Malware analysis WinRar 4.1.65.exe_ Malicious activity

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File name:	WinRar 4.1.65.exe_
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/91be0571-3aba-41f3-a54a-6ea99b99de5d
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	June 21, 2025, 04:41:19
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, 5 sections
MD5:	7D3BA4C3641809983960D61C67AFFA05
SHA1:	A81CBF73C9D6FCA39E74E46819770CD3C6B2264F
SHA256:	728817FF401F36CC5A766B97212F8495E4F9AD552B564E245AAA5A7E6BB96B27
SSDEEP:	98304:R3DmF0bfB0kpgWI9g6LMixE4RKvpF8pfOU7d4H1rUOUZGzFfWPR8pWMSD3BfOcuk:l9

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 240 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 180 seconds
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (133.0.6943.127)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (133.0.3065.92)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (136.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (136.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe (PID: 3716)
  - Uninstall.exe (PID: 2460)
- Reads Microsoft Outlook installation path
  - WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe (PID: 3716)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe (PID: 3716)
- Drops 7-zip archiver for unpacking
  - WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe (PID: 3716)
- Creates/Modifies COM task schedule object
  - Uninstall.exe (PID: 2460)
- Reads Internet Explorer settings
  - WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe (PID: 3716)
- Creates a software uninstall entry
  - Uninstall.exe (PID: 2460)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe (PID: 3716)
  - Uninstall.exe (PID: 2460)
- Creates files in the program directory
  - WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe (PID: 3716)
  - Uninstall.exe (PID: 2460)
- Checks proxy server information
  - WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe (PID: 3716)
  - slui.exe (PID: 1480)
- Reads the computer name
  - WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe (PID: 3716)
  - Uninstall.exe (PID: 2460)
- Process checks computer location settings
  - WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe (PID: 3716)
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe (PID: 3716)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - slui.exe (PID: 1480)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	WinRAR Self Extracting archive (94.8)
.scr	\|	Windows screen saver (2.3)
.dll	\|	Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (1.2)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (0.8)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (0.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	2005:10:07 09:05:22+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	5
CodeSize:	77824
InitializedDataSize:	262656
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x1000
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	4
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

No data.

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Total processes

147

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1480

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:

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

2460

"C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\uninstall.exe" /setup

C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\Uninstall.exe

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WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\program files (x86)\winrar\uninstall.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

3716

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\winrar 4.1.65.exe_.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\AppData\Local\Temp\WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe

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explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

3221226540

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\winrar 4.1.65.exe_.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll

6700

C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe

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svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows host process (Rundll32)

Exit code:

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

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Total events

2 304

Read events

2 109

Write events

139

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(3716) WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry
Operation:	delete value	Name:	AddToFavoritesInitialSelection
Value:
(PID) Process:	(3716) WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry
Operation:	delete value	Name:	AddToFeedsInitialSelection
Value:
(PID) Process:	(3716) WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:	(3716) WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value: Cookie:
(PID) Process:	(3716) WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value: Visited:
(PID) Process:	(3716) WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR SFX
Operation:	write	Name:	C%%Program Files (x86)%WinRAR
Value: C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR
(PID) Process:	(3716) WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	Key:	HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-500\SOFTWARE\WinRAR SFX
Operation:	write	Name:	C%%Program Files%WinRAR
Value: C:\Program Files\WinRAR
(PID) Process:	(3716) WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	Key:	HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-500\SOFTWARE\WinRAR SFX
Operation:	write	Name:	C%%Program Files (x86)%WinRAR
Value: C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR
(PID) Process:	(2460) Uninstall.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\Setup\.rar
Operation:	write	Name:	Set
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(2460) Uninstall.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\Setup\.zip
Operation:	write	Name:	Set
Value: 1

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
3716	WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\License.txt		text
		MD5:180F51E019F4477C729C348A76A4D00F	SHA256:A16F9C599E9E3504C92BDEF6BA92FBE0062339A7BF70C57BDA130EC73CA97976
3716	WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\Order.htm		html
		MD5:B4475581C5E35D6E813EA5BE995EA457	SHA256:B27BCAD5B068617CDA66EAA10A0F949F533C563412BCF04614AADA0431F62741
3716	WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\rarreg.key		text
		MD5:0E91CB88594EFA20AE6B6A3789075D51	SHA256:1FA80634C657446E7AFA181028D26C58493BA5837D4AE021419715AB6BBB60DC
3716	WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\Rar.txt		text
		MD5:1CAD4636F39689BF44C815ACE1E6E57B	SHA256:DAD4D4328E41A69B3CDF5485FAFD2CCA4047F7154E2F211018341874B0264BDC
3716	WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\RarExtLoader.exe		executable
		MD5:BE2F585891B8FA4DB2AB91ACA1D643EC	SHA256:18246C40E3DA4CEC61DA412B2920B8246E858F60A96E301ABFEA31B4A85687D4
3716	WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\Uninstall.lst		text
		MD5:367BB2F0D1C379A4F584DC7BE72AB83A	SHA256:8A7C25A64DB525BCFF43FC928A58667F22E1FB3550DCB9A77910F290AC63AF4E
3716	WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\RarExt.dll		executable
		MD5:3B42317C8A22B82B04BF8C4E13B27CF0	SHA256:1D2C9C7354DA1C1D21ABF15B34F1D67280F5DFDC9DE77A2EE903D3229B459F1B
3716	WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\RarExt64.dll		executable
		MD5:3E5D078EBF7820978331D2A5EA6D0F1D	SHA256:BEC473CFBC7FF7DD21449DC0584B8C279803D312D5EA6EF4F950A92E2A4F5783
3716	WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\RarFiles.lst		text
		MD5:0EDE60413958D08E1768EE077658BE45	SHA256:73E70B464A5572E43382FB33EFAB15EFC2D7EB3F863941A7FF830589397803E5
3716	WinRar 4.1.65.exe_.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\UnRAR.exe		executable
		MD5:E7E15AAEB065E7758141C69105257A98	SHA256:66591FE3D14E389143014C2BCB6876F35D327AEA6E33FEAB67DC825EE595B376

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
2552	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.24.77.35:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1700	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2940	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.23.197.184:80	http://x1.c.lencr.org/	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1700	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
5944	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5372	RUXIMICS.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
2336	svchost.exe	172.211.123.250:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
2552	svchost.exe	20.190.160.67:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
2552	svchost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	184.24.77.35:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	4.231.128.59 40.127.240.158 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.78	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.250	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.67 40.126.32.133 20.190.160.65 20.190.160.64 20.190.160.66 20.190.160.5 20.190.160.130 20.190.160.4	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	184.24.77.35 184.24.77.37 184.24.77.12	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	184.30.21.171	whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com	52.111.227.11	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.12.23.50	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	40.69.42.241	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

WinRar 4.1.65.exe_

7D3BA4C3641809983960D61C67AFFA05

A81CBF73C9D6FCA39E74E46819770CD3C6B2264F

728817FF401F36CC5A766B97212F8495E4F9AD552B564E245AAA5A7E6BB96B27

98304:R3DmF0bfB0kpgWI9g6LMixE4RKvpF8pfOU7d4H1rUOUZGzFfWPR8pWMSD3BfOcuk:l9

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

SUSPICIOUS

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Reads Microsoft Outlook installation path

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Drops 7-zip archiver for unpacking

Creates/Modifies COM task schedule object

Reads Internet Explorer settings

Creates a software uninstall entry

INFO

Checks supported languages

Creates files in the program directory

Checks proxy server information

Reads the computer name

Process checks computer location settings

The sample compiled with english language support

Reads the software policy settings

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