| File name: | 2025-07-07_55dceb3cd7b0bcf3bbb25e96d5dcd539_amadey_black-basta_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_smoke-loader.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | GCleaner is a type of malware loader that has the capability to deliver numerous malicious software programs, which differ based on the location of the targeted victim. This malware is commonly spread through fraudulent websites that advertise free PC optimization tools |
| Analysis date: | July 07, 2025, 13:35:14 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 5 sections |
| MD5: | 55DCEB3CD7B0BCF3BBB25E96D5DCD539 |
| SHA1: | B1F61B0A23A35FAD1D66C8D206CC9434A5ADDD32 |
| SHA256: | 9B3BA963306FEA0EDDB3539B2A90C58C78B0B5FE9A47705EDF1F5D48055648F4 |
| SSDEEP: | 3072:JlSR3GMeutE51Lpvd3SzglpyQdJbY7WDG99S9d99q9liJk99M9Crfnt2Ear5l9s7:ryWJutE5nJEa145S9fkZM1X5jSK |
MALICIOUS
GCLEANER has been detected (YARA)
- d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe (PID: 2080)
GCLEANER has been detected (SURICATA)
- d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe (PID: 2080)
SUSPICIOUS
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe (PID: 2080)
Connects to the server without a host name
- d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe (PID: 2080)
INFO
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe (PID: 2080)
Checks supported languages
- d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe (PID: 2080)
Reads the computer name
- d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe (PID: 2080)
Checks proxy server information
- d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe (PID: 2080)
- slui.exe (PID: 3880)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe (PID: 2080)
Reads the software policy settings
- d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe (PID: 2080)
- slui.exe (PID: 3880)
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TRiD
| .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) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2025:06:07 14:10:56+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 14.29 |
| CodeSize: | 112128 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 65024 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x8b49 |
| OSVersion: | 6 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Total processes
133
Monitored processes
2
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2080 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 3880 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\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
| |||||||||||||||
Total events
6 865
Read events
6 862
Write events
3
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (2080) d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2080) d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Cookie: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2080) d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Visited: | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\RR3E01RZ\text[1] | text | |
MD5:8E20D4A9B35A38CC167A3AF60AAE86EA | SHA256:9540DF47A22B6F4321DDF19EDB258922B91A91AC407F2DD507AF72C5F55CE6E1 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
70
TCP/UDP connections
20
DNS requests
9
Threats
65
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1352 | RUXIMICS.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.25:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.25:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.25:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 216.58.212.129:443 | https://drive.usercontent.google.com/download?id=1YBVIDkZgygNfUU2rbJXXCYdrzay5rMdY&export=download&authuser=0&confirm=t | unknown | text | 13 b | whitelisted |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | GET | 200 | 176.46.157.48:80 | http://176.46.157.48/check | unknown | — | — | unknown |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | GET | 200 | 176.46.157.48:80 | http://176.46.157.48/check | unknown | — | — | unknown |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | GET | 200 | 176.46.157.48:80 | http://176.46.157.48/check | unknown | — | — | unknown |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | GET | 200 | 176.46.157.48:80 | http://176.46.157.48/check | unknown | — | — | unknown |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | GET | 200 | 176.46.157.48:80 | http://176.46.157.48/check | unknown | — | — | unknown |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | GET | 200 | 176.46.157.48:80 | http://176.46.157.48/check | unknown | — | — | unknown |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1352 | RUXIMICS.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1352 | RUXIMICS.exe | 23.216.77.25:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 23.216.77.25:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 23.216.77.25:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | 216.58.212.129:443 | drive.usercontent.google.com | GOOGLE | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
drive.usercontent.google.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
x1.c.lencr.org |
| whitelisted |
self.events.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
— | — | Unknown Traffic | ET USER_AGENTS Microsoft Dr Watson User-Agent (MSDW) |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | LOADER [ANY.RUN] GCleaner HTTP Header |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | LOADER [ANY.RUN] GCleaner HTTP Header |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | LOADER [ANY.RUN] GCleaner HTTP Header |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | LOADER [ANY.RUN] GCleaner HTTP Header |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | LOADER [ANY.RUN] GCleaner HTTP Header |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | LOADER [ANY.RUN] GCleaner HTTP Header |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | LOADER [ANY.RUN] GCleaner HTTP Header |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | LOADER [ANY.RUN] GCleaner HTTP Header |
2080 | d958a60c-d556-4da7-a835-6cf510c1ade7.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | LOADER [ANY.RUN] GCleaner HTTP Header |