Malware analysis OpenALwEAX.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	OpenALwEAX.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/c592ee3b-a743-48b7-8292-09fa573917cb
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	July 07, 2025, 04:20:20
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, 4 sections
MD5:	66C6FBD98F24138E5504D889B08EBD81
SHA1:	09C30A18FF8C32F94883471702E8E9C6E283C738
SHA256:	7C767AFB9C8797E03713C908EC5A63051386247C8718B694790A283A8504C545
SSDEEP:	24576:GCPj5oTbEzQD7eW+BTGmXpvyy2oUvQYn47a4+Z+4BFeD7rENHlF2bVH0W:GCPj5oTbEzQDClTDXpyy2oUvQY47a42E

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
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
- Executing a file with an untrusted certificate
  - OpenALwEAX.exe (PID: 6124)
SUSPICIOUS
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - OpenALwEAX.exe (PID: 4500)
- Creates a software uninstall entry
  - OpenALwEAX.exe (PID: 4500)
INFO
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - OpenALwEAX.exe (PID: 4500)
- Reads the computer name
  - OpenALwEAX.exe (PID: 4500)
- Creates files in the program directory
  - OpenALwEAX.exe (PID: 4500)
- Checks supported languages
  - OpenALwEAX.exe (PID: 4500)

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No Malware configuration.

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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:	2009:10:15 11:26:37+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	No relocs, Executable, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	8
CodeSize:	118784
InitializedDataSize:	679936
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x6c41
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	4
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	2.0.9.0
ProductVersionNumber:	2.0.9.0
FileFlagsMask:	0x003f
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType:	Executable application
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	English (U.S.)
CharacterSet:	Unicode
Comments:	Installs OpenAL32.dll (6.14.357.24) and wrap_oal.dll (2.2.0.7)
CompanyName:	Creative Labs Inc.
FileDescription:	OpenAL Installer
FileVersion:	2, 0, 9, 0
InternalName:	oalinst.exe
LegalCopyright:	Copyright © 2009
OriginalFileName:	oalinst.exe
ProductName:	OpenAL Installer
ProductVersion:	2, 0, 9, 0

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Total processes

141

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

3780

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

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

4500

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OpenALwEAX.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OpenALwEAX.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Creative Labs Inc.

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

OpenAL Installer

Exit code:

Version:

2, 0, 9, 0

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\openalweax.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\user32.dll

6124

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OpenALwEAX.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OpenALwEAX.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Creative Labs Inc.

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

OpenAL Installer

Exit code:

3221226540

Version:

2, 0, 9, 0

Modules

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

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Total events

250

Read events

247

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(4500) OpenALwEAX.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OpenAL
Operation:	write	Name:	DisplayIcon
Value: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenAL\OpenALwEAX.exe
(PID) Process:	(4500) OpenALwEAX.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OpenAL
Operation:	write	Name:	UninstallString
Value: "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenAL\OpenALwEAX.exe" /U
(PID) Process:	(4500) OpenALwEAX.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OpenAL
Operation:	write	Name:	DisplayName
Value: OpenAL

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
4500	OpenALwEAX.exe	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wrap_oal.new		executable
		MD5:23E1442C2957204DE00CE0405BA0C76F	SHA256:1945EF433035BC3462F1C16D9A46C71AC67ADEFFC32BE4F8AA767441FE0E26E4
4500	OpenALwEAX.exe	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\OpenAL32.dll		executable
		MD5:628321A50ED9558513F8A5E37A5E1FBA	SHA256:C44DC0929255FAF372C3C97B59B67AF40B3DCF7BAAEEB9C03231D978BC770CAF
4500	OpenALwEAX.exe	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tmp5BEC.tmp		executable
		MD5:66C6FBD98F24138E5504D889B08EBD81	SHA256:7C767AFB9C8797E03713C908EC5A63051386247C8718B694790A283A8504C545
4500	OpenALwEAX.exe	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\OpenAL32.new		executable
		MD5:628321A50ED9558513F8A5E37A5E1FBA	SHA256:C44DC0929255FAF372C3C97B59B67AF40B3DCF7BAAEEB9C03231D978BC770CAF
4500	OpenALwEAX.exe	C:\Windows\System32\OpenAL32.dll		executable
		MD5:7A1A02351FFED3B8550567F31257E968	SHA256:DED0AD6B09FA4EF7A3A17C9E9DBC2ABC6AA0E053CBFC0F1A4FBC8DBE9944B1F8
4500	OpenALwEAX.exe	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wrap_oal.dll		executable
		MD5:23E1442C2957204DE00CE0405BA0C76F	SHA256:1945EF433035BC3462F1C16D9A46C71AC67ADEFFC32BE4F8AA767441FE0E26E4
4500	OpenALwEAX.exe	C:\Windows\System32\OpenAL32.new		executable
		MD5:7A1A02351FFED3B8550567F31257E968	SHA256:DED0AD6B09FA4EF7A3A17C9E9DBC2ABC6AA0E053CBFC0F1A4FBC8DBE9944B1F8
4500	OpenALwEAX.exe	C:\Windows\System32\wrap_oal.dll		executable
		MD5:D383A7BE36C5CE69A7F9B53FFB89BCF4	SHA256:4443C33EE5EEE1691AED11CA5089EA299234B7ED18A3190E3676BB0254DD95FD
4500	OpenALwEAX.exe	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tmp5BBC.tmp		executable
		MD5:66C6FBD98F24138E5504D889B08EBD81	SHA256:7C767AFB9C8797E03713C908EC5A63051386247C8718B694790A283A8504C545
4500	OpenALwEAX.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenAL\OpenALwEAX.exe		executable
		MD5:66C6FBD98F24138E5504D889B08EBD81	SHA256:7C767AFB9C8797E03713C908EC5A63051386247C8718B694790A283A8504C545

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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
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3948	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.20.245.139:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1480	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1480	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	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
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
5944	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	51.124.78.146:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
592	RUXIMICS.exe	51.124.78.146:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	51.124.78.146:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	2.20.245.139:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	SE	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
3948	svchost.exe	40.126.32.76:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
3948	svchost.exe	2.23.77.188:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
google.com	216.58.212.142	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.20.245.139 2.20.245.137	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.32.76 40.126.32.140 20.190.160.65 40.126.32.72 20.190.160.128 40.126.32.74 40.126.32.138 40.126.32.136	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.23.77.188	whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com	52.111.229.43	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.249	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

OpenALwEAX.exe

66C6FBD98F24138E5504D889B08EBD81

09C30A18FF8C32F94883471702E8E9C6E283C738

7C767AFB9C8797E03713C908EC5A63051386247C8718B694790A283A8504C545

24576:GCPj5oTbEzQD7eW+BTGmXpvyy2oUvQYn47a4+Z+4BFeD7rENHlF2bVH0W:GCPj5oTbEzQDClTDXpyy2oUvQY47a42E

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

SUSPICIOUS

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Creates a software uninstall entry

INFO

The sample compiled with english language support

Reads the computer name

Creates files in the program directory

Checks supported languages

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

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EXE

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