File name:

AAct.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/acb33c18-d6e2-48f3-98a0-40ff89c9f7d2
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: June 23, 2025, 09:24:16
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, UPX compressed, 3 sections
MD5:

0012A31A595AE876B7D3CC8917CE592B

SHA1:

6D3D4EDC330AEFB324F200F981DEB1AFC327A65C

SHA256:

82A277A54A5F519C2B06C55D73D900ED49969673AD62E3D056BA520F09B2EC09

SSDEEP:

49152:f5hmZ4bcNXMi0eTWWJHXQ7wzgDnAHDbXT8:RhmTqiTnJHXKwzgDnAjbXT8

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

      • AAct.exe (PID: 3864)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 7152)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 7056)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 4512)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 4312)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • AAct.exe (PID: 7152)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 4512)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 4312)

    • Found strings related to reading or modifying Windows Defender settings

      • AAct.exe (PID: 7152)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 4512)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 4312)

    • The process executes via Task Scheduler

      • updater.exe (PID: 3572)

    • Application launched itself

      • updater.exe (PID: 3572)

  • INFO

    • Reads product name

      • AAct.exe (PID: 7152)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 4512)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 4312)

    • Reads Environment values

      • AAct.exe (PID: 7152)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 4512)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 4312)

    • Checks supported languages

      • AAct.exe (PID: 7152)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 4512)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 4312)
      • updater.exe (PID: 3572)
      • updater.exe (PID: 1296)

    • Manual execution by a user

      • AAct.exe (PID: 7056)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 4512)
      • AAct.exe (PID: 4312)

    • Reads the computer name

      • updater.exe (PID: 3572)

    • Process checks whether UAC notifications are on

      • updater.exe (PID: 3572)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | UPX compressed Win32 Executable (64.1)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (15.5)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (10.6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.7)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2021:12:01 08:41:49+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 2.5
CodeSize: 1634304
InitializedDataSize: 73728
UninitializedDataSize: 1392640
EntryPoint: 0x2e3b90
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 4.2.5.0
ProductVersionNumber: 4.2.5.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Unknown (0)
ObjectFileType: Unknown
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: Neutral
CharacterSet: Unicode
FileDescription: AAct x86
No data.
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Total processes
151
Monitored processes
12
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
2

Behavior graph

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start aact.exe cmd.exe no specs rundll32.exe no specs aact.exe no specs aact.exe cmd.exe no specs slui.exe no specs aact.exe cmd.exe no specs updater.exe no specs updater.exe no specs aact.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1296"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.exe" --crash-handler --system "--database=C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\Crashpad" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=prod=Update4 --annotation=ver=134.0.6985.0 "--attachment=C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\updater.log" --initial-client-data=0x298,0x29c,0x2a0,0x274,0x2a4,0x111c460,0x111c46c,0x111c478C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.exe—updater.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Google Updater
Exit code:
0
Version:
134.0.6985.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files (x86)\google\googleupdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.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\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
3556"C:\WINDOWS\Sysnative\cmd.exe" /c WMIC /NAMESPACE:\\root\Microsoft\Windows\Defender PATH MSFT_MpPreference call Add ExclusionPath="C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAct.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—AAct.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
3221225738
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
3572"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.exe" --wake --systemC:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.exe—svchost.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Google Updater
Exit code:
0
Version:
134.0.6985.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files (x86)\google\googleupdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.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\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
3864"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAct.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAct.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
AAct x86
Exit code:
3221226540
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\aact.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
4040C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\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
4236"C:\WINDOWS\Sysnative\cmd.exe" /c WMIC /NAMESPACE:\\root\Microsoft\Windows\Defender PATH MSFT_MpPreference call Add ExclusionPath="C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAct.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—AAct.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
3221225738
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
4312"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAct.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAct.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
AAct x86
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\aact.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\advapi32.dll
4512"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAct.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAct.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
AAct x86
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\aact.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\advapi32.dll
5416C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe—svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.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\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\imagehlp.dll
6640"C:\WINDOWS\Sysnative\cmd.exe" /c WMIC /NAMESPACE:\\root\Microsoft\Windows\Defender PATH MSFT_MpPreference call Add ExclusionPath="C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAct.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—AAct.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
3221225738
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
Total events
385
Read events
384
Write events
1
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(7152) AAct.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings
Operation:writeName:Enabled
Value:
1
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
1296updater.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\updater.logtext
MD5:F401297EE0E72856565C127EE72C1D60
SHA256:CF9FECB5919D776E6B092D007973C166A976CB495DF7DF37BB877126BCFF0E93
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
25
DNS requests
16
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.55.104.172:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
3608
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
5012
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.23.77.188:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
2940
svchost.exe
GET
200
69.192.161.44:80
http://x1.c.lencr.org/
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
3608
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
20.73.194.208:443
—
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
7052
RUXIMICS.exe
20.73.194.208:443
—
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
—
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
23.55.104.172:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
US
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
95.101.149.131:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
2336
svchost.exe
172.211.123.249:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
5012
svchost.exe
20.190.159.75:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 142.250.184.238
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
  • 51.104.136.2
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.55.104.172
  • 23.55.104.190
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 95.101.149.131
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.249
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.159.75
  • 40.126.31.2
  • 40.126.31.0
  • 40.126.31.128
  • 40.126.31.69
  • 20.190.159.68
  • 40.126.31.1
  • 40.126.31.71
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.23.77.188
whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com
  • 52.111.227.11
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 4.175.87.197
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 13.95.31.18
whitelisted

Threats

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Reports
AAct.exe