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File name:	explorer.exe.zip
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/fa6fc2cf-6522-4f6f-ac61-520f36a06351
Verdict:	No threats detected
Analysis date:	January 09, 2026, 14:27:39
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	arch-exec arch-doc
MIME:	application/zip
File info:	Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate
MD5:	DB7F960E6FEB6F4A73B5FD5ED8C3A9B8
SHA1:	D43E03B67919F2C4E68D819D06E1C17CFFA0D6FD
SHA256:	B28E132F698EE2354AB69559A5E010799623F7869F990A32D7CB66A6CECB0266
SSDEEP:	98304:jV8xrFHBcZ8DUGoXNpBE40aRKMO6HQb+tE0D7JtZpT10GnnPipUIuztWOCtz6uh9:izs2nNMhU

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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)
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
- Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location
  - explorer.exe (PID: 7564)
- Process drops legitimate windows executable
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 7608)
- The process creates files with name similar to system file names
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 7608)
INFO
- Reads the computer name
  - explorer.exe (PID: 7564)
- Manual execution by a user
  - notepad.exe (PID: 6792)
  - explorer.exe (PID: 7564)
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - notepad.exe (PID: 6792)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 7608)
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 7608)
- Checks supported languages
  - explorer.exe (PID: 7564)

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TRiD

.zip	\|	ZIP compressed archive (100)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion:	20
ZipBitFlag:	-
ZipCompression:	Deflated
ZipModifyDate:	2026:01:09 14:25:16
ZipCRC:	0x2aaa912a
ZipCompressedSize:	2765072
ZipUncompressedSize:	6089584
ZipFileName:	explorer.exe

No data.

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Total processes

145

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

3500

C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

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svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

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

6792

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\New folder\checksums.txt

C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Notepad

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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

7564

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\New folder\explorer.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\New folder\explorer.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Explorer

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.6456 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\new folder\explorer.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.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

7608

"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\explorer.exe.zip

C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Alexander Roshal

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

WinRAR archiver

Exit code:

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

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Total events

3 141

Read events

3 107

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(7608) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	3
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\preferences.zip
(PID) Process:	(7608) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	2
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip
(PID) Process:	(7608) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	1
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\omni_23_10_2024_.zip
(PID) Process:	(7608) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\explorer.exe.zip
(PID) Process:	(7608) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	name
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(7608) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	size
Value: 80
(PID) Process:	(7608) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	type
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(7608) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	mtime
Value: 100
(PID) Process:	(7608) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\DialogEditHistory\ExtrPath
Operation:	delete value	Name:	15
Value:
(PID) Process:	(7608) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\DialogEditHistory\ExtrPath
Operation:	delete value	Name:	14
Value:

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
7608	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\New folder\checksums.txt		text
		MD5:EE5C90086D5707EA3008D17109DF7832	SHA256:343F067235B821B54678E0A480847F9AF5BEF5D56CB447F5415B54D9CEC2A9B1
7608	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\New folder\explorer.exe		executable
		MD5:24AD59ABAF730E71BC865922D8596008	SHA256:988A56D897915315EEF9CA679B3BC8ADFCECF5E227AEA99AAA1817620520E97E

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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
6768	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	304	40.127.240.158:443	https://settings-win.data.microsoft.com/settings/v3.0/wsd/muse?ProcessorClockSpeed=3094&FlightIds=&UpdateOfferedDays=562&BranchReadinessLevel=CB&OEMManufacturerName=DELL&IsCloudDomainJoined=0&ProcessorIdentifier=AMD64%20Family%2023%20Model%201%20Stepping%202&sku=48&ActivationChannel=Retail&AttrDataVer=186&IsMDMEnrolled=0&ProcessorCores=6&ProcessorModel=AMD%20Ryzen%205%203500%206-Core%20Processor&TotalPhysicalRAM=6144&PrimaryDiskType=4294967295&FlightingBranchName=&ChassisTypeId=1&OEMModelNumber=DELL&SystemVolumeTotalCapacity=260281&sampleId=95271487&deviceClass=Windows.Desktop&App=muse&DisableDualScan=0&AppVer=10.0&OEMSubModel=J5CR&locale=en-US&IsAlwaysOnAlwaysConnectedCapable=0&ms=0&DefaultUserRegion=244&UpdateServiceUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fneverupdatewindows10.com&osVer=10.0.19045.4046.amd64fre.vb_release.191206-1406&os=windows&deviceId=s%3ABAD99146-31D3-4EC6-A1A4-BE76F32BA5D4&DeferQualityUpdatePeriodInDays=0&ring=Retail&DeferFeatureUpdatePeriodInDays=30	US	—	—	whitelisted
6768	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	304	20.73.194.208:443	https://settings-win.data.microsoft.com/settings/v3.0/OneSettings/Client?OSVersionFull=10.0.19045.4046.amd64fre.vb_release.191206-1406&LocalDeviceID=s%3ABAD99146-31D3-4EC6-A1A4-BE76F32BA5D4&FlightRing=Retail&AttrDataVer=186&OSUILocale=en-US&OSSkuId=48&App=WOSC&AppVer=&IsFlightingEnabled=0&TelemetryLevel=1&DeviceFamily=Windows.Desktop	US	—	—	whitelisted
7156	svchost.exe	POST	200	40.126.31.131:443	https://login.live.com/RST2.srf	US	xml	11.1 Kb	whitelisted
7156	svchost.exe	GET	200	162.159.142.9:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	US	binary	471 b	whitelisted
4508	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	20.3.187.198:443	https://fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/clientwebservice/ping	US	—	—	whitelisted
4508	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	135.233.95.144:443	https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/sls/ping	US	—	—	whitelisted
4508	SIHClient.exe	GET	304	135.233.95.144:443	https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/SLS/%7BE7A50285-D08D-499D-9FF8-180FDC2332BC%7D/x64/10.0.19045.4046/0?CH=686&L=en-US&P=&PT=0x30&WUA=10.0.19041.3996&MK=DELL&MD=DELL	US	—	—	whitelisted
7156	svchost.exe	POST	200	40.126.31.131:443	https://login.live.com/RST2.srf	US	xml	10.3 Kb	whitelisted
6892	svchost.exe	GET	200	20.73.194.208:443	https://settings-win.data.microsoft.com/settings/v3.0/WSD/WaaSAssessment?os=Windows&osVer=10.0.19041.1.amd64fre.vb_release.191206-&ring=Retail&sku=48&deviceClass=Windows.Desktop&locale=en-US&deviceId=BAD99146-31D3-4EC6-A1A4-BE76F32BA5D4&FlightRing=Retail&TelemetryLevel=1&HidOverGattReg=C%3A%5CWINDOWS%5CSystem32%5CDriverStore%5CFileRepository%5Chidbthle.inf_amd64_9610b4821fdf82a5%5CMicrosoft.Bluetooth.Profiles.HidOverGatt.dll&AppVer=10.0&ProcessorIdentifier=AMD64%20Family%2023%20Model%201%20Stepping%202&OEMModel=DELL&UpdateOfferedDays=562&ProcessorManufacturer=AuthenticAMD&InstallDate=1661339444&OEMModelBaseBoard=&BranchReadinessLevel=CB&OEMSubModel=J5CR&IsCloudDomainJoined=0&DeferFeatureUpdatePeriodInDays=30&IsDeviceRetailDemo=0&FlightingBranchName=&OSUILocale=en-US&DeviceFamily=Windows.Desktop&WuClientVer=10.0.19041.3996&UninstallActive=1&IsFlightingEnabled=0&OSSkuId=48&ProcessorClockSpeed=3094&TotalPhysicalRAM=6144&SecureBootCapable=0&App=WaaSAssessment&ProcessorCores=6&CurrentBranch=vb_release&InstallLanguage=en-US&DeferQualityUpdatePeriodInDays=0&ServicingBranch=CB&OEMName_Uncleaned=DELL&TPMVersion=0&PrimaryDiskTotalCapacity=262144&InstallationType=Client&AttrDataVer=186&ProcessorModel=AMD%20Ryzen%205%203500%206-Core%20Processor&IsEdgeWithChromiumInstalled=1&OSVersion=10.0.19045.4046&IsMDMEnrolled=0&ActivationChannel=Retail&HonorWUfBDeferrals=1&FirmwareVersion=A.40&TrendInstalledKey=1&OSArchitecture=AMD64&DefaultUserRegion=244&UpdateManagementGroup=2	US	text	5.51 Kb	whitelisted
6892	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.216.77.6:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	NL	binary	825 b	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	Not routed	—	whitelisted
6892	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
6768	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
3304	RUXIMICS.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	Not routed	—	whitelisted
3412	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
7156	svchost.exe	40.126.31.131:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
7156	svchost.exe	162.159.142.9:80	ocsp.digicert.com	CLOUDFLARENET	US	whitelisted
6892	svchost.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
6892	svchost.exe	23.216.77.6:80	crl.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-ASN1	NL	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2 40.127.240.158 20.73.194.208	whitelisted
google.com	142.251.141.110	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.31.131 40.126.31.73 40.126.31.2 20.190.159.68 20.190.159.4 20.190.159.75 20.190.159.128 20.190.159.130	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	162.159.142.9 172.66.2.5	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.6 23.216.77.28 2.16.164.104 2.16.164.10 2.16.164.98 2.16.164.120 2.16.164.9 2.16.164.96 2.16.164.34 2.16.164.114 2.16.164.89	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.34.123.81	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	135.233.95.144	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	20.3.187.198	whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com	13.69.116.108	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

explorer.exe.zip

DB7F960E6FEB6F4A73B5FD5ED8C3A9B8

D43E03B67919F2C4E68D819D06E1C17CFFA0D6FD

B28E132F698EE2354AB69559A5E010799623F7869F990A32D7CB66A6CECB0266

98304:jV8xrFHBcZ8DUGoXNpBE40aRKMO6HQb+tE0D7JtZpT10GnnPipUIuztWOCtz6uh9:izs2nNMhU

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MALICIOUS

SUSPICIOUS

Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

Process drops legitimate windows executable

The process creates files with name similar to system file names

INFO

Reads the computer name

Manual execution by a user

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

The sample compiled with english language support

Checks supported languages

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