| URL: | https://downloadfiles.pdfgear.com/releases/windows/pdfgear_setup_v2.1.12.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/ee385059-14e3-4d7b-b129-75427598a596 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | July 18, 2025, 06:20:33 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
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| Indicators: | |
| MD5: | F33C1D0BB19403BD8F169A329940DE31 |
| SHA1: | 4EC395E740F6AB0CF6FEC48224321A990F80BB48 |
| SHA256: | 58D8232C4E9939D80A3A2428D46A3100F5331A5305ED75A37C197D22827F39AB |
| SSDEEP: | 3:N8SEtIANAEbddI8ABZRfbLU4Nn:2SChddI8GR04 |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 472 | tasklist /nh | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Lists the current running tasks Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 592 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=edge_search_indexer.mojom.SearchIndexerInterfaceBroker --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=search_indexer --disable-quic --message-loop-type-ui --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=5460,i,407586652503149069,11769143391534245329,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5332 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 1040 | find /c /i "FileWatcher.exe" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\find.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Find String (grep) Utility Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1380 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=entity_extraction_service.mojom.Extractor --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=entity_extraction --disable-quic --onnx-enabled-for-ee --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=5300,i,407586652503149069,11769143391534245329,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5296 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 1480 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=7132,i,407586652503149069,11769143391534245329,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4768 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 1488 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" /c tasklist /nh|find /c /i "PDFLauncher.exe" > "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\findSoftRes.txt" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | — | pdfgear_setup_v2.1.12.tmp | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1612 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --string-annotations --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=6 --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=3604,i,407586652503149069,11769143391534245329,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3652 /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 2128 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=6188,i,407586652503149069,11769143391534245329,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=7996 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 2132 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" /c tasklist /nh|find /c /i "pdfconverter.exe" > "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\findSoftRes.txt" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | — | pdfgear_setup_v2.1.12.tmp | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2288 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" /c tasklist /nh|find /c /i "FileWatcher.exe" > "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\findSoftRes.txt" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | — | pdfgear_setup_v2.1.12.tmp | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (3956) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3956) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3956) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3956) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\LastWasDefault |
| Operation: | write | Name: | S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001 |
Value: 38CC8C68C4982F00 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3956) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\StabilityMetrics |
| Operation: | write | Name: | user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3956) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowProperties\590370 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | WindowTabManagerFileMappingId |
Value: {16BAAC50-1FBA-4BBB-BA5E-2BE96BF32FEF} | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3956) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowProperties\590370 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | WindowTabManagerFileMappingId |
Value: {5EB93D5E-AAB2-4D23-B50C-59E96657F954} | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3956) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\LastWasDefault |
| Operation: | write | Name: | S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001 |
Value: 5E11A468C4982F00 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3956) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\Commands\on-logon-autolaunch |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Enabled |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3956) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowProperties\590370 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | WindowTabManagerFileMappingId |
Value: {4E2CA5B7-C5C9-4931-A675-F3458A11E1C1} | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3956 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\ClientCertificates\LOG.old~RF18d1b2.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3956 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\ClientCertificates\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3956 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old~RF18d1d2.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3956 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3956 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old~RF18d1d2.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3956 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3956 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old~RF18d1e1.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3956 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3956 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\LOG.old~RF18d1f1.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3956 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3396 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3956 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 18.173.205.113:80 | http://ocsps.ssl.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBT4XPMAgX8rbNb10iD9IkFVxGbTWwQUW8pe5d7SgarNqC1kUbbZcpuX5k8CEG7dTyXnMX05gVcxNM%2FB3KA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3956 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 18.173.205.113:80 | http://ocsps.ssl.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBROpre88MpUocDyy2wCPdWKwtQZDwQUAYmUuf60M13w8fqF%2BSRGhKNXaV4CEDcSevbEOb%2B9b0q95JSf3Yc%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7968 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7932 | svchost.exe | HEAD | 200 | 208.89.74.31:80 | http://msedge.b.tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/bf8090eb-6e5c-4c51-9250-5bf9b46cf160?P1=1753299444&P2=404&P3=2&P4=ivPURg3sudAio1x06h7rNnH9gmYCZjrMzcKWs09w%2bl5Thh6hXyCrP%2fE42IUIh6XhQDQ61XKMd%2bcvEl10iQwsfg%3d%3d | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7968 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7932 | svchost.exe | GET | 206 | 208.89.74.31:80 | http://msedge.b.tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/bf8090eb-6e5c-4c51-9250-5bf9b46cf160?P1=1753299444&P2=404&P3=2&P4=ivPURg3sudAio1x06h7rNnH9gmYCZjrMzcKWs09w%2bl5Thh6hXyCrP%2fE42IUIh6XhQDQ61XKMd%2bcvEl10iQwsfg%3d%3d | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7932 | svchost.exe | GET | 206 | 208.89.74.31:80 | http://msedge.b.tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/bf8090eb-6e5c-4c51-9250-5bf9b46cf160?P1=1753299444&P2=404&P3=2&P4=ivPURg3sudAio1x06h7rNnH9gmYCZjrMzcKWs09w%2bl5Thh6hXyCrP%2fE42IUIh6XhQDQ61XKMd%2bcvEl10iQwsfg%3d%3d | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
684 | RUXIMICS.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
6504 | msedge.exe | 13.107.42.16:443 | config.edge.skype.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
6504 | msedge.exe | 150.171.27.11:80 | edge.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
6504 | msedge.exe | 172.67.70.217:443 | downloadfiles.pdfgear.com | CLOUDFLARENET | US | unknown |
6504 | msedge.exe | 150.171.27.11:443 | edge.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
6504 | msedge.exe | 142.250.184.195:443 | update.googleapis.com | GOOGLE | US | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
edge.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
config.edge.skype.com |
| whitelisted |
downloadfiles.pdfgear.com |
| unknown |
copilot.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
update.googleapis.com |
| whitelisted |
www.bing.com |
| whitelisted |
edgeassetservice.azureedge.net |
| whitelisted |
www.googleapis.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
6504 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
6504 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
6504 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
6504 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
6504 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
6504 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
Process | Message |
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RegExt.exe | Native library pre-loader is trying to load native SQLite library "C:\Program Files\PDFgear\x64\SQLite.Interop.dll"...
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PDFLauncher.exe | Native library pre-loader is trying to load native SQLite library "C:\Program Files\PDFgear\x64\SQLite.Interop.dll"...
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PDFLauncher.exe | SQLite error (261): database is locked in "SELECT * FROM configs WHERE key=@key"
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pdfeditor.exe | Native library pre-loader is trying to load native SQLite library "C:\Program Files\PDFgear\x64\SQLite.Interop.dll"...
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pdfeditor.exe | SQLite notice (283): recovered 8 frames from WAL file C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFgear\AppData\pdfdata.db-wal
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