| File name: | MBSetup.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/f0496607-d417-4c15-9e9f-abe7a729917f |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | June 05, 2025, 08:06:41 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 5 sections |
| MD5: | 09E0E68FC7650CA68899739080709F91 |
| SHA1: | A665AC359EF3F782B78484A71A266E50A71567AD |
| SHA256: | BF83BCE7085B016B5DBD65308C92EFA9B87B17DA561F490A1A17EF96C3D93DAC |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:oURp2UZfeZDtk0wi22IT1PD222222272TSRTP4WG5N0aFvGSSRkrlcfABLqI141S:7XD |
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (76.4) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (12.4) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (5.5) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (5.5) |
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2025:02:26 20:49:38+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 14.38 |
| CodeSize: | 804352 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 1981440 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x916c5 |
| OSVersion: | 6 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 5.2.8.127 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 0.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Windows NT 32-bit |
| ObjectFileType: | Dynamic link library |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| CompanyName: | Malwarebytes |
| FileDescription: | Malwarebytes Setup |
| FileVersion: | 5.2.8.127 |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright (C) 2017 - 2024 Malwarebytes, Inc. All rights reserved. |
| InternalName: | MBSetup.exe |
| OriginalFileName: | MBSetup.exe |
| ProductName: | Malwarebytes |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 208 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=2988 -childID 1 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 2980 -prefMapHandle 2976 -prefsLen 32306 -prefMapSize 244583 -jsInitHandle 1352 -jsInitLen 235124 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {ca171224-2d95-49f2-8d13-b0505f418193} 7608 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.7608" 2761c4a9d90 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 496 | ig.exe reseed | C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes\Anti-Malware\ig.exe | — | MBAMService.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: MalwareBytes Integrity Level: LOW Description: Malware Scanner Exit code: 11862016 Version: 1.0.4.8 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 632 | ig.exe reseed | C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes\Anti-Malware\ig.exe | — | MBAMService.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: MalwareBytes Integrity Level: LOW Description: Malware Scanner Exit code: 6815744 Version: 1.0.4.8 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 672 | "C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes\Anti-Malware\MBVpnTunnelService.exe" /installmbtun | C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes\Anti-Malware\MBVpnTunnelService.exe | MBAMInstallerService.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Malwarebytes Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: MBVpnTunnelService.exe Exit code: 0 Version: 5.0.0.101 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 960 | ig.exe reseed | C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes\Anti-Malware\ig.exe | — | MBAMService.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: MalwareBytes Integrity Level: LOW Description: Malware Scanner Exit code: 5767168 Version: 1.0.4.8 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 1052 | ig.exe reseed | C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes\Anti-Malware\ig.exe | — | MBAMService.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: MalwareBytes Integrity Level: LOW Description: Malware Scanner Exit code: 1376256 Version: 1.0.4.8 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 1244 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=4796 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -sandboxingKind 0 -prefsHandle 4780 -prefMapHandle 4612 -prefsLen 36668 -prefMapSize 244583 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {784828ee-f0d7-42a8-bf98-28dcde9820b2} 7608 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.7608" 27623821b10 utility | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 1312 | ig.exe reseed | C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes\Anti-Malware\ig.exe | — | MBAMService.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: MalwareBytes Integrity Level: LOW Description: Malware Scanner Exit code: 14352384 Version: 1.0.4.8 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 1452 | ig.exe reseed | C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes\Anti-Malware\ig.exe | — | MBAMService.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: MalwareBytes Integrity Level: LOW Description: Malware Scanner Exit code: 11206656 Version: 1.0.4.8 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 1600 | "C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes\Anti-Malware\MBAMWsc.exe" /wac 0 /status on true /updatesubstatus none /scansubstatus recommended /settingssubstatus none | C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes\Anti-Malware\MBAMWsc.exe | — | MBAMService.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Malwarebytes Integrity Level: SYSTEM Exit code: 0 Version: 3.1.0.245 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| (PID) Process: | (4400) MBSetup.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\mbamtestkey |
| Operation: | delete key | Name: | (default) |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4400) MBSetup.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Malwarebytes |
| Operation: | write | Name: | id |
Value: 250bd7701cf04c2cbfd9c919ef64ff43 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4400) MBSetup.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Malwarebytes |
| Operation: | write | Name: | id |
Value: 250bd7701cf04c2cbfd9c919ef64ff43 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4180) MBAMInstallerService.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\MBAMInstallerService\Parameters |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CurrentStep |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4180) MBAMInstallerService.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\MBAMInstallerService\Parameters |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MaxStep |
Value: 15 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4180) MBAMInstallerService.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\MBAMInstallerService\Parameters |
| Operation: | write | Name: | PercentComplete |
Value: 6.666667 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4180) MBAMInstallerService.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\MBAMInstallerService\Parameters |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StepName |
Value: INSTALL_PREPARE_STEP | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4180) MBAMInstallerService.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\MBAMInstallerService\Parameters |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MbamUpgrade |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4180) MBAMInstallerService.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\MBAMInstallerService\Parameters |
| Operation: | write | Name: | InstallTempDir |
Value: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\MBInstallTemp0f9d4ef941e411f0ba3948cf6e511772 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4180) MBAMInstallerService.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\MBAMInstallerService\Parameters |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FreshInstall |
Value: 1 | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4180 | MBAMInstallerService.exe | C:\Windows\Temp\MBInstallTemp0f9d4ef941e411f0ba3948cf6e511772\ctlrpkg.7z | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4180 | MBAMInstallerService.exe | C:\Windows\Temp\MBInstallTemp0f9d4ef941e411f0ba3948cf6e511772\dbclspkg.7z | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4180 | MBAMInstallerService.exe | C:\Windows\Temp\MBInstallTemp0f9d4ef941e411f0ba3948cf6e511772\dotnetpkg.7z | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4400 | MBSetup.exe | C:\ProgramData\mbamtestfile.dat | text | |
MD5:9F06243ABCB89C70E0C331C61D871FA7 | SHA256:837CCB607E312B170FAC7383D7CCFD61FA5072793F19A25E75FBACB56539B86B | |||
| 4180 | MBAMInstallerService.exe | C:\Windows\Temp\MBInstallTemp0f9d4ef941e411f0ba3948cf6e511772\ctlrpkg\Malwarebytes_Assistant.runtimeconfig.json | binary | |
MD5:D94CF983FBA9AB1BB8A6CB3AD4A48F50 | SHA256:1ECA0F0C70070AA83BB609E4B749B26DCB4409784326032726394722224A098A | |||
| 4180 | MBAMInstallerService.exe | C:\Windows\Temp\MBInstallTemp0f9d4ef941e411f0ba3948cf6e511772\ctlrpkg\Assistant.runtimeconfig.json | binary | |
MD5:D94CF983FBA9AB1BB8A6CB3AD4A48F50 | SHA256:1ECA0F0C70070AA83BB609E4B749B26DCB4409784326032726394722224A098A | |||
| 4180 | MBAMInstallerService.exe | C:\Windows\Temp\MBInstallTemp0f9d4ef941e411f0ba3948cf6e511772\ctlrpkg\Malwarebytes.runtimeconfig.json | binary | |
MD5:EDAF04AFDA9B2C6D778D7042E7824A2F | SHA256:AE076CC42958355D8E061A4D3D020BED0EF3CD0C37C1851BDF84844503F9880C | |||
| 4180 | MBAMInstallerService.exe | C:\Windows\Temp\MBInstallTemp0f9d4ef941e411f0ba3948cf6e511772\ctlrpkg\Assistant.deps.json | binary | |
MD5:26D5540F2674A1E33722EAF225EF7591 | SHA256:064A06E32F5A36F010A26737DEDEFD24CDBE5112FD08757B78449C3548447954 | |||
| 4180 | MBAMInstallerService.exe | C:\Windows\Temp\MBInstallTemp0f9d4ef941e411f0ba3948cf6e511772\ctlrpkg\mbam.firefox.manifest.json | binary | |
MD5:F83DF8976D2F549973B4741AABEC7DC8 | SHA256:81E215E014635B567D9D11CCCCAE20A0E62BB4D640B1CCE0B30ECE970212AF02 | |||
| 4180 | MBAMInstallerService.exe | C:\Windows\Temp\MBInstallTemp0f9d4ef941e411f0ba3948cf6e511772\servicepkg\mbamelam.sys | executable | |
MD5:8DA81AA1F6B89CE1D2E216E3EA351C59 | SHA256:F7F047533C670B86022F871CFA3E812B977153DF118239B012D9B3F88B13904D | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.32.238.112:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.63.118.230:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1072 | 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 |
1072 | 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 |
7544 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEA77flR%2B3w%2FxBpruV2lte6A%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7572 | MBAMService.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTfIs%2BLjDtGwQ09XEB1Yeq%2BtX%2BBgQQU7NfjgtJxXWRM3y5nP%2Be6mK4cD08CEAitQLJg0pxMn17Nqb2Trtk%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7572 | MBAMService.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBT3xL4LQLXDRDM9P665TW442vrsUQQUReuir%2FSSy4IxLVGLp6chnfNtyA8CEA6bGI750C3n79tQ4ghAGFo%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7572 | MBAMService.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSRXerF0eFeSWRripTgTkcJWMm7iQQUaDfg67Y7%2BF8Rhvv%2BYXsIiGX0TkICEAYsPEaBY%2BtRPgLpmSJnQ9Y%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7572 | MBAMService.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTfIs%2BLjDtGwQ09XEB1Yeq%2BtX%2BBgQQU7NfjgtJxXWRM3y5nP%2Be6mK4cD08CEAc2N7ckVHzYR6z9KGYqXls%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
7872 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 23.32.238.112:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
7188 | RUXIMICS.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
4400 | MBSetup.exe | 34.213.16.205:443 | api2.amplitude.com | AMAZON-02 | US | whitelisted |
4400 | MBSetup.exe | 44.207.18.233:443 | ark.mwbsys.com | AMAZON-AES | US | whitelisted |
4400 | MBSetup.exe | 13.35.58.13:443 | cdn.mwbsys.com | — | US | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
api2.amplitude.com |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
ark.mwbsys.com |
| whitelisted |
cdn.mwbsys.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
Process | Message |
|---|---|
MBAMService.exe | Retry XPE file open
|
MBAMService.exe | Retry XPE file open
|
MBAMService.exe | Retry XPE file open
|