Malware analysis w.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	w.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/11c25cdc-c266-461a-acb2-416a6a48303c
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Threats:	Akira Ransomware emerged in March 2023 and compromised over 250 organizations by January 2024 with approximately $42 million in ransom payments. It employs double extortion tactics exfiltrating data before encryption and threatening to publish it on a dedicated website. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that locks users out of their system or data using different methods to force them to pay a ransom. Most often, such programs encrypt files on an infected machine and demand a fee to be paid in exchange for the decryption key. Additionally, such programs can be used to steal sensitive information from the compromised computer and even conduct DDoS attacks against affected organizations to pressure them into paying. Malware Trends Tracker >>>
Analysis date:	May 16, 2025, 18:51:02
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	ransomware akira
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 7 sections
MD5:	BE1F993B1D26E6BAA3C8F7DC0CB63472
SHA1:	5258453E052F22C1FEDD463714C728904E85A564
SHA256:	A2B8123E81638843B3DE9601A9B80067D74DA5F003070D906D33D09481362622
SSDEEP:	24576:i4/HJQfGMrq1nkF2az/SWIGd0pS4ZvS7H6L:i4JQfTr2nkF2az/jIGd0pS4ZvS7H6L

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
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
- RANSOMWARE has been detected
  - w.exe (PID: 4300)
- AKIRA has been detected
  - w.exe (PID: 4300)
- Modifies files in the Chrome extension folder
  - w.exe (PID: 4300)
- AKIRA has been detected (YARA)
  - w.exe (PID: 4300)
SUSPICIOUS
- Executed via WMI
  - powershell.exe (PID: 2136)
- Write to the desktop.ini file (may be used to cloak folders)
  - w.exe (PID: 4300)
- Creates file in the systems drive root
  - w.exe (PID: 4300)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - w.exe (PID: 4300)
- Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 2136)
- Reads the computer name
  - w.exe (PID: 4300)
- Creates files or folders in the user directory
  - w.exe (PID: 4300)

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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:	2025:03:19 17:53:17+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	14.37
CodeSize:	837632
InitializedDataSize:	251392
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x8dd38
OSVersion:	6
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

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Total processes

132

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2136

powershell.exe -Command "Get-WmiObject Win32_Shadowcopy | Remove-WmiObject"

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

—

WmiPrvSE.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows PowerShell

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.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

4300

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\w.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\w.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\w.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll

6268

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

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

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powershell.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

7260

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

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

—

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

7292

"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

—

SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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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

4 767

Read events

4 755

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(4300) w.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	Owner
Value: CC100000F3B7DC7B93C6DB01
(PID) Process:	(4300) w.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	Sequence
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(4300) w.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionHash
Value: 46DE8B39E052F2C88FC71764E447ECE270A5A50E11BA3029A029EEF0E6B494F9
(PID) Process:	(4300) w.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	Sequence
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(4300) w.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	RegFiles0000
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\ConnectedDevicesPlatform\L.admin\ActivitiesCache.db-shm
(PID) Process:	(4300) w.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	RegFilesHash
Value: F972C83EFA0EC2CCC7E65B2A4ED6815AF902BDFFCD8875643AB4E73D812A54E2
(PID) Process:	(4300) w.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002
Operation:	write	Name:	Owner
Value: CC100000F3B7DC7B93C6DB01
(PID) Process:	(4300) w.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionHash
Value: F8860FFA02DE62C490151D7FCC6D5BF7775B201A26B1E07359A2CB714B356BEB
(PID) Process:	(4300) w.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002
Operation:	write	Name:	Sequence
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(4300) w.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002
Operation:	write	Name:	RegFiles0000
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\ConnectedDevicesPlatform\L.admin\ActivitiesCache.db-wal

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Executable files

Suspicious files

1 957

Text files

269

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
4300	w.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\akira_readme.txt		text
		MD5:1BF4DC93AC6CBAB6FAF6734CFCB91145	SHA256:FDD5E5BA63EE3D8FFFC51788434480E6B24410D840F91301BEE7F88D22F86AB9
2136	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive		binary
		MD5:021A4F14AF93C356D8AC44D3ADFC55BF	SHA256:EDFE71B41495C9B10539782C8266D11F627BFDB0E273C91032436C16EC101017
2136	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_dcstbzkx.b0w.psm1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
2136	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_yztoeqgx.eh3.ps1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4300	w.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\akira_readme.txt		text
		MD5:1BF4DC93AC6CBAB6FAF6734CFCB91145	SHA256:FDD5E5BA63EE3D8FFFC51788434480E6B24410D840F91301BEE7F88D22F86AB9
4300	w.exe	C:\bootTel.dat		binary
		MD5:C5F846625184AC60F84C5697058F32F4	SHA256:D361AA7132DF65CC76DC797725437E153526D1D5E4223B1B0A84716165E9C0B9
4300	w.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\akira_readme.txt		text
		MD5:1BF4DC93AC6CBAB6FAF6734CFCB91145	SHA256:FDD5E5BA63EE3D8FFFC51788434480E6B24410D840F91301BEE7F88D22F86AB9
4300	w.exe	C:\Users\admin\.ms-ad\akira_readme.txt		text
		MD5:1BF4DC93AC6CBAB6FAF6734CFCB91145	SHA256:FDD5E5BA63EE3D8FFFC51788434480E6B24410D840F91301BEE7F88D22F86AB9
4300	w.exe	C:\Users\admin\akira_readme.txt		text
		MD5:1BF4DC93AC6CBAB6FAF6734CFCB91145	SHA256:FDD5E5BA63EE3D8FFFC51788434480E6B24410D840F91301BEE7F88D22F86AB9
4300	w.exe	C:\Users\admin\3D Objects\akira_readme.txt		text
		MD5:1BF4DC93AC6CBAB6FAF6734CFCB91145	SHA256:FDD5E5BA63EE3D8FFFC51788434480E6B24410D840F91301BEE7F88D22F86AB9

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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
—	—	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7916	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
—	—	GET	200	2.19.11.105:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7916	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
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
—	—	4.231.128.59:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	2.19.11.105:80	crl.microsoft.com	Elisa Oyj	NL	whitelisted
—	—	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	4.231.128.59:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.160.131:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	2.23.77.188:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
2112	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
crl.microsoft.com	2.19.11.105 2.19.11.120	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131 23.35.229.160	whitelisted
google.com	216.58.206.78	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.131 20.190.160.66 20.190.160.3 20.190.160.2 40.126.32.140 40.126.32.68 40.126.32.138 40.126.32.134	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.23.77.188	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	40.127.240.158 20.73.194.208	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.12.23.50	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	20.3.187.198	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

w.exe

BE1F993B1D26E6BAA3C8F7DC0CB63472

5258453E052F22C1FEDD463714C728904E85A564

A2B8123E81638843B3DE9601A9B80067D74DA5F003070D906D33D09481362622

24576:i4/HJQfGMrq1nkF2az/SWIGd0pS4ZvS7H6L:i4JQfTr2nkF2az/jIGd0pS4ZvS7H6L

Software environment set and analysis options

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Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

RANSOMWARE has been detected

AKIRA has been detected

Modifies files in the Chrome extension folder

AKIRA has been detected (YARA)

SUSPICIOUS

Executed via WMI

Write to the desktop.ini file (may be used to cloak folders)

Creates file in the systems drive root

INFO

Checks supported languages

Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)

Reads the computer name

Creates files or folders in the user directory

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