| File name: | DECRYPT_INSTRUCTION.URL |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/0819d424-ecc6-4315-857a-4e7df7f95a2e |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | CryptoWall is a notorious ransomware family that emerged in early 2014 and rapidly became one of the most destructive cyber threats of its time. This malware encrypts victims' files using strong AES encryption, demands ransom payments in Bitcoin, and has generated hundreds of millions of dollars for cybercriminals. |
| Analysis date: | June 02, 2025, 07:59:17 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-mswinurl |
| File info: | MS Windows 95 Internet shortcut text (URL=<https://kpai7ycr7jxqkilp.torexplorer.com/6wN5>), Unicode text, UTF-16, little-endian text, with CRLF line terminators |
| MD5: | F951BFC6AC95E15320DF04EFAEAEC28D |
| SHA1: | D9D53A5FA311F909CDF062D3676156E022965B30 |
| SHA256: | BD79D8538E305FB2C029B0880915B6F881EB99FBCC8230BD30CF0259C8BDF08F |
| SSDEEP: | 6:F27qKloWlj+YkLD2l4ucYglZy4YkLD2l4uKv:F2zloWljP02PxgZ402PKv |
| .txt | | | Text - UTF-16 (LE) encoded (66.6) |
|---|---|---|
| .mp3 | | | MP3 audio (33.3) |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 132 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2712 --field-trial-handle=2360,i,12421134295605771875,14041350363803871048,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 132 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --no-appcompat-clear --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=18 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5824 --field-trial-handle=2472,i,14538978861626903394,4107000677274510563,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 496 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3252 --field-trial-handle=2472,i,14538978861626903394,4107000677274510563,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 516 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2856 --field-trial-handle=2360,i,12421134295605771875,14041350363803871048,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 732 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=gpu-process --no-appcompat-clear --gpu-preferences=WAAAAAAAAADgAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2352 --field-trial-handle=2360,i,12421134295605771875,14041350363803871048,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 1072 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=2148 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -prefsHandle 2140 -prefMapHandle 2128 -prefsLen 31031 -prefMapSize 244583 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {1da2fcd1-7356-4061-9e97-73dab470c585} 2660 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2660" 228d9f82510 socket | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 1184 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5788 --field-trial-handle=2472,i,14538978861626903394,4107000677274510563,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 1452 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5016 --field-trial-handle=2472,i,14538978861626903394,4107000677274510563,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 1512 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5452 --field-trial-handle=2380,i,5990429177530693346,4540366424685020334,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 1584 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --no-appcompat-clear --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=21 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3104 --field-trial-handle=2472,i,14538978861626903394,4107000677274510563,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (2660) firefox.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\DllPrefetchExperiment |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7172) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7172) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7172) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7172) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\LastWasDefault |
| Operation: | write | Name: | S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001 |
Value: 892EEC7B28952F00 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7172) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\StabilityMetrics |
| Operation: | write | Name: | user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7172) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\LastWasDefault |
| Operation: | write | Name: | S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001 |
Value: 668EE77B28952F00 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7172) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowProperties\131832 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | WindowTabManagerFileMappingId |
Value: {0E969D58-B644-47CE-95E4-CA493B5D51CD} | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7172) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowProperties\131832 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | WindowTabManagerFileMappingId |
Value: {E2F652F0-164A-4927-A756-35CC5727A733} | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7172) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowProperties\131832 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | WindowTabManagerFileMappingId |
Value: {DF87BCBA-E6DF-4B56-96BA-0E9B01682FD3} | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\startupCache\scriptCache-current.bin | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2660 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\storage\permanent\chrome\idb\3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.sqlite-shm | binary | |
MD5:B7C14EC6110FA820CA6B65F5AEC85911 | SHA256:FD4C9FDA9CD3F9AE7C962B0DDF37232294D55580E1AA165AA06129B8549389EB | |||
| 2660 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\AlternateServices.bin | binary | |
MD5:53FF93C59964B94B14F2B3065C6B0761 | SHA256:E9415D355BAEBB12701E3013793CFBCF11BB6C7572A45E0487C1BCA3B893C051 | |||
| 2660 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\storage\permanent\chrome\idb\3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.sqlite | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2660 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.bin | binary | |
MD5:C78F36BF78A74A5C37232FA18305FA6E | SHA256:319C730AC6614FDCE611894E281CBE1B5E1A304DCD812D6B642D3BE978E82EEC | |||
| 2660 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\SiteSecurityServiceState.bin | binary | |
MD5:7791175BCA3E07A88C3726597EDA2B5B | SHA256:F479DA3BBAD8D0BE807BF422A2CF367ED6835061E878B98DDC6D02CD542D17AB | |||
| 2660 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\prefs.js | text | |
MD5:D8B698C421BEB6BFC292C26805861CA8 | SHA256:AD1B54F790FF8530886695C90DC630EF7E41D7B54186F7B582267B7375A8AED5 | |||
| 2660 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\sessionCheckpoints.json | binary | |
MD5:EA8B62857DFDBD3D0BE7D7E4A954EC9A | SHA256:792955295AE9C382986222C6731C5870BD0E921E7F7E34CC4615F5CD67F225DA | |||
| 2660 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\startupCache\scriptCache-child-current.bin | binary | |
MD5:C95DDC2B1A525D1A243E4C294DA2F326 | SHA256:3A5919E086BFB31E36110CF636D2D5109EB51F2C410B107F126126AB25D67363 | |||
| 2660 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\cookies.sqlite-shm | binary | |
MD5:B7C14EC6110FA820CA6B65F5AEC85911 | SHA256:FD4C9FDA9CD3F9AE7C962B0DDF37232294D55580E1AA165AA06129B8549389EB | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.28:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2416 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5796 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2416 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2660 | firefox.exe | GET | 200 | 34.107.221.82:80 | http://detectportal.firefox.com/success.txt?ipv4 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2660 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 184.24.77.46:80 | http://r11.o.lencr.org/ | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2660 | firefox.exe | GET | 200 | 34.107.221.82:80 | http://detectportal.firefox.com/canonical.html | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2660 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 216.58.206.35:80 | http://o.pki.goog/we2 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2660 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 216.58.206.35:80 | http://o.pki.goog/we2 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5756 | RUXIMICS.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 23.216.77.28:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
5796 | svchost.exe | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
5796 | svchost.exe | 40.127.240.158:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 172.211.123.248:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
detectportal.firefox.com |
| whitelisted |
prod.detectportal.prod.cloudops.mozgcp.net |
| whitelisted |
contile.services.mozilla.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2196 | svchost.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET MALWARE Likely CryptoWall .onion Proxy DNS lookup |
2196 | svchost.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET MALWARE Likely CryptoWall .onion Proxy DNS lookup |
2196 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO DNS Query to .onion proxy Domain (torexplorer.com) |
2196 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO DNS Query to .onion proxy Domain (torexplorer.com) |
2196 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Requests to a free CDN for open source projects (jsdelivr .net) |
2196 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
2196 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
2196 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
7636 | msedge.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET MALWARE Likely CryptoWall .onion Proxy DNS lookup |
7636 | msedge.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO DNS Query to .onion proxy Domain (torexplorer.com) |