Malware analysis AAct.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	AAct.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/a397a55c-63d7-4ffa-8a97-921f3ac5c3ed
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	April 04, 2025, 09:20:18
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed, 3 sections
MD5:	787A852524607C5AB98D9DFD1A470FC4
SHA1:	B30C9106C26BC10361F9E9F221D99F4D0CA49AB3
SHA256:	B78DE5C5D44039674920029229D1FB9C9146619B72C05CD54FF8892609F1F1EA
SSDEEP:	49152:AeUIebiI4IZahEWaBEMriss8JOdPDeRo0/VwEzJefxifODpsrX/ehTuN78hBdEpD:AejG4qxzfvom/J+vFIX/YTuN7CBdETTt

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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
- Executing a file with an untrusted certificate
  - AAct.exe (PID: 2100)
  - AAct.exe (PID: 2100)
SUSPICIOUS
- Found strings related to reading or modifying Windows Defender settings
  - AAct.exe (PID: 2100)
- Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
  - AAct.exe (PID: 2100)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - AAct.exe (PID: 2100)
- Reads product name
  - AAct.exe (PID: 2100)
- Reads Environment values
  - AAct.exe (PID: 2100)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	UPX compressed Win32 Executable (64.1)
.dll	\|	Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (15.5)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (10.6)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.7)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (4.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	2023:08:23 05:01:05+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	2.5
CodeSize:	1568768
InitializedDataSize:	73728
UninitializedDataSize:	1511424
EntryPoint:	0x2f0bd0
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	5
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	4.3.1.0
ProductVersionNumber:	4.3.1.0
FileFlagsMask:	0x0000
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Unknown (0)
ObjectFileType:	Unknown
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	Neutral
CharacterSet:	Unicode
FileDescription:	AAct x86

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Total processes

132

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1760

"C:\WINDOWS\Sysnative\cmd.exe" /c WMIC /NAMESPACE:\\root\Microsoft\Windows\Defender PATH MSFT_MpPreference call Add ExclusionPath="C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAct.exe"

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

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AAct.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Windows Command Processor

Exit code:

3221225738

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll

2100

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAct.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAct.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

AAct x86

Exit code:

3221226540

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\aact.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll

2100

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAct.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AAct.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

AAct x86

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\aact.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\advapi32.dll

2136

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

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

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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

6468

"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

284

Read events

283

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(2100) AAct.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings
Operation:	write	Name:	Enabled
Value: 1

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Executable files

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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	2.16.164.51:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6728	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
6728	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
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	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
—	—	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	2.16.164.51:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.159.68:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	20.10.31.115:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6728	SIHClient.exe	4.245.163.56:443	slscr.update.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
6728	SIHClient.exe	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.164.51 2.16.164.72 2.16.164.114 2.16.164.106	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.186.142	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.68 20.190.159.23 40.126.31.73 40.126.31.3 20.190.159.0 40.126.31.69 40.126.31.67 20.190.159.130	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	20.10.31.115	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	4.245.163.56	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	13.95.31.18	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

AAct.exe

787A852524607C5AB98D9DFD1A470FC4

B30C9106C26BC10361F9E9F221D99F4D0CA49AB3

B78DE5C5D44039674920029229D1FB9C9146619B72C05CD54FF8892609F1F1EA

49152:AeUIebiI4IZahEWaBEMriss8JOdPDeRo0/VwEzJefxifODpsrX/ehTuN78hBdEpD:AejG4qxzfvom/J+vFIX/YTuN7CBdETTt

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

SUSPICIOUS

Found strings related to reading or modifying Windows Defender settings

Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

INFO

Checks supported languages

Reads product name

Reads Environment values

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