| File name: | PCProtect_Setup.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/7a5d88cd-ae85-425b-bbc4-f23236031095 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Stealers are a group of malicious software that are intended for gaining unauthorized access to users’ information and transferring it to the attacker. The stealer malware category includes various types of programs that focus on their particular kind of data, including files, passwords, and cryptocurrency. Stealers are capable of spying on their targets by recording their keystrokes and taking screenshots. This type of malware is primarily distributed as part of phishing campaigns. |
| Analysis date: | August 03, 2024, 01:49:27 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive |
| MD5: | 87CB9284AAC0AA4112C153A5BCD89E99 |
| SHA1: | 3B724CE214652B93D1A5FB5FD5DE29C24F69C3DF |
| SHA256: | 99C2474F5BEA6E3955D1002AA98678C32E9C0E9F2FB6D0C35D3A428EC279D103 |
| SSDEEP: | 786432:sSHEaiqBJ7V7lO70LeOBmFFIi0gJZdnhit:sSHGKzJs0LeOBmFFIi0gJZlwt |
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (64.6) |
|---|---|---|
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (15.4) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (10.5) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.6) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (4.6) |
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2020:08:01 02:43:48+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 25600 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 118784 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 1024 |
| EntryPoint: | 0x3461 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | 6 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 5.24.38.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 5.24.38.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x0000 |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Windows, Latin1 |
| FileDescription: | PCProtect Ultimate Antivirus Installer |
| FileVersion: | 5.24.38.0 |
| LegalCopyright: | (C) Protected Antivirus Limited |
| OriginalFileName: | PCProtect.exe |
| ProductName: | PCProtect |
| ProductVersion: | 5.24.38.0 |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 1360 | "sc" create ProtectedELAM binpath= "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\protected_elam.sys" type= kernel start= boot error= critical group= Early-Launch | C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe | — | SecurityService.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Service Control Manager Configuration Tool Exit code: 1073 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2136 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\SecurityService.exe" --run-service --run-service-id=5484 | C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\SecurityService.exe | SecurityService.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: PCProtect Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: PCProtect Ultimate Antivirus Service Version: 5.24.38.0 Modules
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| 2728 | "sc" create SecurityService start= auto binpath= "\"C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\SecurityService.exe\"" displayname= "PC Security Management Service" obj= LocalSystem password= "" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe | — | SecurityService.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Service Control Manager Configuration Tool Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 3812 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\vssvc.exe | C:\Windows\System32\VSSVC.exe | — | services.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 3992 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | SecurityService.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Console Window Host Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4016 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{F32D97DF-E3E5-4CB9-9E3E-0EB5B4E49801} | C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: COM Surrogate Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4060 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\PCProtect.exe" --installed --installer="C:\Users\admin\Desktop\PCProtect_Setup.exe" | C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\PCProtect.exe | PCProtect_Setup.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: PCProtect Integrity Level: HIGH Description: PCProtect Ultimate Antivirus User Interface Version: 5.24.38.0 Modules
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| 5244 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | SrTasks.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
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| 5484 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\SecurityService.exe" | C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\SecurityService.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: PCProtect Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: PCProtect Ultimate Antivirus Service Version: 5.24.38.0 Modules
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| 6164 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{F32D97DF-E3E5-4CB9-9E3E-0EB5B4E49801} | C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: COM Surrogate Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (6920) PCProtect_Setup.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\SystemRestore |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SrCreateRp (Enter) |
Value: 40000000000000003D4CB97A47E5DA01081B0000541B0000D5070000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6164) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\SPP |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SppGetSnapshots (Enter) |
Value: 48000000000000003CB0BB7A47E5DA011418000068040000D20700000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6164) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\SPP |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SppGetSnapshots (Leave) |
Value: 4800000000000000DA64FE7A47E5DA011418000068040000D20700000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6164) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\SPP |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SppEnumGroups (Enter) |
Value: 4800000000000000DA64FE7A47E5DA011418000068040000D10700000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6164) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\SPP |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SppEnumGroups (Leave) |
Value: 480000000000000014CA007B47E5DA011418000068040000D10700000100000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6164) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\SPP |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SppCreate (Enter) |
Value: 48000000000000007692057B47E5DA011418000068040000D00700000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6164) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SPP |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LastIndex |
Value: 11 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6164) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\SPP |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SppGatherWriterMetadata (Enter) |
Value: 4800000000000000ED6A7A7B47E5DA011418000068040000D30700000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6164) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\VssapiPublisher |
| Operation: | write | Name: | IDENTIFY (Enter) |
Value: 480000000000000060CE7C7B47E5DA011418000068010000E80300000100000000000000000000002ADEDEC59A21784797A79C68490ECFF500000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3812) VSSVC.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\ASR Writer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | IDENTIFY (Enter) |
Value: 480000000000000044AC887B47E5DA01E40E00009C180000E80300000100000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6164 | dllhost.exe | C:\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2 | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6920 | PCProtect_Setup.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsj923B.tmp\System.dll | executable | |
MD5:FCCFF8CB7A1067E23FD2E2B63971A8E1 | SHA256:6FCEA34C8666B06368379C6C402B5321202C11B00889401C743FB96C516C679E | |||
| 6920 | PCProtect_Setup.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsj923B.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp | image | |
MD5:3EB2FF327FB3FC2495C7B4333D4BEDE2 | SHA256:B2C7196BC66D0BA39812AF671542664C2C8216B3334D1CBBD57241BF11653B0A | |||
| 6920 | PCProtect_Setup.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsj923B.tmp\nsExec.dll | executable | |
MD5:09C2E27C626D6F33018B8A34D3D98CB6 | SHA256:114C6941A8B489416C84563E94FD266EA5CAD2B518DB45CD977F1F9761E00CB1 | |||
| 6164 | dllhost.exe | C:\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{c5dede2a-219a-4778-97a7-9c68490ecff5}_OnDiskSnapshotProp | binary | |
MD5:EBB7810A64FDECD9B69E85E5AB24090C | SHA256:31A8BEAD162409C7D5DCA17BBB0AAF6FB3CF99EFBB0B1C1CD56A4B349F18E268 | |||
| 6920 | PCProtect_Setup.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsj923B.tmp\nsRandom.dll | executable | |
MD5:AB467B8DFAA660A0F0E5B26E28AF5735 | SHA256:DB267D9920395B4BADC48DE04DF99DFD21D579480D103CAE0F48E6578197FF73 | |||
| 6920 | PCProtect_Setup.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsj923B.tmp\SysRestore.dll | executable | |
MD5:DA046184A8D7269A0E138B0B0B9B2EB5 | SHA256:C5E335BD19FA798F120287FE3ED920296F899223942FD6B987585A765F0ADEC2 | |||
| 6164 | dllhost.exe | C:\System Volume Information\SPP\snapshot-2 | binary | |
MD5:EBB7810A64FDECD9B69E85E5AB24090C | SHA256:31A8BEAD162409C7D5DCA17BBB0AAF6FB3CF99EFBB0B1C1CD56A4B349F18E268 | |||
| 6920 | PCProtect_Setup.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\API-MS-Win-core-xstate-l2-1-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:5F11B9BB427753BDAE6D312A02C516F9 | SHA256:4879FE3EA58D853F21658AEFC5E8B92B7E6333D77C0AF31A6BF9FF769475F6FD | |||
| 6920 | PCProtect_Setup.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\Accessibility.dll | executable | |
MD5:1B4CC6782E295675217CD17DF70057F3 | SHA256:F08BDBF797DFDBBDE37000FB29141CAEC4BEB4DC0F552AB2CFE0887E1E6C5F60 | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | — | 34.128.164.30:443 | https://api.pcprotect.com/v1/user/sso | unknown | — | — | — |
— | — | GET | — | 34.128.164.30:443 | https://api.pcprotect.com/v1/vpnaccount/expiry | unknown | — | — | — |
— | — | GET | — | 34.128.164.30:443 | https://api.pcprotect.com/v1/user/mobile-download/pcprotect?fresh=0 | unknown | — | — | — |
— | — | HEAD | 200 | 185.172.148.128:443 | https://definition.protected.net/vdf.zip | unknown | — | — | — |
— | — | GET | — | 185.172.148.128:443 | https://definition.protected.net/vdf.zip | unknown | — | — | — |
— | — | GET | — | 34.128.164.30:443 | https://api.pcprotect.com/v1/variable | unknown | — | — | — |
— | — | GET | 200 | 34.128.164.30:443 | https://api.pcprotect.com/v1/user/challenge | unknown | binary | 203 b | — |
— | — | POST | 200 | 4.152.45.235:443 | https://in.appcenter.ms/logs?api-version=1.0.0 | unknown | binary | 138 b | — |
— | — | POST | 200 | 4.152.45.219:443 | https://in.appcenter.ms/logs?api-version=1.0.0 | unknown | binary | 129 b | — |
— | — | POST | 200 | 20.57.103.21:443 | https://in.appcenter.ms/logs?api-version=1.0.0 | unknown | binary | 129 b | — |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 239.255.255.250:1900 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
4060 | PCProtect.exe | 34.128.164.30:443 | api.pcprotect.com | GOOGLE | US | unknown |
4060 | PCProtect.exe | 4.152.45.219:443 | in.appcenter.ms | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | unknown |
2136 | SecurityService.exe | 185.172.148.128:443 | definition.protected.net | proinity GmbH | CH | unknown |
5484 | SecurityService.exe | 20.57.103.21:443 | in.appcenter.ms | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | unknown |
2136 | SecurityService.exe | 20.57.103.21:443 | in.appcenter.ms | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | unknown |
5336 | SearchApp.exe | 2.23.209.187:443 | www.bing.com | Akamai International B.V. | GB | unknown |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
api.pcprotect.com |
| unknown |
in.appcenter.ms |
| unknown |
definition.protected.net |
| unknown |
www.bing.com |
| whitelisted |
api.phantom.avira-vpn.com |
| unknown |
Process | Message |
|---|---|
SecurityService.exe | SQLite error (1): duplicate column name: key in "ALTER TABLE sf_notify ADD COLUMN key TEXT PRIMARY KEY"
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SecurityService.exe | SQLite error (1): duplicate column name: value in "ALTER TABLE sf_notify ADD COLUMN value TEXT"
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SecurityService.exe | SQLite error (1): duplicate column name: key in "ALTER TABLE wwwcache ADD COLUMN key TEXT PRIMARY KEY"
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SecurityService.exe | SQLite error (1): duplicate column name: value in "ALTER TABLE wwwcache ADD COLUMN value TEXT"
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