| URL: | https://www.filecroco.com/download-format-factory/ |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/d338354b-b52e-452b-92bc-9805955c3e63 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Adware is a form of malware that targets users with unwanted advertisements, often disrupting their browsing experience. It typically infiltrates systems through software bundling, malicious websites, or deceptive downloads. Once installed, it may track user activity, collect sensitive data, and display intrusive ads, including pop-ups or banners. Some advanced adware variants can bypass security measures and establish persistence on devices, making removal challenging. Additionally, adware can create vulnerabilities that other malware can exploit, posing a significant risk to user privacy and system security. |
| Analysis date: | July 08, 2019, 17:46:29 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
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| MD5: | 2727F09C194F5AA5C6EE56EAA57ABA0F |
| SHA1: | 7D685A9C8B45ED701BEA877C459B38529E74072E |
| SHA256: | B5F92ACE5705B228A78372FDB392137FA8EE81902AD74F72C623FF6588D99E2B |
| SSDEEP: | 3:N8DSLQpXKH8JDKIDEXcK:2OLQpXKccIwL |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 456 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=992,1612926979433226401,18084300268704575837,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=5452860990197403437 --renderer-client-id=10 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3788 /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 75.0.3770.100 Modules
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| 1000 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=992,1612926979433226401,18084300268704575837,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=16939822184320769354 --renderer-client-id=6 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2236 /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 75.0.3770.100 Modules
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| 1100 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=992,1612926979433226401,18084300268704575837,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAADgAAAgAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAACgAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAGAAAA --service-request-channel-token=15622332388450549736 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1012 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 75.0.3770.100 Modules
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| 1412 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=watcher --main-thread-id=3340 --on-initialized-event-handle=312 --parent-handle=316 /prefetch:6 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 75.0.3770.100 Modules
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| 1524 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=992,1612926979433226401,18084300268704575837,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=15028693078908557323 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4008 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 75.0.3770.100 Modules
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| 1812 | "C:\Program Files\FormatFactory\FFModules\Encoder\ffmpeg.exe" /init | C:\Program Files\FormatFactory\FFModules\Encoder\ffmpeg.exe | — | FormatFactory.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 1 Modules
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| 2044 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=992,1612926979433226401,18084300268704575837,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=11397969083280635468 --renderer-client-id=15 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4136 /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 75.0.3770.100 Modules
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| 2148 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=992,1612926979433226401,18084300268704575837,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=3334077956220262686 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3640 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 75.0.3770.100 Modules
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| 2244 | netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Format Factory" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Program Files\FormatFactory\FormatFactory.exe" enable=yes | C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe | — | FFInst.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Network Command Shell Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2252 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=992,1612926979433226401,18084300268704575837,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=17574672253354006991 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4764 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 75.0.3770.100 Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (3400) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3400) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3400) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StatusCodes |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3400) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StatusCodes |
Value: 01000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3400) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1412) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 3400-13207081604624625 |
Value: 259 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3400) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | dr |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3400) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UsageStatsInSample |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3400) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | 1512-13197841398593750 |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3400) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | 3400-13207081604624625 |
Value: 259 | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3400 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3400 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3400 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\307c9d12-a6f7-4b38-9f87-2e88dedf50c0.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3400 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\000020.dbtmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3400 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3400 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Feature Engagement Tracker\EventDB\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3400 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3400 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\data_1 | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3400 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old~RF1670fe.TMP | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3400 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3620 | FFSetup4.7.0.0.exe | GET | 200 | 52.214.73.247:80 | http://rp.chucklemetatower.com/ | IE | — | — | malicious |
3236 | FormatFactory.exe | GET | — | 67.229.68.206:80 | http://server.pcfreetime.com/ff/daily_stat?ver=4.7.0&App=FormatFactory&Lang=Auto | US | — | — | malicious |
3236 | FormatFactory.exe | GET | — | 67.229.68.206:80 | http://server.pcfreetime.com/ff/inst_stat?ver=4.7.0&App=FormatFactory&Lang=Auto | US | — | — | malicious |
3104 | PTInstOnline.exe | GET | — | 67.229.68.203:80 | http://www.pcfreetime.com/public/PTSetupLatest.exe.torrent | US | — | — | malicious |
3236 | FormatFactory.exe | GET | — | 67.229.68.203:80 | http://www.pcfreetime.com/update/FFVerInfo.txt | US | — | — | malicious |
2940 | chrome.exe | GET | 200 | 91.199.212.52:80 | http://crt.usertrust.com/USERTrustRSAAddTrustCA.crt | GB | der | 1.37 Kb | whitelisted |
2940 | chrome.exe | GET | 200 | 185.132.177.118:80 | http://delivery2.filecroco.com/kits_4/FFSetup4.7.0.0.exe | AE | executable | 81.1 Mb | suspicious |
3620 | FFSetup4.7.0.0.exe | POST | 200 | 52.214.73.247:80 | http://rp.chucklemetatower.com/ | IE | — | — | malicious |
2940 | chrome.exe | GET | 302 | 172.217.16.142:80 | http://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvOWVmQUFXS041NV9ZVXlJVWwxbGc5TUM4dw/7519.422.0.3_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx | US | html | 516 b | whitelisted |
3620 | FFSetup4.7.0.0.exe | POST | 200 | 52.214.73.247:80 | http://rp.chucklemetatower.com/ | IE | — | — | malicious |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2940 | chrome.exe | 172.217.22.35:443 | fonts.gstatic.com | Google Inc. | US | whitelisted |
2940 | chrome.exe | 31.13.92.10:443 | graph.facebook.com | Facebook, Inc. | IE | whitelisted |
2940 | chrome.exe | 172.217.16.163:443 | clientservices.googleapis.com | Google Inc. | US | whitelisted |
2940 | chrome.exe | 172.217.22.109:443 | accounts.google.com | Google Inc. | US | whitelisted |
2940 | chrome.exe | 104.27.166.98:443 | www.filecroco.com | Cloudflare Inc | US | shared |
2940 | chrome.exe | 104.19.196.151:443 | ajax.cloudflare.com | Cloudflare Inc | US | shared |
2940 | chrome.exe | 172.217.22.34:443 | pagead2.googlesyndication.com | Google Inc. | US | whitelisted |
2940 | chrome.exe | 23.210.248.44:443 | s7.addthis.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
2940 | chrome.exe | 172.217.23.142:443 | clients1.google.com | Google Inc. | US | whitelisted |
2940 | chrome.exe | 172.217.22.98:443 | adservice.google.com | Google Inc. | US | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
clientservices.googleapis.com |
| whitelisted |
www.filecroco.com |
| malicious |
accounts.google.com |
| shared |
ajax.cloudflare.com |
| whitelisted |
s7.addthis.com |
| whitelisted |
pagead2.googlesyndication.com |
| whitelisted |
clients1.google.com |
| whitelisted |
adservice.google.at |
| whitelisted |
adservice.google.com |
| whitelisted |
googleads.g.doubleclick.net |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2940 | chrome.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP |
3620 | FFSetup4.7.0.0.exe | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] PUP.Optional.InstallCore Artifact M2 |
3620 | FFSetup4.7.0.0.exe | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] PUP.Optional.InstallCore Artifact M1 |
3620 | FFSetup4.7.0.0.exe | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] PUP.Optional.InstallCore Artifact M3 |
3236 | FormatFactory.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET USER_AGENTS Suspicious User-Agent (HttpDownload) |
Process | Message |
|---|---|
FormatFactory.exe | libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
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