File name:

Launcher.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/9f73f90c-89bb-402e-ad32-f1e272396da0
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: June 01, 2025, 23:56:10
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 4 sections
MD5:

CB1E52F4DA74417EDD75A8032614BB1A

SHA1:

356E1824DF6D538530B5AC9D3E0C7745E2551FFF

SHA256:

C3D7EFD38172CD4BCE162687A4CFD3CFF216F86BB2DACE4CEDE284C2025571B8

SSDEEP:

49152:QC/rTa/lRg9PmZ4Y/71ZJlGSuZJmTZqOODwyGRu6fHYh7ga/V4GDh8fwl80uU54s:QKAQYI53Z

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads Microsoft Outlook installation path

      • Launcher.exe (PID: 7428)
    • Connects to the server without a host name

      • Launcher.exe (PID: 7428)
    • Reads Internet Explorer settings

      • Launcher.exe (PID: 7428)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • Launcher.exe (PID: 7428)
    • Potential Corporate Privacy Violation

      • Launcher.exe (PID: 7428)
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • Launcher.exe (PID: 7428)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • Launcher.exe (PID: 7428)
      • slui.exe (PID: 4784)
    • Reads the computer name

      • Launcher.exe (PID: 7428)
    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • Launcher.exe (PID: 7428)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 4784)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (46.3)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (41)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (6.6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.9)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (2.9)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2006:09:14 18:44:09+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 7.1
CodeSize: 290816
InitializedDataSize: 921600
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x2caf0
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 1.4.0.61
ProductVersionNumber: 1.4.0.61
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: Neutral
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Blizzard Entertainment
FileDescription: Blizzard Launcher
FileVersion: 1, 4, 0, 61
InternalName: Launcher
LegalCopyright: (c) 2005-2006 Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
OriginalFileName: Launcher.exe
ProductName: Blizzard Launcher
ProductVersion: 1, 4, 0, 61
No data.
screenshotscreenshot
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Total processes
124
Monitored processes
2
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start launcher.exe slui.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
4784C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Exit code:
0
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
7428"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Launcher.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Launcher.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Blizzard Entertainment
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Blizzard Launcher
Version:
1, 4, 0, 61
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\launcher.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\aclayers.dll
Total events
4 520
Read events
4 509
Write events
11
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(7428) Launcher.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:(7428) Launcher.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Cookie:
(PID) Process:(7428) Launcher.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Visited:
(PID) Process:(7428) Launcher.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:ProxyBypass
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(7428) Launcher.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:IntranetName
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(7428) Launcher.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(7428) Launcher.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
0
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

No data
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HTTP(S) requests
9
TCP/UDP connections
23
DNS requests
9
Threats
9

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
7428
Launcher.exe
GET
12.129.232.129:80
http://12.129.232.129/update/Launcher.txt
US
unknown
8036
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
2.16.241.12:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
DE
binary
825 b
whitelisted
7428
Launcher.exe
GET
12.129.232.132:80
http://12.129.232.132/update/WoW--x86-Win-enUS-UPDATE
US
unknown
8036
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
2.23.246.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
QA
binary
868 b
whitelisted
7428
Launcher.exe
GET
137.221.106.103:80
http://launcher.worldofwarcraft.com/
US
whitelisted
7428
Launcher.exe
GET
12.129.232.130:80
http://12.129.232.130/update/Tools-1.4.0.61-x86-Win-enUS-UPDATE
US
unknown
7428
Launcher.exe
GET
12.129.232.126:80
http://12.129.232.126/background/WoW--x86-Win-enUS-BKGND.torrent
US
unknown
POST
500
20.83.72.98:443
https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail
US
xml
512 b
whitelisted
POST
500
40.91.76.224:443
https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail
US
xml
512 b
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
8036
RUXIMICS.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
7428
Launcher.exe
12.129.232.129:80
ATT-CERFNET-BLOCK
US
unknown
8036
RUXIMICS.exe
2.16.241.12:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
8036
RUXIMICS.exe
2.23.246.101:80
www.microsoft.com
Ooredoo Q.S.C.
QA
whitelisted
2112
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
7428
Launcher.exe
12.129.232.132:80
ATT-CERFNET-BLOCK
US
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
whitelisted
google.com
  • 172.217.16.206
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.241.12
  • 2.16.241.19
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 2.23.246.101
whitelisted
launcher.worldofwarcraft.com
  • 137.221.106.103
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 20.83.72.98
whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 52.168.117.171
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
7428
Launcher.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET INFO User-Agent (Launcher)
7428
Launcher.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET GAMES Blizzard Downloader Client User-Agent (Blizzard Downloader 2.x)
7428
Launcher.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET INFO User-Agent (Launcher)
7428
Launcher.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET GAMES Blizzard Downloader Client User-Agent (Blizzard Downloader 2.x)
7428
Launcher.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET INFO User-Agent (Launcher)
7428
Launcher.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET GAMES Blizzard Downloader Client User-Agent (Blizzard Downloader 2.x)
7428
Launcher.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET INFO User-Agent (Launcher)
7428
Launcher.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET P2P Possible Torrent Download via HTTP Request
7428
Launcher.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET GAMES Blizzard Downloader Client User-Agent (Blizzard Downloader 2.x)
No debug info