File name:

dxwebsetup.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/0b5bf08d-95a9-42f8-bc2e-c3da5c7706f6
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: June 15, 2025, 14:49:19
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
auto-reg
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, MS CAB-Installer self-extracting archive, 3 sections
MD5:

880A353DC9AB4202F2CFBEC1CB37181D

SHA1:

0BAFEE10ED68194FB332D3B46F7D92C8AD962843

SHA256:

6B5C9CEC68C7F3C0BA98B8D0B335F1BE8EA4CD37FB02B4C81ECC1A95EF6D9578

SSDEEP:

6144:OWK8faaQMbjFtVNtHb7RGb/Mp7mgypysDVpU2drVxP:LaaQMXDFFfp7S5DbU2RP

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

      • dxwebsetup.exe (PID: 6684)
      • dxwebsetup.exe (PID: 5712)

    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • dxwebsetup.exe (PID: 5712)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • dxwebsetup.exe (PID: 5712)
      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 768)

    • Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

      • dxwebsetup.exe (PID: 6684)
      • dxwebsetup.exe (PID: 5712)
      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 768)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • dxwebsetup.exe (PID: 5712)
      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 768)

  • INFO

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • dxwebsetup.exe (PID: 5712)
      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 768)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • dxwebsetup.exe (PID: 5712)

    • Checks supported languages

      • dxwebsetup.exe (PID: 5712)
      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 768)

    • The sample compiled with chinese language support

      • dxwebsetup.exe (PID: 5712)
      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 768)

    • Launching a file from a Registry key

      • dxwebsetup.exe (PID: 5712)

    • Reads the computer name

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 768)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 5504)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • slui.exe (PID: 5504)

    • Manual execution by a user

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 2140)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (42.2)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (37.3)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.8)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2001:08:18 01:42:57+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 7
CodeSize: 34816
InitializedDataSize: 258048
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x5a5e
OSVersion: 5.1
ImageVersion: 5.1
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 6.0.2600.0
ProductVersionNumber: 6.0.2600.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: DirectX 9.0 Web setup
FileVersion: 9.28.1886.0
InternalName: DXWebSetup
LegalCopyright: Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName: dxwebsetup.exe
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
ProductVersion: 9.28.1886.0
No data.
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Total processes
137
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
2

Behavior graph

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start dxwebsetup.exe dxwsetup.exe rundll32.exe no specs slui.exe dxwebsetup.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
768C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exe
dxwebsetup.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
DirectX Setup
Version:
4.9.0.0904
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\ixp000.tmp\dxwsetup.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\acgenral.dll
2140rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\advpack.dll,DelNodeRunDLL32 "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\"C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\imagehlp.dll
5504C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\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
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
5712"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\dxwebsetup.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\dxwebsetup.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
DirectX 9.0 Web setup
Version:
9.28.1886.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\dxwebsetup.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\acgenral.dll
6684"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\dxwebsetup.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\dxwebsetup.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
DirectX 9.0 Web setup
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
9.28.1886.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\dxwebsetup.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
Total events
3 564
Read events
3 563
Write events
1
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(5712) dxwebsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
Operation:writeName:wextract_cleanup0
Value:
rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\advpack.dll,DelNodeRunDLL32 "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\"
Executable files
7
Suspicious files
0
Text files
3
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
5712dxwebsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dsetup.dllexecutable
MD5:8DC08C0EFFFFC3D08E8718260843D10C
SHA256:9AD6F392A736BA7E137AC7A49BC454E1457C91372FFEC8EFFD4E779716A1F07D
5712dxwebsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dsetup32.dllexecutable
MD5:F6B14958D2A93750C3D4FAD02CA739BE
SHA256:529C3E93C1A7CBB0225AB5F12C5BB0E91EB905EBF3DB7FC00CBD96D8E66A6F0E
5712dxwebsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exeexecutable
MD5:A2772E5A8DF5DC3487E8516321ED29DA
SHA256:8FAC859DC73AB7A8C18F093C6A58ACCF3EE8F1B86A4BCFCE4C9E8A1253D2828F
768dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\directx\websetup\dsetup.dllexecutable
MD5:8DC08C0EFFFFC3D08E8718260843D10C
SHA256:9AD6F392A736BA7E137AC7A49BC454E1457C91372FFEC8EFFD4E779716A1F07D
5712dxwebsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.infini
MD5:AD8982EAA02C7AD4D7CDCBC248CAA941
SHA256:D63C35E9B43EB0F28FFC28F61C9C9A306DA9C9DE3386770A7EB19FAA44DBFC00
768dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\directx\websetup\SET6B9B.tmpexecutable
MD5:8DC08C0EFFFFC3D08E8718260843D10C
SHA256:9AD6F392A736BA7E137AC7A49BC454E1457C91372FFEC8EFFD4E779716A1F07D
768dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\Logs\DirectX.logtext
MD5:F444AD44B5933A2495D7F105863D5957
SHA256:C094E40600D0E5D148B60DED9F963877953AA99B8697128FA18394AFDE3358D3
768dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\directx\websetup\SET6BAB.tmpexecutable
MD5:F6B14958D2A93750C3D4FAD02CA739BE
SHA256:529C3E93C1A7CBB0225AB5F12C5BB0E91EB905EBF3DB7FC00CBD96D8E66A6F0E
768dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\directx\websetup\dsetup32.dllexecutable
MD5:F6B14958D2A93750C3D4FAD02CA739BE
SHA256:529C3E93C1A7CBB0225AB5F12C5BB0E91EB905EBF3DB7FC00CBD96D8E66A6F0E
5712dxwebsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.cifini
MD5:4BF39E4BB4A0595EF7A83CE93279F1DC
SHA256:32E1BD2E381F27D9815A5EE44F82B000DA3522E205E26991D2B490A527E62C30
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HTTP(S) requests
8
TCP/UDP connections
21
DNS requests
9
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
—
—
POST
500
20.83.72.98:443
https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail
unknown
xml
512 b
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.16.253.202:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
POST
500
20.83.72.98:443
https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail
unknown
xml
512 b
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
2.16.253.202:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.20.245.137:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
2.20.245.137:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4172
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
2.20.245.137:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4172
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
2.16.253.202:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
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
4172
RUXIMICS.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
2.20.245.137:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
4172
RUXIMICS.exe
2.20.245.137:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
2.20.245.137:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
4172
RUXIMICS.exe
2.16.253.202:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
2.16.253.202:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.73.194.208
  • 4.231.128.59
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.186.142
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.20.245.137
  • 2.20.245.139
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.253.202
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 40.91.76.224
whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.189.173.24
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
Process
Message
dxwsetup.exe
DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH
dxwsetup.exe
DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH
dxwsetup.exe
DLL_PROCESS_DETACH
dxwsetup.exe
DLL_PROCESS_DETACH
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