| File name: | hijackthis.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/98d21257-3e4a-40f7-af9c-ea3373a0139e |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | March 21, 2025, 09:35:31 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed, 3 sections |
| MD5: | 9A2347903D6EDB84C10F288BC0578C1C |
| SHA1: | AE96A47E781ED600704B0B040F6B5C8A92AC5E51 |
| SHA256: | 5DCA5DAD7A63810DACEE7F38C098A7B2D68617BF8175F05147E44D19DFA57A04 |
| SSDEEP: | 12288:2NJ7kD53H64F9l0izLVWFQ0pqT3x2ttt5VVVVVlVVVVVV:2NJ7kD5364F9l0ORWFlpqTh2 |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Start notepad (likely ransomware note)
- hijackthis.exe (PID: 6048)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- hijackthis.exe (PID: 6048)
The process checks if it is being run in the virtual environment
- hijackthis.exe (PID: 6048)
INFO
Checks supported languages
- hijackthis.exe (PID: 6048)
Reads the computer name
- hijackthis.exe (PID: 6048)
UPX packer has been detected
- hijackthis.exe (PID: 6048)
The sample compiled with english language support
- hijackthis.exe (PID: 6048)
Process checks computer location settings
- hijackthis.exe (PID: 6048)
Create files in a temporary directory
- hijackthis.exe (PID: 6048)
Checks proxy server information
- hijackthis.exe (PID: 6048)
- slui.exe (PID: 3240)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 4428)
- hijackthis.exe (PID: 6048)
- slui.exe (PID: 3240)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | UPX compressed Win32 Executable (39.3) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win32 EXE Yoda's Crypter (38.6) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (9.5) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (6.5) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.9) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2010:04:12 18:50:51+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 278528 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 110592 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 1036288 |
| EntryPoint: | 0x141850 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | 2 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 2.0.0.4 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 2.0.0.4 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x0000 |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| CompanyName: | Trend Micro Inc. |
| FileDescription: | HijackThis |
| LegalCopyright: | (c) 2007 Trend Micro Inc |
| LegalTrademarks: | © |
| ProductName: | HijackThis |
| FileVersion: | 2.00.0004 |
| ProductVersion: | 2.00.0004 |
| InternalName: | HijackThis |
| OriginalFileName: | HijackThis.exe |
Total processes
140
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2096 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: KMS Connection Broker Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 3240 | 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 Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4428 | "C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | SppExtComObj.Exe | ||||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows Activation Client Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 5960 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hijackthis.log | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe | — | hijackthis.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Notepad Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 6048 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hijackthis.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hijackthis.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Trend Micro Inc. Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: HijackThis Version: 2.00.0004 Modules
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Total events
16 515
Read events
16 510
Write events
4
Delete events
1
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (6048) hijackthis.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\TrendMicro\HijackThis |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LanguageFile |
Value: (Default) | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6048) hijackthis.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\TrendMicro\HijackThis |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ShowIntroFrame |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6048) hijackthis.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\TrendMicro\HijackThis |
| Operation: | delete key | Name: | (default) |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6048) hijackthis.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.log\OpenWithProgids |
| Operation: | write | Name: | txtfile |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6048) hijackthis.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\TrendMicro\HijackThis |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ShowIntroFrame |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
2
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6048 | hijackthis.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hijackthis.log | text | |
MD5:DADAFE066983AB646E8550013FB7DA13 | SHA256:C0A317F60910EED08BBFC7B3AC6E6DE1B2029BF4922D0B0D7D3759313A24B16C | |||
| 6048 | hijackthis.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~dummy.tmp | text | |
MD5:DADAFE066983AB646E8550013FB7DA13 | SHA256:C0A317F60910EED08BBFC7B3AC6E6DE1B2029BF4922D0B0D7D3759313A24B16C | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
9
TCP/UDP connections
28
DNS requests
21
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5176 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.143:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6048 | hijackthis.exe | GET | 301 | 2.16.97.53:80 | http://www.trendmicro.com/go/hjt/submit/?hjtver=2.0.4 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
208 | 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 |
208 | 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 |
6048 | hijackthis.exe | GET | 301 | 2.16.97.53:80 | http://www.trendmicro.com/go/hjt/submit/?hjtver=2.0.4 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6048 | hijackthis.exe | GET | 301 | 150.70.232.194:80 | http://free.antivirus.com/us/?hjtver=2.0.4 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6048 | hijackthis.exe | GET | 301 | 150.70.232.194:80 | http://free.antivirus.com/us/?hjtver=2.0.4 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 51.124.78.146:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 23.48.23.143:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 51.124.78.146:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 40.113.103.199:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 40.126.32.134:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 2.17.190.73:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
2112 | svchost.exe | 51.124.78.146:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
5176 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | 20.31.169.57:443 | arc.msn.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
5176 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | 2.17.190.73:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
arc.msn.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |