File name:

DirectX Web setup.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/978838a4-afb2-42b3-aeb8-33b075a5cb85
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: April 10, 2025, 09:08:58
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
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

      • DirectX Web setup.exe (PID: 7300)
      • DirectX Web setup.exe (PID: 7388)

    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • DirectX Web setup.exe (PID: 7388)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 7424)
      • DirectX Web setup.exe (PID: 7388)
      • DirectX Web setup.exe (PID: 7300)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 7424)
      • DirectX Web setup.exe (PID: 7388)

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • DirectX Web setup.exe (PID: 7388)
      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 7424)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 7424)

  • INFO

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • DirectX Web setup.exe (PID: 7388)
      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 7424)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • DirectX Web setup.exe (PID: 7388)
      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 7424)

    • Checks supported languages

      • DirectX Web setup.exe (PID: 7388)
      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 7424)

    • The sample compiled with chinese language support

      • DirectX Web setup.exe (PID: 7388)
      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 7424)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 7424)

    • Reads the computer name

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 7424)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 7424)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 7424)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 7424)
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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 directx web setup.exe dxwsetup.exe sppextcomobj.exe no specs slui.exe no specs directx web setup.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
7300"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DirectX Web setup.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DirectX Web setup.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\appdata\local\temp\directx web setup.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
7388"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DirectX Web setup.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DirectX Web setup.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\appdata\local\temp\directx web setup.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
7424C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exe
DirectX Web setup.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
7560C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe—svchost.exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
KMS Connection Broker
Version:
10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.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\oleaut32.dll
7592"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=TimerEventC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe—SppExtComObj.Exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
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
Total events
3 812
Read events
3 808
Write events
4
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(7388) DirectX Web setup.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\"
(PID) Process:(7424) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:(7424) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Cookie:
(PID) Process:(7424) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Visited:
Executable files
11
Suspicious files
65
Text files
2
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
7424dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\directx\websetup\dsetup.dllexecutable
MD5:8DC08C0EFFFFC3D08E8718260843D10C
SHA256:9AD6F392A736BA7E137AC7A49BC454E1457C91372FFEC8EFFD4E779716A1F07D
7388DirectX Web setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.ciftext
MD5:4BF39E4BB4A0595EF7A83CE93279F1DC
SHA256:32E1BD2E381F27D9815A5EE44F82B000DA3522E205E26991D2B490A527E62C30
7424dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\Logs\DirectX.logtext
MD5:B57BCF5891C6097E02C5233EDBEE7998
SHA256:A10D8E860192FAC5A0753034AAEB5F05E6EEF9507BD071AD215E4BF148F140F7
7388DirectX Web setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dsetup32.dllexecutable
MD5:F6B14958D2A93750C3D4FAD02CA739BE
SHA256:529C3E93C1A7CBB0225AB5F12C5BB0E91EB905EBF3DB7FC00CBD96D8E66A6F0E
7424dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\directx\websetup\SETC814.tmpexecutable
MD5:8DC08C0EFFFFC3D08E8718260843D10C
SHA256:9AD6F392A736BA7E137AC7A49BC454E1457C91372FFEC8EFFD4E779716A1F07D
7388DirectX Web setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dsetup.dllexecutable
MD5:8DC08C0EFFFFC3D08E8718260843D10C
SHA256:9AD6F392A736BA7E137AC7A49BC454E1457C91372FFEC8EFFD4E779716A1F07D
7388DirectX Web setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.inftext
MD5:AD8982EAA02C7AD4D7CDCBC248CAA941
SHA256:D63C35E9B43EB0F28FFC28F61C9C9A306DA9C9DE3386770A7EB19FAA44DBFC00
7388DirectX Web setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exeexecutable
MD5:A2772E5A8DF5DC3487E8516321ED29DA
SHA256:8FAC859DC73AB7A8C18F093C6A58ACCF3EE8F1B86A4BCFCE4C9E8A1253D2828F
7424dxwsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_CBDCCBFE4F7A916411C1E69BDD97BB04binary
MD5:2AE29DC08C558E80ED19C7D835622D81
SHA256:2EE5A79034E5625C6D2B4AEB8AC7B301B7DAD3DE20D14CDD74D413D65527556F
7424dxwsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\37C951188967C8EB88D99893D9D191FEbinary
MD5:6CEE24D9776D95B95991D28267C619D1
SHA256:8FC8D9F52FBB8EBC10849B7DA2FF45091D1C429387973D740189C4CBBFBA763A
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HTTP(S) requests
25
TCP/UDP connections
23
DNS requests
16
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.216.77.6:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
8024
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.181.156:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
8024
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.181.156:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7424
dxwsetup.exe
GET
302
23.32.97.192:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/dxupdate.cab
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7424
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEApDqVCbATUviZV57HIIulA%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7424
dxwsetup.exe
GET
302
23.32.97.192:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Aug2006_xinput_x64.cab
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7424
dxwsetup.exe
GET
302
23.32.97.192:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Dec2006_d3dx10_00_x86.cab
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7424
dxwsetup.exe
GET
302
23.32.97.192:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Dec2006_d3dx10_00_x64.cab
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7424
dxwsetup.exe
GET
302
23.32.97.192:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Apr2007_xinput_x86.cab
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
6392
RUXIMICS.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
—
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
—
—
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.216.77.6:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.249:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
20.190.160.131:443
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
2104
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 40.127.240.158
  • 51.124.78.146
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.186.78
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.216.77.6
  • 23.216.77.42
  • 23.216.77.28
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.249
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.160.131
  • 40.126.32.140
  • 40.126.32.72
  • 20.190.160.2
  • 40.126.32.136
  • 20.190.160.4
  • 20.190.160.128
  • 40.126.32.134
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.17.190.73
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 172.202.163.200
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 2.23.181.156
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 13.95.31.18
whitelisted
download.microsoft.com
  • 23.32.97.192
whitelisted

Threats

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Reports
DirectX Web setup.exe