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URL:	https://anadius.su/attachments/sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.zip
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/21ae9af8-e060-4cd4-ad89-8759583eb8ea
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	June 21, 2025, 15:26:57
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	arch-exec arch-doc pyinstaller python
Indicators:
MD5:	115104953427772412DB3525C7515DD2
SHA1:	B88ACFC41D69F26CA9B47FE99F78F42108220F7F
SHA256:	9F924E11294F7E1E6A9B7E5B5B3C5EDA7032356834CA1788ED15278469BC421E
SSDEEP:	3:N8HMQA55/WMIpIQQieV:2HUWMIpIweV

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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 (133.0.6943.127)
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 (133.0.3065.92)
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) (136.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (136.0)
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)
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
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Process drops legitimate windows executable
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7916)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7800)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 3844)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7532)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7096)
- The process drops C-runtime libraries
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7916)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7800)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 3844)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7532)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7096)
- Process drops python dynamic module
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7916)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7800)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 3844)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7532)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7096)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7800)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 3844)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7916)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7532)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7096)
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 7940)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 6336)
- There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 3844)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7800)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7916)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7532)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 2972)
- Application launched itself
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7800)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7916)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 3844)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7532)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7096)
- Loads Python modules
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 5772)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7988)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8036)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 2972)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 6336)
- Reads the date of Windows installation
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
- Start notepad (likely ransomware note)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
INFO
- Reads Environment values
  - identity_helper.exe (PID: 7652)
- Application launched itself
  - msedge.exe (PID: 6852)
- Checks supported languages
  - identity_helper.exe (PID: 7652)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7800)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7916)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 3844)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 5772)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7988)
  - aria2c.exe (PID: 5560)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8036)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7532)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7096)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 2972)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 6336)
  - aria2c.exe (PID: 8020)
- Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
  - msedge.exe (PID: 6852)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
- Reads the computer name
  - identity_helper.exe (PID: 7652)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7800)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7916)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 3844)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
  - aria2c.exe (PID: 5560)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 5772)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7988)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8036)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7532)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7096)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 2972)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 6336)
  - aria2c.exe (PID: 8020)
- Manual execution by a user
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7800)
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 4312)
  - notepad.exe (PID: 8164)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7096)
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 7084)
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 5720)
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7800)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7916)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 3844)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7532)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7096)
- Launching a file from the Downloads directory
  - msedge.exe (PID: 6852)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7800)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 3844)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7916)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7988)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 5772)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8036)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7532)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7096)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 2972)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 6336)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 7940)
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - notepad.exe (PID: 8164)
  - notepad.exe (PID: 8032)
- PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7800)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7916)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 3844)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7532)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 2972)
- Checks proxy server information
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
  - slui.exe (PID: 7320)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 6336)
- Process checks computer location settings
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 5772)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7988)
  - aria2c.exe (PID: 5560)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8036)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 2972)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 6336)
  - aria2c.exe (PID: 8020)
- Creates files or folders in the user directory
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 8028)
  - sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 6336)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - slui.exe (PID: 7320)

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Total processes

207

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2200

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s Dnscache

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe

services.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Host Process for Windows Services

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel.appcore.dll

2972

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa7940.4507\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa7940.4507\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe

—

sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\rar$exa7940.4507\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll

3488

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=5188,i,13402568810440840392,18223517545806274382,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5208 /prefetch:8

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe

—

msedge.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

LOW

Description:

Microsoft Edge

Exit code:

Version:

133.0.3065.92

Modules

Images
c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\133.0.3065.92\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

3740

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=edge_collections.mojom.CollectionsDataManager --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=collections --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=5712,i,13402568810440840392,18223517545806274382,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5796 /prefetch:8

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe

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msedge.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

LOW

Description:

Microsoft Edge

Exit code:

Version:

133.0.3065.92

Modules

Images
c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\133.0.3065.92\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

3800

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad" --annotation=IsOfficialBuild=1 --annotation=channel= --annotation=chromium-version=133.0.6943.142 "--annotation=exe=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Edge --annotation=ver=133.0.3065.92 --initial-client-data=0x304,0x308,0x30c,0x2fc,0x314,0x7ffc4431f208,0x7ffc4431f214,0x7ffc4431f220

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe

—

msedge.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft Edge

Version:

133.0.3065.92

Modules

Images
c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\133.0.3065.92\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

3844

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa7940.48046\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa7940.48046\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe

WinRAR.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\rar$exa7940.48046\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll

4104

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --string-annotations --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=3636,i,13402568810440840392,18223517545806274382,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3740 /prefetch:1

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe

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msedge.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

LOW

Description:

Microsoft Edge

Version:

133.0.3065.92

Modules

Images
c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\133.0.3065.92\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

4312

"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" C:\Users\admin\Downloads\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.zip

C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Alexander Roshal

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

WinRAR archiver

Version:

5.91.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll

4752

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

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

aria2c.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

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=1688,i,13402568810440840392,18223517545806274382,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4120 /prefetch:8

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe

—

msedge.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

LOW

Description:

Microsoft Edge

Exit code:

Version:

133.0.3065.92

Modules

Images
c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\133.0.3065.92\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

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Total events

19 644

Read events

19 549

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(6852) msedge.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon
Operation:	write	Name:	failed_count
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(6852) msedge.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon
Operation:	write	Name:	state
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(6852) msedge.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\ThirdParty
Operation:	write	Name:	StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:	(6852) msedge.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\ThirdParty
Operation:	write	Name:	StatusCodes
Value: 01000000
(PID) Process:	(6852) msedge.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon
Operation:	write	Name:	state
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(6852) msedge.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\LastWasDefault
Operation:	write	Name:	S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001
Value: DA0217E5AC962F00
(PID) Process:	(6852) msedge.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\StabilityMetrics
Operation:	write	Name:	user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(6852) msedge.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowProperties\721710
Operation:	write	Name:	WindowTabManagerFileMappingId
Value: {134F5894-0599-4F72-B026-68AB0CD138AC}
(PID) Process:	(6852) msedge.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\LastWasDefault
Operation:	write	Name:	S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001
Value: 1FBE25E5AC962F00
(PID) Process:	(6852) msedge.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Operation:	write	Name:	MicrosoftEdgeAutoLaunch_29EBC4579851B72EE312C449CF839B1A
Value: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --no-startup-window --win-session-start

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Executable files

714

Suspicious files

397

Text files

4 723

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
6852	msedge.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\ClientCertificates\LOG.old~RF176f25.TMP		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
6852	msedge.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\ClientCertificates\LOG.old		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
6852	msedge.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old~RF176f34.TMP		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
6852	msedge.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
6852	msedge.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\LOG.old~RF176f44.TMP		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
6852	msedge.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\LOG.old		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
6852	msedge.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old~RF176f54.TMP		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
6852	msedge.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
6852	msedge.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF176f63.TMP		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
6852	msedge.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—

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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
6812	msedge.exe	GET	200	150.171.27.11:80	http://edge.microsoft.com/browsernetworktime/time/1/current?cup2key=2:Va7a_xwtFHY75vxwlKYvVeYfriunu63GkriL6-A0Aww&cup2hreq=e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3676	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.53.40.176:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7812	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7496	svchost.exe	HEAD	200	23.50.131.72:80	http://msedge.b.tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/bf8090eb-6e5c-4c51-9250-5bf9b46cf160?P1=1751015323&P2=404&P3=2&P4=LhvwhQsjYNbPtY5oZew7%2fddCfoRXPSP7PqXjCBo9fD1yuOu7F85W9LoqcaLR%2f33iLqhtt65KkOoP4qnpmY2L%2bQ%3d%3d	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7812	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7496	svchost.exe	GET	206	23.50.131.72:80	http://msedge.b.tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/bf8090eb-6e5c-4c51-9250-5bf9b46cf160?P1=1751015323&P2=404&P3=2&P4=LhvwhQsjYNbPtY5oZew7%2fddCfoRXPSP7PqXjCBo9fD1yuOu7F85W9LoqcaLR%2f33iLqhtt65KkOoP4qnpmY2L%2bQ%3d%3d	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7496	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.50.131.72:80	http://msedge.b.tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/4c4fdee0-d69c-42b7-bf5c-3ec046e9dfc9?P1=1751015326&P2=404&P3=2&P4=A74OqFqIdg3Ri1WjF94VbMn0H4qBF8mAS00WYUAi%2fW3EapxEEJQYUd5T6hWRQjBYIGYKxC8XY2MgaAqYAJ0ecQ%3d%3d	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7496	svchost.exe	GET	206	23.50.131.72:80	http://msedge.b.tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/bf8090eb-6e5c-4c51-9250-5bf9b46cf160?P1=1751015323&P2=404&P3=2&P4=LhvwhQsjYNbPtY5oZew7%2fddCfoRXPSP7PqXjCBo9fD1yuOu7F85W9LoqcaLR%2f33iLqhtt65KkOoP4qnpmY2L%2bQ%3d%3d	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5944	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
3572	RUXIMICS.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
6812	msedge.exe	150.171.27.11:80	edge.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
6812	msedge.exe	13.107.42.16:443	config.edge.skype.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
6812	msedge.exe	150.171.28.11:443	edge.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
6812	msedge.exe	92.123.104.45:443	copilot.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
6812	msedge.exe	91.149.227.100:443	anadius.su	TerraHost AS	US	unknown

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	20.73.194.208 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.78	whitelisted
edge.microsoft.com	150.171.27.11 150.171.28.11	whitelisted
config.edge.skype.com	13.107.42.16	whitelisted
anadius.su	91.149.227.100	unknown
copilot.microsoft.com	92.123.104.45 92.123.104.53	whitelisted
update.googleapis.com	142.250.185.67	whitelisted
www.bing.com	92.123.104.38 92.123.104.34 92.123.104.62 92.123.104.32 92.123.104.33 92.123.104.28 2.16.241.205 2.16.241.201 2.16.241.218	whitelisted
edgeassetservice.azureedge.net	13.107.253.45	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.249	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
2200	svchost.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup
5560	aria2c.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET FILE_SHARING File Sharing Related Domain in DNS Lookup (download .mediafire .com)
5560	aria2c.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET FILE_SHARING File Sharing Related Domain in DNS Lookup (download .mediafire .com)
8020	aria2c.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET FILE_SHARING File Sharing Related Domain in DNS Lookup (download .mediafire .com)

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General Info

https://anadius.su/attachments/sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.zip

115104953427772412DB3525C7515DD2

B88ACFC41D69F26CA9B47FE99F78F42108220F7F

9F924E11294F7E1E6A9B7E5B5B3C5EDA7032356834CA1788ED15278469BC421E

3:N8HMQA55/WMIpIQQieV:2HUWMIpIweV

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Software preset

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

SUSPICIOUS

Process drops legitimate windows executable

The process drops C-runtime libraries

Process drops python dynamic module

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

Application launched itself

Loads Python modules

Reads the date of Windows installation

Start notepad (likely ransomware note)

INFO

Reads Environment values

Application launched itself

Checks supported languages

Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

Reads the computer name

Manual execution by a user

The sample compiled with english language support

Launching a file from the Downloads directory

Create files in a temporary directory

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)

Checks proxy server information

Process checks computer location settings

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Creates files or folders in the user directory

Reads the software policy settings

Malware configuration

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