterInternalService131.0.6776.0
(PID) Process:(1396) updater.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\{7405F538-1185-5D46-BDE0-8FD5C0DBFF39}
Operation:writeName:ServiceParameters
Value:
--com-service
(PID) Process:(1396) updater.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\Interface\{FC1132BC-C84F-5D90-9BB6-3D44C6394B28}\TypeLib
Operation:writeName:Version
Value:
1.0
(PID) Process:(1396) updater.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{FC1132BC-C84F-5D90-9BB6-3D44C6394B28}\TypeLib
Operation:writeName:Version
Value:
1.0
(PID) Process:(1396) updater.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\Interface\{D5BB0C40-8078-5D97-80DD-2C8F4510263D}\TypeLib
Operation:writeName:Version
Value:
1.0
Executable files
3
Suspicious files
10
Text files
2
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
204GoogleEarthProSetup.exeC:\Windows\SystemTemp\Google204_264502469\UPDATER.PACKED.7Z —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1396updater.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\131.0.6776.0\uninstall.cmdtext
MD5:FBC297EE9060D4256192E4EDB98CAD1B
SHA256:099592FFA867124D16C0C6D868AF1214FD2B7180FA76E4EEE01ABF2A5CF8F044
6384updater.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\prefs.json~RF8cfdc.TMPbinary
MD5:4A2784F1CA879E8FBBD97E39D0DE3CC9
SHA256:2BCD0A4051B1FA5B0444CEE9FD9F7341FAFE1EAE36659511926EBEFBA648DEE9
6384updater.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\prefs.jsonbinary
MD5:19F85E6079CD4357DDD23167A8D9C711
SHA256:A6710A28593DE66BBD2898E4CBB0769656F78F30DC25FCCFA7CC9252C3D50172
6384updater.exeC:\Windows\SystemTemp\Google6384_189748417\scoped_dir6384_375799473\GoogleUpdate.exeexecutable
MD5:3AA2C853D6BC7AF7F2F9B8A934943EFD
SHA256:07034876B9EC0B59432B96FEDB7E10E332440159F9802FAAD5F5B99F01885F6B
6384updater.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exeexecutable
MD5:E2937E33C2554EECC37C804A7F99F8B7
SHA256:5DDE29F028E75EE72F50902D20C41B699EF8FC5C294F04A321DEAC6909FFE409
6384updater.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\131.0.6776.0\prefs.jsonbinary
MD5:AA2D0C0C72BB528CF4168EA91C1C9A56
SHA256:E03E9D262CA3B7D19E37C3A69C7D8B46BD3F5542AA555A17D864071C28257B2C
3772updater.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\prefs.json~RF8e680.TMPbinary
MD5:19F85E6079CD4357DDD23167A8D9C711
SHA256:A6710A28593DE66BBD2898E4CBB0769656F78F30DC25FCCFA7CC9252C3D50172
3772updater.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\prefs.jsonbinary
MD5:216B379D9B517DED1F492517C354C0F5
SHA256:3B8D6391B6DDDC3BB935ACE3B3EDD23625378DFA9DB5043F3F3780A35C03003B
1396updater.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\131.0.6776.0\updater.exeexecutable
MD5:E2937E33C2554EECC37C804A7F99F8B7
SHA256:5DDE29F028E75EE72F50902D20C41B699EF8FC5C294F04A321DEAC6909FFE409
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HTTP(S) requests
2
TCP/UDP connections
24
DNS requests
9
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
—
—
GET
—
142.250.186.132:443
https://dl.google.com/update2/installers/icons/%7B65e60e95-0de9-43ff-9f3f-4f7d2dff04b5%7D.bmp?lang=en-US
unknown
—
—
—
—
—
POST
—
216.58.206.67:443
https://update.googleapis.com/service/update2/json?cup2key=14:3-Nx9hCYq7GZSLkzvi23Z8uFIz-ixKMtze3zKcdPgHw&cup2hreq=9ccb9406ba3ec62032b776f4ab5601495c3175d79384c5ca8853e03aa9e90fc1
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
6944
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
—
—
104.126.37.171:443
www.bing.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
3772
updater.exe
216.58.206.67:443
update.googleapis.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
1396
updater.exe
142.250.186.174:443
dl.google.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
6944
svchost.exe
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
5488
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
816
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
  • 51.124.78.146
  • 40.127.240.158
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 104.126.37.171
  • 104.126.37.186
  • 104.126.37.123
  • 104.126.37.137
  • 104.126.37.185
  • 104.126.37.170
  • 104.126.37.131
  • 104.126.37.130
  • 104.126.37.128
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.184.206
whitelisted
update.googleapis.com
  • 216.58.206.67
whitelisted
dl.google.com
  • 142.250.186.174
whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.42.72.131
whitelisted

Threats

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Reports
GoogleEarthProSetup.exe