Malware analysis loader.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	loader.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/9400a9ed-f7e4-4a3a-8557-9fdb7d55f5dc
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	May 24, 2025, 12:57:37
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows, 6 sections
MD5:	E8F257B6C064C4132AEE956AD340F7DF
SHA1:	BB08E93A062A77565A7CB4B5FFB1E6BE9AF194B8
SHA256:	9DF3C5602406854A894EEAA759883F5FAAE9724051480B98DD3EDD197D4A8C71
SSDEEP:	192:QeuGXeX8JS8JmdN4eD9kI57L4T1D9vdbqyYrswrKH5R1VbFNb3MBAhFSRS3Q5tf0:LJdeDqI57L4Tndbl+HrKZ1V37Kt

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 300 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 240 seconds
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
- Application was injected by another process
  - explorer.exe (PID: 5492)
- Runs injected code in another process
  - loader.exe (PID: 664)
SUSPICIOUS
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - loader.exe (PID: 664)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - loader.exe (PID: 664)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - loader.exe (PID: 664)
- Reads the computer name
  - loader.exe (PID: 664)
- Creates files or folders in the user directory
  - loader.exe (PID: 664)
- Failed to create an executable file in Windows directory
  - loader.exe (PID: 664)
- Manual execution by a user
  - Taskmgr.exe (PID: 6392)
  - Taskmgr.exe (PID: 1676)
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - explorer.exe (PID: 5492)
  - Taskmgr.exe (PID: 6392)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - loader.exe (PID: 664)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - loader.exe (PID: 664)
- Checks proxy server information
  - loader.exe (PID: 664)

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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:	2025:05:24 12:57:24+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	14.4
CodeSize:	6656
InitializedDataSize:	11776
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x1bb0
OSVersion:	6
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6
Subsystem:	Windows command line

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Total processes

135

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

664

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\loader.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\loader.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\loader.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp140.dll
c:\windows\system32\urlmon.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\vcruntime140_1.dll

1676

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe" /0

C:\Windows\System32\Taskmgr.exe

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explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Task Manager

Exit code:

3221226540

Version:

10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll

5492

C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE

C:\Windows\explorer.exe

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User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Explorer

Version:

10.0.19041.3758 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\explorer.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll

5968

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

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svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.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\oleaut32.dll

6028

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

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loader.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

6392

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe" /0

C:\Windows\System32\Taskmgr.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Task Manager

Version:

10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\powrprof.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

6416

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

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SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

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

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Total events

3 810

Read events

3 792

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(5492) explorer.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SessionInfo\5\ApplicationViewManagement\W32:0000000000090200
Operation:	write	Name:	VirtualDesktop
Value: 1000000030304456BFA0DB55E4278845B426357D5B5F97B3
(PID) Process:	(5492) explorer.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SessionInfo\5\ApplicationViewManagement\W32:0000000000090200
Operation:	delete key	Name:	(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:	(664) loader.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:	(664) loader.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value: Cookie:
(PID) Process:	(664) loader.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value: Visited:
(PID) Process:	(5492) explorer.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search
Operation:	write	Name:	TraySearchBoxVisible
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(5492) explorer.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search
Operation:	write	Name:	TraySearchBoxVisibleOnAnyMonitor
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(6392) Taskmgr.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TaskManager
Operation:	delete value	Name:	Preferences
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5492) explorer.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OneDrive\Accounts
Operation:	write	Name:	LastUpdate
Value: 59C2316800000000
(PID) Process:	(5492) explorer.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SessionInfo\5\ApplicationViewManagement\W32:00000000000E02D4
Operation:	write	Name:	VirtualDesktop
Value: 1000000030304456BFA0DB55E4278845B426357D5B5F97B3

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
664	loader.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\RR3E01RZ\fdi2tj[1].dll		executable
		MD5:A120060007E310843BC351DD80D1ECEB	SHA256:8256164AAA6E965E5F298B627898BFBE713D3EE8EB6B5D744ADB70685816EC50
5492	explorer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\PenWorkspace\DiscoverCacheData.dat		binary
		MD5:E49C56350AEDF784BFE00E444B879672	SHA256:A8BD235303668981563DFB5AAE338CB802817C4060E2C199B7C84901D57B7E1E
664	loader.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751		binary
		MD5:E192462F281446B5D1500D474FBACC4B	SHA256:F1BA9F1B63C447682EBF9DE956D0DA2A027B1B779ABEF9522D347D3479139A60
6392	Taskmgr.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\D3DSCache\3534848bb9f4cb71\F4EB2D6C-ED2B-4BDD-AD9D-F913287E6768.lock		text
		MD5:F49655F856ACB8884CC0ACE29216F511	SHA256:7852FCE59C67DDF1D6B8B997EAA1ADFAC004A9F3A91C37295DE9223674011FBA
664	loader.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751		binary
		MD5:BC444FC05843E33FA8D315FF9C91AF6E	SHA256:2B28812A737A45276ADB21029923CC9032204568B6F48FB2B2973AC87C2999A5

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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
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	2.16.241.19:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	2.23.246.101:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	2.23.246.101:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
664	loader.exe	GET	200	23.209.209.135:80	http://x1.c.lencr.org/	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
6436	RUXIMICS.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	2.16.241.19:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
—	—	2.23.246.101:80	www.microsoft.com	Ooredoo Q.S.C.	QA	whitelisted
664	loader.exe	108.181.20.43:443	files.catbox.moe	TELUS Communications	CA	malicious
664	loader.exe	23.209.209.135:80	x1.c.lencr.org	PT. Telekomunikasi Selular	ID	whitelisted
5796	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.160.17:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.241.19 2.16.241.12	whitelisted
google.com	216.58.212.142	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	2.23.246.101	whitelisted
files.catbox.moe	108.181.20.43	malicious
x1.c.lencr.org	23.209.209.135	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.17 20.190.160.20 40.126.32.133 20.190.160.65 20.190.160.64 40.126.32.134 40.126.32.138 40.126.32.136	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.23.77.188	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.250	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	52.149.20.212	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
664	loader.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET INFO Observed File Sharing Service Download Domain (files .catbox .moe in TLS SNI)

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General Info

loader.exe

E8F257B6C064C4132AEE956AD340F7DF

BB08E93A062A77565A7CB4B5FFB1E6BE9AF194B8

9DF3C5602406854A894EEAA759883F5FAAE9724051480B98DD3EDD197D4A8C71

192:QeuGXeX8JS8JmdN4eD9kI57L4T1D9vdbqyYrswrKH5R1VbFNb3MBAhFSRS3Q5tf0:LJdeDqI57L4Tndbl+HrKZ1V37Kt

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MALICIOUS

Application was injected by another process

Runs injected code in another process

SUSPICIOUS

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

INFO

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

Creates files or folders in the user directory

Failed to create an executable file in Windows directory

Manual execution by a user

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Reads the software policy settings

Checks proxy server information

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