Malware analysis Journal.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	Journal.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/192919e5-a3d8-463f-8089-32aa99d0cbf9
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Threats:	Quasar is a very popular RAT in the world thanks to its code being available in open-source. This malware can be used to control the victim’s computer remotely. Remote access trojans (RATs) are a type of malware that enables attackers to establish complete to partial control over infected computers. Such malicious programs often have a modular design, offering a wide range of functionalities for conducting illicit activities on compromised systems. Some of the most common features of RATs include access to the users’ data, webcam, and keystrokes. This malware is often distributed through phishing emails and links. Malware Trends Tracker >>>
Analysis date:	April 29, 2025, 18:31:11
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	quasar rat
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, 19 sections
MD5:	445FBBEB5D7AB4CF029200C856B20D05
SHA1:	50023E87A4B53E23F5B3437AA13F99D7EC887020
SHA256:	8226B5885EA94DEF0A895DA5A98FDCBD826DA231A0EADED5BFA380A84CF8D0D9
SSDEEP:	98304:Q4W0yCaZWwed7iDaOh3YuWMzqlCyXRq4sTERAi4k6vBJ0+DCaPGbQtbsY9NMMMMp:c3rLuu

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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 (122.0.6261.70)
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 (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
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) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
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)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
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
- QUASAR mutex has been found
  - Journal.exe (PID: 5376)
SUSPICIOUS
- Reads the BIOS version
  - Journal.exe (PID: 5376)
- Adds/modifies Windows certificates
  - Journal.exe (PID: 5376)
INFO
- Reads the computer name
  - Journal.exe (PID: 5376)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - Journal.exe (PID: 5376)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - Journal.exe (PID: 5376)
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - Journal.exe (PID: 5376)
- Process checks whether UAC notifications are on
  - Journal.exe (PID: 5376)
- Checks supported languages
  - Journal.exe (PID: 5376)

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No Malware configuration.

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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:	2022:08:31 20:25:42+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Large address aware, No debug
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	2.36
CodeSize:	6754304
InitializedDataSize:	11529216
UninitializedDataSize:	9028608
EntryPoint:	0x19ba058
OSVersion:	6.1
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6.1
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	5.0.0.0
ProductVersionNumber:	5.0.0.0
FileFlagsMask:	0x003f
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType:	Executable application
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	English (U.S.)
CharacterSet:	Unicode
Comments:	-
CompanyName:	Inspect Element Ltd
FileDescription:	Easy Journal Viewer
FileVersion:	5.0.0
InternalName:	-
LegalCopyright:	© 2022 Inspect Element Ltd
LegalTrademarks:	-
OriginalFileName:	journal-tool.exe
PrivateBuild:	-
ProductName:	Easy Journal Viewer
ProductVersion:	-
SpecialBuild:	-

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Total processes

130

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2140

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Journal.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Journal.exe

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explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Inspect Element Ltd

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Easy Journal Viewer

Exit code:

3221226540

Version:

5.0.0

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\journal.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll

5376

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Journal.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Journal.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Inspect Element Ltd

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Easy Journal Viewer

Version:

5.0.0

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\journal.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.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
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll

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Total events

4 253

Read events

4 242

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(5376) Journal.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates
Operation:	delete value	Name:	2A1D6027D94AB10A1C4D915CCD33A0CB3E2D54CB
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5376) Journal.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\2A1D6027D94AB10A1C4D915CCD33A0CB3E2D54CB
Operation:	write	Name:	Blob
Value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
(PID) Process:	(5376) Journal.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\2A1D6027D94AB10A1C4D915CCD33A0CB3E2D54CB
Operation:	write	Name:	Blob
Value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
(PID) Process:	(5376) Journal.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\MediaProperties\PrivateProperties\DirectInput\VID_0627&PID_0001\Calibration\0
Operation:	write	Name:	GUID
Value: 308FF0242825F0118001444553540000
(PID) Process:	(5376) Journal.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectInput\JOURNAL.EXE630FC3C600D84B98
Operation:	write	Name:	Name
Value: JOURNAL.EXE
(PID) Process:	(5376) Journal.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectInput\JOURNAL.EXE630FC3C600D84B98
Operation:	write	Name:	UsesMapper
Value: 00000000
(PID) Process:	(5376) Journal.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectInput\MostRecentApplication
Operation:	write	Name:	Name
Value: JOURNAL.EXE
(PID) Process:	(5376) Journal.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectInput\MostRecentApplication
Operation:	write	Name:	Id
Value: JOURNAL.EXE630FC3C600D84B98
(PID) Process:	(5376) Journal.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectInput\MostRecentApplication
Operation:	write	Name:	Version
Value: 00080000
(PID) Process:	(5376) Journal.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectInput\MostRecentApplication
Operation:	write	Name:	MostRecentStart
Value: 5F6B46E734B9DB01

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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
6988	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
6988	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
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	2.16.241.12:80	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

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	2.16.241.12:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
—	—	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
2112	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5376	Journal.exe	104.26.6.44:443	api.echo.ac	CLOUDFLARENET	US	suspicious
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.159.64:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	40.127.240.158 4.231.128.59	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.241.12 2.16.241.19	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131 184.30.21.171	whitelisted
google.com	172.217.18.14	whitelisted
api.echo.ac	104.26.6.44 104.26.7.44 172.67.69.115	unknown
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.64 20.190.159.4 40.126.31.3 20.190.159.23 20.190.159.2 20.190.159.73 40.126.31.128 20.190.159.131	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.23.77.188	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	4.175.87.197	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	13.95.31.18	whitelisted

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General Info

Journal.exe

445FBBEB5D7AB4CF029200C856B20D05

50023E87A4B53E23F5B3437AA13F99D7EC887020

8226B5885EA94DEF0A895DA5A98FDCBD826DA231A0EADED5BFA380A84CF8D0D9

98304:Q4W0yCaZWwed7iDaOh3YuWMzqlCyXRq4sTERAi4k6vBJ0+DCaPGbQtbsY9NMMMMp:c3rLuu

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MALICIOUS

QUASAR mutex has been found

SUSPICIOUS

Reads the BIOS version

Adds/modifies Windows certificates

INFO

Reads the computer name

Reads the software policy settings

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

The sample compiled with english language support

Process checks whether UAC notifications are on

Checks supported languages

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TRiD

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EXE

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