| File name: | HxDPortableSetup.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/373b7cdd-2e70-4d88-833e-41c029b7fe2a |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | May 15, 2025, 17:26:15 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 8 sections |
| MD5: | 565554EA03B1EF7812E66F13262DE601 |
| SHA1: | 77558FF5D65D181B9DE3BA353538283F51DE396C |
| SHA256: | 7EED3FBB271A7DB6D061106A0E20A5A193388F800812266CDBB7526E469820A8 |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:SYgmygQ4mUSSlmD5u6hY1T/zgzdpV9u1O:fgmw4iS+r205pVMo |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- HxDPortableSetup.exe (PID: 7012)
- HxDPortableSetup.tmp (PID: 1276)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- HxDPortableSetup.tmp (PID: 1276)
Reads the Windows owner or organization settings
- HxDPortableSetup.tmp (PID: 1276)
Application launched itself
- HxD64.exe (PID: 5936)
Start notepad (likely ransomware note)
- HxDPortableSetup.tmp (PID: 1276)
INFO
Create files in a temporary directory
- HxDPortableSetup.exe (PID: 7012)
- HxDPortableSetup.tmp (PID: 1276)
Checks supported languages
- HxDPortableSetup.exe (PID: 7012)
- HxDPortableSetup.tmp (PID: 1276)
- HxD64.exe (PID: 5936)
- HxD64.exe (PID: 4180)
Detects InnoSetup installer (YARA)
- HxDPortableSetup.exe (PID: 7012)
- HxDPortableSetup.tmp (PID: 1276)
Reads the computer name
- HxDPortableSetup.tmp (PID: 1276)
- HxD64.exe (PID: 5936)
Compiled with Borland Delphi (YARA)
- HxDPortableSetup.exe (PID: 7012)
- HxDPortableSetup.tmp (PID: 1276)
The sample compiled with english language support
- HxDPortableSetup.tmp (PID: 1276)
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 7456)
Reads Environment values
- HxD64.exe (PID: 5936)
Reads product name
- HxD64.exe (PID: 5936)
Process checks computer location settings
- HxDPortableSetup.tmp (PID: 1276)
Application launched itself
- firefox.exe (PID: 2152)
- firefox.exe (PID: 3020)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 6632)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- notepad.exe (PID: 7244)
Manual execution by a user
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 7456)
- firefox.exe (PID: 3020)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable Delphi generic (45.2) |
|---|---|---|
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (20.9) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (14.3) |
| .exe | | | Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (6.6) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2018:06:14 13:27:46+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Bytes reversed lo, 32-bit, Bytes reversed hi |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 2.25 |
| CodeSize: | 66560 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 53760 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x1181c |
| OSVersion: | 5 |
| ImageVersion: | 6 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 5 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 2.5.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 2.5.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | This installation was built with Inno Setup. |
| CompanyName: | Maël Hörz |
| FileDescription: | HxD Hex Editor Portable Setup |
| FileVersion: | 2.5 |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright © 2002-2021 Maël Hörz |
| ProductName: | HxD Hex Editor Portable |
| ProductVersion: | 2.5 |
Total processes
159
Monitored processes
28
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 616 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=6072 -childID 9 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 6000 -prefMapHandle 6120 -prefsLen 31597 -prefMapSize 244583 -jsInitHandle 1516 -jsInitLen 235124 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {5bb25174-9a8c-4f08-bd4a-fcc096b22a83} 2152 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2152" 1956fe3dd90 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 736 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=2148 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -prefsHandle 2140 -prefMapHandle 2136 -prefsLen 31031 -prefMapSize 244583 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {27ee0860-88fc-4d1a-91df-18e15f80bf00} 2152 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2152" 1955bd82b10 socket | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 1276 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-JUGKA.tmp\HxDPortableSetup.tmp" /SL5="$6030E,2973524,121344,C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HxDPortableSetup.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-JUGKA.tmp\HxDPortableSetup.tmp | HxDPortableSetup.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Setup/Uninstall Exit code: 0 Version: 51.1052.0.0 Modules
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| 2152 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | firefox.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 2196 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s Dnscache | C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Host Process for Windows Services Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2284 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=5940 -childID 10 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5100 -prefMapHandle 4460 -prefsLen 31597 -prefMapSize 244583 -jsInitHandle 1516 -jsInitLen 235124 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {f6c8a630-8091-4c06-9b95-93108fa0cb1a} 2152 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2152" 195701bd850 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 2644 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=5416 -childID 5 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5408 -prefMapHandle 5404 -prefsLen 31243 -prefMapSize 244583 -jsInitHandle 1516 -jsInitLen 235124 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {65f3c156-4510-4c24-8aea-fba6922f286d} 2152 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2152" 195717e5150 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Exit code: 0 Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 2984 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=1912 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -prefsHandle 1828 -prefMapHandle 1816 -prefsLen 31031 -prefMapSize 244583 -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {2e5f9ed9-7957-4d6d-91db-80f102e56281} 2152 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2152" 19568eed310 gpu | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 3020 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Exit code: 0 Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 3676 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: KMS Connection Broker Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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Total events
20 903
Read events
20 897
Write events
6
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (2152) firefox.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\DllPrefetchExperiment |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1276) HxDPortableSetup.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.txt\OpenWithProgids |
| Operation: | write | Name: | txtfile |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7456) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | name |
Value: 120 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7456) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | size |
Value: 80 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7456) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | type |
Value: 120 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7456) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | mtime |
Value: 100 | |||
Executable files
6
Suspicious files
228
Text files
33
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2152 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\startupCache\scriptCache-current.bin | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1276 | HxDPortableSetup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\HxD\license.txt | text | |
MD5:4E93FBC8DB2A3BF7CC8336DE7B75169F | SHA256:DD616207E21510E9F8F3F2A220DA037DC2C8BED8D90927A2C00C01A6AFF104CF | |||
| 1276 | HxDPortableSetup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\HxD\is-5491B.tmp | text | |
MD5:0755D4E1FDF379C36369E96F6F6D8FA8 | SHA256:CA4F74DE91DB68DB75A685640957140C42D8D01659C20CF72EB771A0F7BCBA2D | |||
| 1276 | HxDPortableSetup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\HxD\HxD64.exe | executable | |
MD5:14FCA45F383B3DE689D38F45C283F71F | SHA256:9D460040A454DEEB3FE69300FE6B9017350E1EFCB1F52F7F14A4702D96CB45CA | |||
| 7012 | HxDPortableSetup.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-JUGKA.tmp\HxDPortableSetup.tmp | executable | |
MD5:34ACC2BDB45A9C436181426828C4CB49 | SHA256:9C81817ACD4982632D8C7F1DF3898FCA1477577738184265D735F49FC5480F07 | |||
| 1276 | HxDPortableSetup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\HxD\HxD32.exe | executable | |
MD5:804F06B24FBA7BA4E1122FAF2B119A2B | SHA256:1FC927CB6747C105D1A66E4792F166B857A9E42BC1B58A08A6698C2D05E62087 | |||
| 1276 | HxDPortableSetup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\HxD\readme.txt | text | |
MD5:0755D4E1FDF379C36369E96F6F6D8FA8 | SHA256:CA4F74DE91DB68DB75A685640957140C42D8D01659C20CF72EB771A0F7BCBA2D | |||
| 1276 | HxDPortableSetup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\HxD\is-QG94R.tmp | text | |
MD5:4E93FBC8DB2A3BF7CC8336DE7B75169F | SHA256:DD616207E21510E9F8F3F2A220DA037DC2C8BED8D90927A2C00C01A6AFF104CF | |||
| 1276 | HxDPortableSetup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\HxD\changelog.txt | text | |
MD5:E5884E3283664012C3F2DAADE3B4FC8B | SHA256:176FE3F6276CE5E2DED4A23F63F7216114B44D9844E01F33ED1F5A862C653010 | |||
| 1276 | HxDPortableSetup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\HxD\is-46E9C.tmp | text | |
MD5:E5884E3283664012C3F2DAADE3B4FC8B | SHA256:176FE3F6276CE5E2DED4A23F63F7216114B44D9844E01F33ED1F5A862C653010 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
59
TCP/UDP connections
218
DNS requests
223
Threats
17
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2152 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 184.24.77.44:80 | http://r10.o.lencr.org/ | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2152 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 184.24.77.44:80 | http://r10.o.lencr.org/ | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2152 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 142.250.185.227:80 | http://o.pki.goog/s/wr3/3H4 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2152 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 142.250.185.227:80 | http://o.pki.goog/we2 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2152 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 142.250.185.227:80 | http://o.pki.goog/s/wr3/3H4 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4208 | RUXIMICS.exe | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.150:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.150:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4208 | RUXIMICS.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4208 | RUXIMICS.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
4208 | RUXIMICS.exe | 23.48.23.150:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
— | — | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.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 |
2104 | svchost.exe | 23.48.23.150:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
4208 | RUXIMICS.exe | 95.101.149.131:80 | www.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 95.101.149.131:80 | www.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
detectportal.firefox.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2196 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup |
2196 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Hosted Libraries (ajax .googleapis .com) |
2196 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup |
2196 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup |
2196 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
2196 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Hosted Libraries (ajax .googleapis .com) |
2196 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
2196 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Hosted Libraries (ajax .googleapis .com) |
2196 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
2196 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup |