URL:

https://putinguard.com/PutinGuard-VPN.zip

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/9a00f77a-9218-4cdd-be7b-43a84107ddc2
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: May 15, 2019, 16:23:27
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

818E80CA150C06FE080528064EC5BFC8

SHA1:

93BA51DC07383B2BD254282913B159767B28FC70

SHA256:

55D510AE867C7174CA469FE4AA0E04D6B9EEFE5B8C9014750DF1314A27998E3C

SSDEEP:

3:N8UwCQ+HaXMhLfMVn:2UwCH8SrMVn

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • PutinGuard.exe (PID: 3728)
      • PutinGuard.exe (PID: 3680)

    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • PutinGuard.exe (PID: 3680)
      • SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 3860)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2384)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • PutinGuard.exe (PID: 3680)

    • Modifies files in Chrome extension folder

      • chrome.exe (PID: 4044)

  • INFO

    • Application launched itself

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3372)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 4044)

    • Reads Internet Cache Settings

      • chrome.exe (PID: 4044)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3092)

    • Changes internet zones settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3372)

    • Creates files in the user directory

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3092)

    • Reads internet explorer settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3092)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
75
Monitored processes
34
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start iexplore.exe iexplore.exe chrome.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs winrar.exe putinguard.exe no specs putinguard.exe searchprotocolhost.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
300"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=watcher --main-thread-id=4032 --on-initialized-event-handle=308 --parent-handle=312 /prefetch:6C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\73.0.3683.75\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1356"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=956,14358687500411036992,15922026056281696872,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=9181303753762836211 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4312 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\73.0.3683.75\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1532"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=956,14358687500411036992,15922026056281696872,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=15273888908552208776 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4900 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\73.0.3683.75\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1672"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=956,14358687500411036992,15922026056281696872,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=8221567490968358632 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2248 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\73.0.3683.75\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1684"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=956,14358687500411036992,15922026056281696872,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=8800050486940027288 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4380 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\73.0.3683.75\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1704"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=956,14358687500411036992,15922026056281696872,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --service-pipe-token=3817807200467700482 --lang=en-US --extension-process --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=3817807200467700482 --renderer-client-id=22 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4056 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\73.0.3683.75\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2076"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=956,14358687500411036992,15922026056281696872,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --no-sandbox --service-request-channel-token=14813625654312989402 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4076 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\73.0.3683.75\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2160"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=956,14358687500411036992,15922026056281696872,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --service-pipe-token=7170928058218825847 --lang=en-US --extension-process --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=7170928058218825847 --renderer-client-id=3 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2308 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\73.0.3683.75\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2384"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" x -iext -ow -ver -- "C:\Users\admin\Downloads\PutinGuard-VPN.zip" C:\Users\admin\Downloads\PutinGuard-VPN\C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Alexander Roshal
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WinRAR archiver
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.60.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\comdlg32.dll
2404"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=956,14358687500411036992,15922026056281696872,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --service-pipe-token=15253737729014251230 --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=15253737729014251230 --renderer-client-id=6 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2296 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\73.0.3683.75\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
Total events
1 144
Read events
953
Write events
185
Delete events
6

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3372) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Operation:writeName:CompatibilityFlags
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3372) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3372) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3372) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones
Operation:writeName:SecuritySafe
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3372) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:ProxyEnable
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3372) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:writeName:SavedLegacySettings
Value:
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
(PID) Process:(3372) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\Active
Operation:writeName:{D108ECCF-772D-11E9-A09E-5254004A04AF}
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3372) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{2670000A-7350-4F3C-8081-5663EE0C6C49}\iexplore
Operation:writeName:Type
Value:
4
(PID) Process:(3372) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{2670000A-7350-4F3C-8081-5663EE0C6C49}\iexplore
Operation:writeName:Count
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3372) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{2670000A-7350-4F3C-8081-5663EE0C6C49}\iexplore
Operation:writeName:Time
Value:
E307050003000F00100017003000B703
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
72
Text files
467
Unknown types
17

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3372iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\H6QNMHE9\favicon[1].ico —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3372iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
4044chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\index —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
4044chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\data_0 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
4044chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\data_1 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
4044chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\data_2 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
4044chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\data_3 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
4044chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\000018.dbtmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
4044chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Last Versiontext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
4044chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\f56f18af-a44b-4886-bd76-8e3e24cf71d2.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
35
DNS requests
22
Threats
3

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
4044
chrome.exe
GET
204
172.217.22.99:80
http://www.gstatic.com/generate_204
US
—
—
whitelisted
4044
chrome.exe
GET
302
172.217.18.110:80
http://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvMjJlQUFXRC12Ny1ldUFnMXF3SDlXZDlFZw/7319.128.0.1_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx
US
html
506 b
whitelisted
3372
iexplore.exe
GET
200
204.79.197.200:80
http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico
US
image
237 b
whitelisted
4044
chrome.exe
GET
200
209.85.230.216:80
http://r2---sn-aigs6n7r.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvMjJlQUFXRC12Ny1ldUFnMXF3SDlXZDlFZw/7319.128.0.1_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx?cms_redirect=yes&mip=194.187.251.125&mm=28&mn=sn-aigs6n7r&ms=nvh&mt=1557937282&mv=m&pl=24&shardbypass=yes
US
crx
842 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3092
iexplore.exe
185.61.154.17:443
putinguard.com
Namecheap, Inc.
GB
malicious
3372
iexplore.exe
204.79.197.200:80
www.bing.com
Microsoft Corporation
US
whitelisted
4044
chrome.exe
216.58.208.35:443
clientservices.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4044
chrome.exe
172.217.18.173:443
accounts.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4044
chrome.exe
216.58.210.3:443
www.google.com.ua
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4044
chrome.exe
172.217.23.142:443
clients1.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4044
chrome.exe
172.217.22.99:443
www.gstatic.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4044
chrome.exe
216.58.208.46:443
apis.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4044
chrome.exe
172.217.18.106:443
fonts.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4044
chrome.exe
216.58.205.228:443
www.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
www.bing.com
  • 204.79.197.200
  • 13.107.21.200
whitelisted
putinguard.com
  • 185.61.154.17
malicious
clientservices.googleapis.com
  • 216.58.208.35
whitelisted
www.google.com.ua
  • 216.58.210.3
whitelisted
accounts.google.com
  • 172.217.18.173
shared
clients1.google.com
  • 172.217.23.142
whitelisted
ssl.gstatic.com
  • 216.58.207.67
whitelisted
www.gstatic.com
  • 172.217.22.99
whitelisted
apis.google.com
  • 216.58.208.46
whitelisted
ogs.google.com
  • 216.58.210.14
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
4
System
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
POLICY [PTsecurity] PPTP tunnel based VPN (Start connection request)
4
System
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
POLICY [PTsecurity] PPTP VPN Protocol
4
System
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
POLICY [PTsecurity] PPTP tunnel based VPN (Start connection request)
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Reports
https://putinguard.com/PutinGuard-VPN.zip