URL:

https://info.sonicretro.org/images/8/82/WindowsZone.7z

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/1289b68e-a937-454d-a98a-38e8ec838955
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: October 23, 2021, 21:57:53
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

CE200CC76D2682E75478F2A0D1449159

SHA1:

7E8A2A8CE95EE7452F9E84379739095449D348C1

SHA256:

BBCE332C0C4C3744A4FF89382673DEC6D5D0C08006ABCD85C6DA3476E9DD6B8C

SSDEEP:

3:N8eQN8xK+XJTViAShf:2eW8xKIViAShf

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 3252)
      • WindowsZoneUpdater.exe (PID: 3752)

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • WindowsZone.exe (PID: 2456)
      • WindowsZoneUpdater.exe (PID: 3752)
      • WindowsZone.exe (PID: 3708)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Drops a file with too old compile date

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2260)

    • Drops a file that was compiled in debug mode

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2260)

    • Checks supported languages

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2260)
      • dw20.exe (PID: 3092)
      • WindowsZone.exe (PID: 3708)
      • dw20.exe (PID: 3496)
      • WindowsZone.exe (PID: 2456)
      • WindowsZoneUpdater.exe (PID: 3752)

    • Reads the computer name

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2260)
      • dw20.exe (PID: 3092)
      • dw20.exe (PID: 3496)
      • WindowsZoneUpdater.exe (PID: 3752)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2260)

    • Reads Microsoft Outlook installation path

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 1456)

  • INFO

    • Reads the computer name

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 1456)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2644)

    • Checks Windows Trust Settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 1456)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2644)

    • Reads the date of Windows installation

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2644)

    • Checks supported languages

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2644)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 1456)

    • Modifies the phishing filter of IE

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2644)

    • Changes internet zones settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2644)

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 1456)

    • Manual execution by user

      • WindowsZoneUpdater.exe (PID: 3752)
      • WindowsZone.exe (PID: 2456)
      • WindowsZone.exe (PID: 3708)

    • Application launched itself

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2644)
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No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
42
Monitored processes
9
Malicious processes
5
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start iexplore.exe no specs iexplore.exe winrar.exe searchprotocolhost.exe no specs windowszone.exe dw20.exe no specs windowszoneupdater.exe no specs windowszone.exe dw20.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1456"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:2644 CREDAT:267521 /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
iexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-version-l1-1-0.dll
2260"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\B6QGX7LP\WindowsZone.7z"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
iexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Alexander Roshal
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WinRAR archiver
Exit code:
0
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\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\comdlg32.dll
2456"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\WindowsZone.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\WindowsZone.exe
Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WindowsZone
Exit code:
3762507597
Version:
1.0.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\windowszone.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\mscoreei.dll
2644"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "https://info.sonicretro.org/images/8/82/WindowsZone.7z"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe—Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
1
Version:
11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\iertutil.dll
3092dw20.exe -x -s 396C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe—WindowsZone.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft .NET Error Reporting Shim
Exit code:
0
Version:
2.0.50727.5483 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.4940_none_d08cc06a442b34fc\msvcr80.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
3252"C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe2_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe2 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe—SearchIndexer.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
7.00.7601.24542 (win7sp1_ldr_escrow.191209-2211)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\searchprotocolhost.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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
3496dw20.exe -x -s 396C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe—WindowsZone.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft .NET Error Reporting Shim
Exit code:
0
Version:
2.0.50727.5483 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.4940_none_d08cc06a442b34fc\msvcr80.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
3708"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\WindowsZone.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\WindowsZone.exe
Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WindowsZone
Exit code:
3762507597
Version:
1.0.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\windowszone.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\mscoreei.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
3752"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\WindowsZoneUpdater.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\WindowsZoneUpdater.exe—Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WindowsZoneUpdater
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.0.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\windowszoneupdater.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.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\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\mscoreei.dll
Total events
10 147
Read events
10 064
Write events
82
Delete events
1

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2644) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing
Operation:writeName:NTPDaysSinceLastAutoMigration
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2644) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing
Operation:writeName:NTPLastLaunchLowDateTime
Value:
321086480
(PID) Process:(2644) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing
Operation:writeName:NTPLastLaunchHighDateTime
Value:
30918745
(PID) Process:(2644) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UrlBlockManager
Operation:writeName:NextCheckForUpdateLowDateTime
Value:
621250230
(PID) Process:(2644) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UrlBlockManager
Operation:writeName:NextCheckForUpdateHighDateTime
Value:
30918745
(PID) Process:(2644) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:(2644) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Cookie:
(PID) Process:(2644) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Visited:
(PID) Process:(2644) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Operation:writeName:CompatibilityFlags
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2644) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:ProxyBypass
Value:
1
Executable files
8
Suspicious files
8
Text files
138
Unknown types
19

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2644iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DF151AFF90BA973E5B.TMPgmc
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1456iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\6BADA8974A10C4BD62CC921D13E43B18_28DEA62A0AE77228DD387E155AD0BA27binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2644iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\Active\{50C683D1-344C-11EC-887A-12A9866C77DE}.datbinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1456iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\6BADA8974A10C4BD62CC921D13E43B18_28DEA62A0AE77228DD387E155AD0BA27der
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1456iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\B6QGX7LP\WindowsZone.7z.9ojj1kb.partialcompressed
MD5:CDF93133ABD3766C51A5CE0188941331
SHA256:7E321CCDD099B2661367EB7EE1D85F37E41358F7CBC48C88E60805878C3E465C
1456iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2260WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\bosshit.wavwav
MD5:7B77C70012224352529B6C4EEC0FF95B
SHA256:299767A97387AA3E418AFD8A66EE448EF15CED505564E12DC1B5467F43541230
2644iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\B6QGX7LP\WindowsZone.7z.9ojj1kb.partial:Zone.Identifiertext
MD5:FBCCF14D504B7B2DBCB5A5BDA75BD93B
SHA256:EACD09517CE90D34BA562171D15AC40D302F0E691B439F91BE1B6406E25F5913
1456iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\MFAQUS6V\WindowsZone[1].7zcompressed
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2644iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\B6QGX7LP\WindowsZone.7zcompressed
MD5:CDF93133ABD3766C51A5CE0188941331
SHA256:7E321CCDD099B2661367EB7EE1D85F37E41358F7CBC48C88E60805878C3E465C
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
6
DNS requests
5
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1092
svchost.exe
GET
304
23.32.238.178:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?67621635bc3f4903
US
—
—
whitelisted
1456
iexplore.exe
GET
200
93.184.220.29:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTBL0V27RVZ7LBduom%2FnYB45SPUEwQU5Z1ZMIJHWMys%2BghUNoZ7OrUETfACEAo3h2ReX7SMIk79G%2B0UDDw%3D
US
der
1.47 Kb
whitelisted
1456
iexplore.exe
GET
200
23.32.238.201:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?41312c893147b814
US
compressed
4.70 Kb
whitelisted
1456
iexplore.exe
GET
200
23.32.238.201:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?41de981a761c6256
US
compressed
4.70 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
1456
iexplore.exe
104.26.6.90:443
info.sonicretro.org
Cloudflare Inc
US
unknown
1092
svchost.exe
23.32.238.178:80
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
XO Communications
US
suspicious
1456
iexplore.exe
23.32.238.201:80
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
XO Communications
US
suspicious
1456
iexplore.exe
93.184.220.29:80
ocsp.digicert.com
MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
info.sonicretro.org
  • 104.26.6.90
  • 172.67.73.160
  • 104.26.7.90
unknown
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
  • 23.32.238.201
  • 23.32.238.178
  • 23.32.238.208
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 93.184.220.29
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
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Reports
https://info.sonicretro.org/images/8/82/WindowsZone.7z