| File name: | winstart.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/41a1e0f5-9b90-4d91-8893-e859085d26d8 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | May 15, 2025, 23:57:24 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 3 sections |
| MD5: | B2892820187735D017B753B3FCA40B8D |
| SHA1: | 643C05E1F91564D1EF1A05524B3856FBACAA299C |
| SHA256: | B2638A99132BE81299A8AEC1D602A4DD83E6FB49E1DD6A5EAE874A5EB9546741 |
| SSDEEP: | 49152:fmgGOhX02hD2nPiLq3A6770DODdl/rADxXhCk/3DgrA7etEhI/fsbW5zqhLoGdhG:V2nP6q3A6770DODdl/rADxRLDgsWwxG |
| .exe | | | Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (56.7) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (21.3) |
| .scr | | | Windows screen saver (10.1) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (5) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (3.4) |
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2023:03:12 16:16:39+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 8 |
| CodeSize: | 3261440 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 3584 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x31e3de |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.4.1.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.4.1.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | - |
| CompanyName: | - |
| FileDescription: | Quasar Client |
| FileVersion: | 1.4.1 |
| InternalName: | Client.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright © MaxXor 2023 |
| LegalTrademarks: | - |
| OriginalFileName: | Client.exe |
| ProductName: | Quasar |
| ProductVersion: | 1.4.1 |
| AssemblyVersion: | 1.4.1.0 |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winstart.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winstart.exe | cmd.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Quasar Client Exit code: 0 Version: 1.4.1 Modules
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| 668 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winstart.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winstart.exe | cmd.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Quasar Client Exit code: 0 Version: 1.4.1 Modules
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| 920 | chcp 65001 | C:\Windows\System32\chcp.com | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Change CodePage Utility Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 920 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1012 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1096 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\S4uYs35GrbDZ.bat" " | C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe | — | winstart.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1116 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winstart.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winstart.exe | cmd.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Quasar Client Exit code: 0 Version: 1.4.1 Modules
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| 1228 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1452 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1568 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winstart.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winstart.exe | cmd.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Quasar Client Exit code: 0 Version: 1.4.1 Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (4300) winstart.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | winstart |
Value: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\winstart\winstart.exe" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4776) winstart.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | winstart |
Value: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\winstart\winstart.exe" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (300) winstart.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | winstart |
Value: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\winstart\winstart.exe" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5864) winstart.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | winstart |
Value: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\winstart\winstart.exe" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1116) winstart.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | winstart |
Value: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\winstart\winstart.exe" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1568) winstart.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | winstart |
Value: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\winstart\winstart.exe" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6268) winstart.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | winstart |
Value: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\winstart\winstart.exe" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (668) winstart.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | winstart |
Value: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\winstart\winstart.exe" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6572) winstart.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | winstart |
Value: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\winstart\winstart.exe" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3784) winstart.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | winstart |
Value: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\winstart\winstart.exe" | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4300 | winstart.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3Q6FYUMnNRIi.bat | text | |
MD5:44E6EAEC3DCBBAE90163BDCAB3C6BF2B | SHA256:9B6F0BC39B08B9E51CA6F3D2A3AD147FD9F5D3C40FEF3E2659CA611B47024087 | |||
| 1116 | winstart.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\LuLpdjxbrr8s.bat | text | |
MD5:4D08C93965A4B264359A7B572C61CCD5 | SHA256:06029D1C45BA10F90B0F0F7C2E9157711F48D7DF99FBDA1D7C2A8B359ED90326 | |||
| 300 | winstart.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\S4uYs35GrbDZ.bat | text | |
MD5:46E98EFBAB2C6EA0871821DC8F7CFCA8 | SHA256:310377FEF3ACBD88D3A4309E7A3BB87AA832FB98D9B922CEEE31EB95C2AD5EFF | |||
| 4776 | winstart.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\doC4POIlE4sL.bat | text | |
MD5:44C995B6DCF4B64DEB10D676866CCE43 | SHA256:BB09E755DAD78A8FBCE9FF7D26B3CCD5C414915EA29565BBE5F5773B6D4AC2E2 | |||
| 5864 | winstart.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SHgScqjNpJkl.bat | text | |
MD5:478B4201E4CFD770C1D55252AE4B4155 | SHA256:C8480F42262E97C37D5C08E38A70006BB86075C0B6E72A0970C6DC638AE4707B | |||
| 1568 | winstart.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PukvHwfJDE75.bat | text | |
MD5:D92327D5682B409B732B217105439FAE | SHA256:F9A3F2DE1EAE67B063B0CCFC456B884FF21096682CC13509D39CCC12374065FC | |||
| 668 | winstart.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GCjzjjQO5E3a.bat | text | |
MD5:E087255250AB963728E2F68CB7C136D9 | SHA256:0EAECF6E2387E5F26DC0700F0BFCC2132A8EF0435316BDC6719F8BA73B309020 | |||
| 6268 | winstart.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cdGKfbkeIP7x.bat | text | |
MD5:A8D3BFB5FCEF952446584905365C2B83 | SHA256:B34FE8CE1CF54353D17BDE65474B4047D8997BDDE0C71C5C23C0F554033E999A | |||
| 3784 | winstart.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4c4kOrhPJohR.bat | text | |
MD5:8606D6630F3ED32C883ED9D19B8D16B1 | SHA256:5A640BD8B9CBB8AE2022D3B463C5CED6EB8AEB5B8D9E58ACA2586A8597B904B5 | |||
| 6940 | winstart.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\z8lnwnNYhjxr.bat | text | |
MD5:D04C355B8612009C2C5C93B80F5202FB | SHA256:ED27C2574B140EF17885AD770D74B208BC882AE457D1CC697CD98408AF42B562 | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.53.40.178:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4892 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4892 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2104 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5216 | RUXIMICS.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 23.53.40.178:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 184.30.21.171:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
2112 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 172.211.123.248:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 40.126.31.2:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
paltalkroom.ddns.net |
| malicious |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2196 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET DYN_DNS DNS Query to DynDNS Domain *.ddns .net |