File name:

gswin32c.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/25813466-ac29-462e-918b-a30af05d70e5
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: June 12, 2025, 15:12:18
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
upx
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, UPX compressed, 3 sections
MD5:

462EFC12367842CD09DEB997D353DDD3

SHA1:

F30BBA9DAAAE9631BED20E2CA6B936B28E8E4891

SHA256:

68FFDFEEE5E63F2FFD38195A8F63482B148BDD7254378B6370A0AA7117CFD2C2

SSDEEP:

98304:9Pw5/KZTjn9yNJgfJ4wdrRrXSp5EMZK3A10paV67a6nmnzP7TIFQ3lhGHQ7lbS9b:8CjFapjM7NN5U6Qab5j3jhj

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

      • gswin32c.exe (PID: 4224)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    No suspicious indicators.
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • gswin32c.exe (PID: 4224)
    • UPX packer has been detected

      • gswin32c.exe (PID: 4224)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | UPX compressed Win32 Executable (43.5)
.exe | Win32 EXE Yoda's Crypter (42.7)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (7.2)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (3.2)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (3.2)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2015:06:21 04:06:02+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Large address aware, 32-bit, No debug
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 2.25
CodeSize: 9973760
InitializedDataSize: 28672
UninitializedDataSize: 10584064
EntryPoint: 0x139b660
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 1
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows command line
No data.
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Total processes
135
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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start gswin32c.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs slui.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
316C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
1044\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exegswin32c.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
4224"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gswin32c.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gswin32c.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\gswin32c.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
264
Read events
264
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

No data
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
20
DNS requests
15
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.156:80
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
2292
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.54.109.203:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
4700
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
4700
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
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
1268
svchost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
5372
RUXIMICS.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
23.48.23.156:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
23.35.229.160:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
4700
SIHClient.exe
52.149.20.212:443
slscr.update.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
4700
SIHClient.exe
23.35.229.160:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 142.250.185.238
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 40.127.240.158
  • 20.73.194.208
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.48.23.156
  • 23.48.23.143
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 23.35.229.160
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 52.149.20.212
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 40.69.42.241
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 40.126.31.0
  • 20.190.159.71
  • 20.190.159.75
  • 20.190.159.129
  • 40.126.31.130
  • 20.190.159.23
  • 40.126.31.69
  • 40.126.31.128
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 23.54.109.203
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.250
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 40.91.76.224
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info