| URL: | https://www.dropbox.com/s/bf417jnov2unvir/PDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.exe.zip?dl=0&file_subpath=%2FPDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/f53abca3-48e9-47b0-8464-6a116b1e8886 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Adware is a form of malware that targets users with unwanted advertisements, often disrupting their browsing experience. It typically infiltrates systems through software bundling, malicious websites, or deceptive downloads. Once installed, it may track user activity, collect sensitive data, and display intrusive ads, including pop-ups or banners. Some advanced adware variants can bypass security measures and establish persistence on devices, making removal challenging. Additionally, adware can create vulnerabilities that other malware can exploit, posing a significant risk to user privacy and system security. |
| Analysis date: | March 18, 2021, 12:42:07 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
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| MD5: | 4E634048FEFDDFC2C0FD84C776DF1572 |
| SHA1: | FC7CC597614B046AAFFD13338AA211C9A79099CB |
| SHA256: | 657EA5F37D416BAC915E9B86AAAA050A29C5A4CA850E2530ABA915644C16BF5F |
| SSDEEP: | 3:N8DSLcVHGkyRAQE1Qh4ufMwDfVEMEch1Qh4A:2OLHk11Qh4ZXpch1Qh4A |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 236 | "C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe" /s "C:\Windows\system32\MSCOMCT2.OCX" | C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe | — | PDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.tmp | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Microsoft(C) Register Server Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 556 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=watcher --main-thread-id=912 --on-initialized-event-handle=316 --parent-handle=320 /prefetch:6 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 75.0.3770.100 Modules
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| 1144 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VJFPP.tmp\PDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.tmp" /SL5="$301D8,27315752,56832,C:\Users\admin\Downloads\PDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VJFPP.tmp\PDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.tmp | — | PDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Setup/Uninstall Exit code: 0 Version: 51.52.0.0 Modules
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| 1188 | C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe | C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Spooler SubSystem App Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 1572 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1024,3840038835195717654,13045651768759866045,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --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=2792593885140103847 --renderer-client-id=5 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2196 /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 75.0.3770.100 Modules
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| 1740 | "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" x -iext -ow -ver -- "C:\Users\admin\Downloads\PDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.exe.zip" C:\Users\admin\Downloads\ | 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
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| 1840 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-HDAPG.tmp\CheckInstalledPDFCreator.tmp" /SL5="$7012A,56832,56832,C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-AF3CR.tmp\CheckInstalledPDFCreator.exe" /IniFileName=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-AF3CR.tmp\CheckInstalledPDFCreator.ini | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-HDAPG.tmp\CheckInstalledPDFCreator.tmp | — | CheckInstalledPDFCreator.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 1 Modules
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| 1912 | "C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe" | C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: pdfforge GmbH Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: PDFCreator Exit code: 0 Version: 1.07.0003 Modules
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| 2144 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1024,3840038835195717654,13045651768759866045,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --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=9169164577127077527 --renderer-client-id=8 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3420 /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 75.0.3770.100 Modules
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| 2152 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-AF3CR.tmp\CheckInstalledPDFCreator.exe" /IniFileName=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-AF3CR.tmp\CheckInstalledPDFCreator.ini | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-AF3CR.tmp\CheckInstalledPDFCreator.exe | — | PDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.tmp | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: pdfforge Integrity Level: HIGH Description: CheckInstalledPDFCreator Setup Exit code: 1 Version: Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (2704) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2704) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2704) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StatusCodes |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2704) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StatusCodes |
Value: 01000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2704) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (556) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 2704-13260544953347750 |
Value: 259 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2704) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | dr |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2704) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UsageStatsInSample |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2704) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | 3252-13245750958665039 |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2704) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | usagestats |
Value: 0 | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2704 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\BrowserMetrics\BrowserMetrics-60534ABA-A90.pma | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2704 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Feature Engagement Tracker\EventDB\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2704 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\efbf2179-e3ad-40fe-8fb1-d6c0f6aae2eb.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2704 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\000048.dbtmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2704 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2704 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old~RF12c859.TMP | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2704 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Session Storage\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2704 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.old~RF12c849.TMP | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2704 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2704 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\LOG.old~RF12cbc4.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2220 | PDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.tmp | HEAD | 404 | 51.89.33.242:80 | http://update.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/op | GB | — | — | malicious |
2500 | DownloadUpdateInfo.tmp | HEAD | 404 | 51.89.33.242:80 | http://update.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/update-info.txt | GB | — | — | malicious |
2220 | PDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.tmp | GET | 404 | 51.89.33.242:80 | http://update.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/op | GB | — | — | malicious |
3804 | PDF_Architect_Installer_2.0.24.16092.exe | HEAD | 302 | 64.15.159.224:80 | http://download20.pdfarchitect.org/module/main | CA | — | — | suspicious |
3804 | PDF_Architect_Installer_2.0.24.16092.exe | HEAD | 302 | 64.15.159.203:80 | http://cdn.lulusoft.com/download/pdfarchitect/pdfarch2/main | CA | — | — | suspicious |
3804 | PDF_Architect_Installer_2.0.24.16092.exe | HEAD | 302 | 216.239.34.21:80 | http://download.pdfforge.org/go/pdfarchitect/2.1.6.19758/pdf-architect-startup-2.1.6.19758.msi | US | — | — | malicious |
3804 | PDF_Architect_Installer_2.0.24.16092.exe | HEAD | 302 | 64.15.159.203:80 | http://cdn.lulusoft.com/download/pdfarchitect/pdfarch2/review | CA | — | — | suspicious |
3804 | PDF_Architect_Installer_2.0.24.16092.exe | HEAD | 302 | 64.15.159.224:80 | http://download20.pdfarchitect.org/module/insert | CA | — | — | suspicious |
3804 | PDF_Architect_Installer_2.0.24.16092.exe | HEAD | 302 | 64.15.159.224:80 | http://download20.pdfarchitect.org/module/review | CA | — | — | suspicious |
3804 | PDF_Architect_Installer_2.0.24.16092.exe | HEAD | 302 | 216.239.34.21:80 | http://download.pdfforge.org/go/pdfarchitect/2.1.6.19758/pdf-architect-review-module-2.1.6.19758.msi | US | — | — | malicious |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2580 | chrome.exe | 162.125.66.16:443 | ucba80c1f2af94826a2427dbda43.previews.dropboxusercontent.com | Dropbox, Inc. | DE | unknown |
2580 | chrome.exe | 162.125.248.18:443 | dropbox.com | Dropbox, Inc. | US | suspicious |
2580 | chrome.exe | 142.250.185.99:443 | ssl.gstatic.com | Google Inc. | US | whitelisted |
2580 | chrome.exe | 104.16.99.29:443 | cfl.dropboxstatic.com | Cloudflare Inc | US | shared |
2580 | chrome.exe | 162.125.66.15:443 | uc300fde6fa1d7c2814c1b99c83a.dl.dropboxusercontent.com | Dropbox, Inc. | DE | malicious |
2580 | chrome.exe | 142.250.185.142:443 | sb-ssl.google.com | Google Inc. | US | whitelisted |
2500 | DownloadUpdateInfo.tmp | 51.89.33.242:80 | update.pdfforge.org | — | GB | malicious |
2220 | PDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.tmp | 51.89.33.242:80 | update.pdfforge.org | — | GB | malicious |
3804 | PDF_Architect_Installer_2.0.24.16092.exe | 198.72.111.244:80 | wsgeoip.lulusoft.com | iWeb Technologies Inc. | CA | suspicious |
2624 | PDFArchitect2Installer.exe | 198.72.111.244:80 | wsgeoip.lulusoft.com | iWeb Technologies Inc. | CA | suspicious |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
www.dropbox.com |
| shared |
accounts.google.com |
| shared |
cfl.dropboxstatic.com |
| shared |
dropbox.com |
| shared |
ucba80c1f2af94826a2427dbda43.previews.dropboxusercontent.com |
| unknown |
ssl.gstatic.com |
| whitelisted |
bolt.dropbox.com |
| whitelisted |
beacon.dropbox.com |
| whitelisted |
uc300fde6fa1d7c2814c1b99c83a.dl.dropboxusercontent.com |
| malicious |
sb-ssl.google.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2580 | chrome.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY Dropbox.com Offsite File Backup in Use |
2580 | chrome.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY Dropbox.com Offsite File Backup in Use |
2220 | PDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.tmp | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] InnoTools Downloader |
2220 | PDFCreator-1_7_3_setup.tmp | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] InnoTools Downloader |
3804 | PDF_Architect_Installer_2.0.24.16092.exe | Misc activity | SUSPICIOUS [PTsecurity] External IP Lookup (lulusoft.com) |
2624 | PDFArchitect2Installer.exe | Misc activity | SUSPICIOUS [PTsecurity] External IP Lookup (lulusoft.com) |