File name:

wawawwaw.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/b7048d79-d569-4856-9ae4-6aa9753fef11
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: May 15, 2025, 15:27:42
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
telegram
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 2 sections
MD5:

314E81B68954C602FC9C797A202CB524

SHA1:

FACBAD07B98F35C517C13A6E5892C2377847ED23

SHA256:

7F57ACC1DCBF796F1B69F09A55670ADDC2A8553C178F112D0F33C520CC563675

SSDEEP:

384:cGwPJ/rcVN555555cTllllllMhZeEHCTTVW/g9L9tVkktVaPxcswDYw:cG2/QollllllM3O9/VAs

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Adds path to the Windows Defender exclusion list

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
    • Changes Windows Defender settings

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
    • Reads the date of Windows installation

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
    • Script adds exclusion path to Windows Defender

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
    • Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
    • Process communicates with Telegram (possibly using it as an attacker's C2 server)

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
    • Executes application which crashes

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
  • INFO

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
    • Checks supported languages

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
    • Reads the computer name

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
    • Reads Environment values

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
    • Disables trace logs

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
      • slui.exe (PID: 1132)
      • slui.exe (PID: 4268)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
      • slui.exe (PID: 1132)
    • Process checks computer location settings

      • wawawwaw.exe (PID: 3884)
    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • WerFault.exe (PID: 1128)
    • Checks if a key exists in the options dictionary (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 4996)
    • Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 4996)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 2025:05:15 15:26:47+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 11
CodeSize: 17920
InitializedDataSize: 1536
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x0000
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 0.0.0.0
ProductVersionNumber: 0.0.0.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: Neutral
CharacterSet: Unicode
FileDescription:
FileVersion: 0.0.0.0
InternalName: wawawwaw.exe
LegalCopyright:
OriginalFileName: wawawwaw.exe
ProductVersion: 0.0.0.0
AssemblyVersion: 0.0.0.0
No data.
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Total processes
153
Monitored processes
11
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start wawawwaw.exe sppextcomobj.exe no specs slui.exe powershell.exe conhost.exe no specs werfault.exe no specs slui.exe ucpdmgr.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs ucpdmgr.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1128C:\WINDOWS\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 3884 -s 2164C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exewawawwaw.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Problem Reporting
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\werfault.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\cryptsp.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
1132C:\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
2236\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exepowershell.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
2340"C:\WINDOWS\system32\UCPDMgr.exe"C:\Windows\System32\UCPDMgr.exesvchost.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
User Choice Protection Manager
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.0.0.414301
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ucpdmgr.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.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
2344\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exeUCPDMgr.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
3884"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\wawawwaw.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\wawawwaw.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Exit code:
3762504530
Version:
0.0.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\wawawwaw.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
4200\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exeUCPDMgr.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
4268"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
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\msxml6.dll
c:\windows\system32\ws2_32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ondemandconnroutehelper.dll
c:\windows\system32\iphlpapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\nsi.dll
c:\windows\system32\dhcpcsvc6.dll
c:\windows\system32\dhcpcsvc.dll
c:\windows\system32\webio.dll
c:\windows\system32\mswsock.dll
c:\windows\system32\winnsi.dll
4812C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exesvchost.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)
4988"C:\WINDOWS\system32\UCPDMgr.exe"C:\Windows\System32\UCPDMgr.exesvchost.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
User Choice Protection Manager
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.0.0.414301
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ucpdmgr.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.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
Total events
9 203
Read events
9 189
Write events
14
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3884) wawawwaw.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\wawawwaw_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3884) wawawwaw.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\wawawwaw_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableAutoFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3884) wawawwaw.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\wawawwaw_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableConsoleTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3884) wawawwaw.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\wawawwaw_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:FileTracingMask
Value:
(PID) Process:(3884) wawawwaw.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\wawawwaw_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:ConsoleTracingMask
Value:
(PID) Process:(3884) wawawwaw.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\wawawwaw_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:MaxFileSize
Value:
1048576
(PID) Process:(3884) wawawwaw.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\wawawwaw_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:FileDirectory
Value:
%windir%\tracing
(PID) Process:(3884) wawawwaw.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\wawawwaw_RASMANCS
Operation:writeName:EnableFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3884) wawawwaw.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\wawawwaw_RASMANCS
Operation:writeName:EnableAutoFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3884) wawawwaw.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\wawawwaw_RASMANCS
Operation:writeName:EnableConsoleTracing
Value:
0
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
3
Text files
3
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
1128WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_wawawwaw.exe_c553f7f1b69d9367c2316b397dc3dfec994ed_6e9036fd_6f261c2e-a4df-4288-83f2-ea8b5742958c\Report.wer
MD5:
SHA256:
1128WerFault.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\wawawwaw.exe.3884.dmp
MD5:
SHA256:
4996powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_g2yj34oo.444.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4996powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractivebinary
MD5:C8DAC02372555984255BB2C1CB96579B
SHA256:C4DE094233F7861A4F24EF8937E4685E69846F275FA2B23DBB194C49B3E59894
1128WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER1C.tmp.dmpbinary
MD5:179A40C942DE7B8A5485E6B9A8E63DA7
SHA256:107217AC3F865F3944B93E8AB65AE5D67705994CAB81105C36C4F5D96DDFA4AA
1128WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER270.tmp.xmlxml
MD5:288607B3064EAC9B545DD0C114E99291
SHA256:DE55ACF9352BC955E9604B0C6399329BE21B61B5C9364EBD0165551044B1BDCE
1128WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER230.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xmlbinary
MD5:14DDE2F1CD1211DF341FC8DD758D123F
SHA256:9EBE91573779DC88C841A18F8F75D58794FBB7BC5F6D624F9728E184C5FB49FF
4996powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_5euvybw4.tuo.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
42
DNS requests
19
Threats
3

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
GET
200
2.20.245.139:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
2.23.77.188:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
1760
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
whitelisted
1760
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
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
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
51.104.136.2:443
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
2.20.245.139:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
SE
whitelisted
95.101.149.131:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.248:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
20.190.159.4:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
2.23.77.188:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
2112
svchost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
3884
wawawwaw.exe
149.154.167.220:443
api.telegram.org
Telegram Messenger Inc
GB
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.20.245.139
  • 2.20.245.137
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 95.101.149.131
  • 23.35.229.160
whitelisted
google.com
  • 216.58.206.46
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.248
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.159.4
  • 40.126.31.73
  • 20.190.159.73
  • 20.190.159.64
  • 20.190.159.68
  • 20.190.159.71
  • 40.126.31.131
  • 20.190.159.129
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.23.77.188
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.73.194.208
whitelisted
api.telegram.org
  • 149.154.167.220
whitelisted
pastesio.com
  • 104.21.64.1
  • 104.21.16.1
  • 104.21.32.1
  • 104.21.96.1
  • 104.21.48.1
  • 104.21.80.1
  • 104.21.112.1
unknown
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 172.202.163.200
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
2196
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET HUNTING Telegram API Domain in DNS Lookup
3884
wawawwaw.exe
Misc activity
ET HUNTING Observed Telegram API Domain (api .telegram .org in TLS SNI)
3884
wawawwaw.exe
Misc activity
ET HUNTING Telegram API Certificate Observed
No debug info