| File name: | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/95a43f02-7f56-43b2-be07-dee39838ba74 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Adware is a form of malware that targets users with unwanted advertisements, often disrupting their browsing experience. It typically infiltrates systems through software bundling, malicious websites, or deceptive downloads. Once installed, it may track user activity, collect sensitive data, and display intrusive ads, including pop-ups or banners. Some advanced adware variants can bypass security measures and establish persistence on devices, making removal challenging. Additionally, adware can create vulnerabilities that other malware can exploit, posing a significant risk to user privacy and system security. |
| Analysis date: | November 28, 2019, 11:45:52 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows |
| MD5: | D7E34FE20F566CCBDCD6F67E8DFA21FE |
| SHA1: | 5B289EE773D76D0DB0D444ADA7FDCDF4C232C2EA |
| SHA256: | 910E5564E263F812996DCC68E22E581B1DB938F618DE6106B9716D80262283C4 |
| SSDEEP: | 6144:lDXOOA5JVko9hvHlhVb9dyImAaDzhOX7VvHCIHt+SMn6V5yBd+r:lDTAXT9xHD9+AaDtOLpEk5yir |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Starts Internet Explorer
- HOTGUY_3[1].EXE (PID: 1956)
INFO
No info indicators.
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (52.9) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (23.5) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (23.5) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2000:05:09 17:09:48+02:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 20480 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 192512 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x351c |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Summary
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 09-May-2000 15:09:48 |
| Detected languages: |
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DOS Header
| Magic number: | MZ |
|---|---|
| Bytes on last page of file: | 0x0090 |
| Pages in file: | 0x0003 |
| Relocations: | 0x0000 |
| Size of header: | 0x0004 |
| Min extra paragraphs: | 0x0000 |
| Max extra paragraphs: | 0xFFFF |
| Initial SS value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial SP value: | 0x00B8 |
| Checksum: | 0x0000 |
| Initial IP value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial CS value: | 0x0000 |
| Overlay number: | 0x0000 |
| OEM identifier: | 0x0000 |
| OEM information: | 0x0000 |
| Address of NE header: | 0x000000D8 |
PE Headers
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 5 |
| Time date stamp: | 09-May-2000 15:09:48 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
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Sections
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00001000 | 0x00004D56 | 0x00005000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.64495 |
.rdata | 0x00006000 | 0x000007E6 | 0x00001000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 7.13691 |
.data | 0x00007000 | 0x00000C38 | 0x00001000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 3.47726 |
.zexe | 0x00008000 | 0x0001E55E | 0x0001F000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 7.98676 |
.rsrc | 0x00027000 | 0x0003E430 | 0x0003F000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 7.5026 |
Resources
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2.25999 | 296 | UNKNOWN | English - United Kingdom | RT_ICON |
2 | 2.65021 | 744 | UNKNOWN | English - United Kingdom | RT_ICON |
100 | 7.90184 | 2109 | UNKNOWN | English - United Kingdom | XML |
101 | 7.9895 | 77154 | UNKNOWN | English - United Kingdom | XML |
102 | 1.92193 | 5 | UNKNOWN | English - United Kingdom | TEXT |
103 | 0.918296 | 3 | UNKNOWN | English - United Kingdom | TEXT |
129 | 6.27844 | 129 | UNKNOWN | English - United Kingdom | TRACKINGDATA |
140 | 0 | 16 | UNKNOWN | English - United Kingdom | CRCDATA |
200 | 2.37086 | 34 | UNKNOWN | English - United Kingdom | RT_GROUP_ICON |
301 | 6.41089 | 50778 | UNKNOWN | English - United Kingdom | WAV |
Imports
KERNEL32.dll |
Total processes
35
Monitored processes
2
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1552 | "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome | C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe | — | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Internet Explorer Exit code: 0 Version: 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 1956 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HOTGUY_3[1].EXE" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Modules
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Total events
51
Read events
28
Write events
23
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (1956) HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AdTools, Inc.\Temp |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Dir |
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A6CA\ | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1956) HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AdTools, Inc.\Connection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Installed |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1956) HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AdTools, Inc.\UserInfo |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Identifier |
Value: e66cecbe-841d-40d3-9401-81775b9f1e45 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1956) HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\AudioCompressionManager\DriverCache\msacm.imaadpcm |
| Operation: | write | Name: | fdwSupport |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1956) HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\AudioCompressionManager\DriverCache\msacm.imaadpcm |
| Operation: | write | Name: | cFormatTags |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1956) HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\AudioCompressionManager\DriverCache\msacm.imaadpcm |
| Operation: | write | Name: | aFormatTagCache |
Value: 01000000100000001100000014000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1956) HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\AudioCompressionManager\DriverCache\msacm.imaadpcm |
| Operation: | write | Name: | cFilterTags |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1956) HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\AudioCompressionManager\DriverCache\msacm.msg711 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | fdwSupport |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1956) HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\AudioCompressionManager\DriverCache\msacm.msg711 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | cFormatTags |
Value: 3 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1956) HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\AudioCompressionManager\DriverCache\msacm.msg711 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | aFormatTagCache |
Value: 010000001000000006000000120000000700000012000000 | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
1
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A6CA\A709.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1956 | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A6CA\A70A.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1956 | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A6CA\A71C.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1956 | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A6CA\A71D.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1956 | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A6CA\A71E.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1956 | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A6CA\htpA70B.tmp | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1956 | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BC8B.tmp | mid | |
MD5:2811672238A294CB72BBA69F12A77998 | SHA256:2E8FD89F8F4BF61D6014C641A71A2282371202594B91500EAD074B0B5E0DDD46 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
3
TCP/UDP connections
3
DNS requests
3
Threats
5
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | GET | 302 | 103.224.212.247:80 | http://www.messagemates.com/AdPuller/adult_mature/adult_mature.xmls | AU | — | — | malicious |
1956 | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | GET | — | 185.53.179.29:80 | http://ww38.messagemates.com/AdPuller/adult_mature/adult_mature.xmls?subid1=20191128-2246-09d8-b09d-d0d603ae2712 | DE | — | — | malicious |
1956 | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | POST | 302 | 103.224.212.247:80 | http://tracking.messagemates.com/acts/tracking/track.asp | AU | — | — | malicious |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | 185.53.179.29:80 | ww38.messagemates.com | Team Internet AG | DE | malicious |
1956 | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | 103.224.212.247:80 | www.messagemates.com | Trellian Pty. Limited | AU | malicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
www.messagemates.com |
| malicious |
ww38.messagemates.com |
| malicious |
tracking.messagemates.com |
| malicious |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
1956 | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.fc |
1956 | HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.fc |
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Process | Message |
|---|---|
HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | InitData tracking worked.
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HOTGUY_3[1].EXE | Campaign ID: 10214.
File ID: 420.
Consumer ID: HOTGUY.
Tracking server: http://tracking.messagemates.com/acts/tracking/track.asp.
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