URL:

https://msguides.com/microsoft-software-products/2-ways-activate-windows-10-free-without-software.html

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/e82aacd5-3154-40cc-8f02-890f9aac8eeb
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: December 07, 2019, 23:31:49
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

EB34A2EE765F224854B28130E2D633D4

SHA1:

19B045DCB71F4EB650E531D5E450E4BF12414103

SHA256:

CEC5032925C53C7B3D07C34AB331FB831B8226967F25F3A957502819A69D8D19

SSDEEP:

3:N8U/AMu6WYuRRnaBQGWylvxDQgQRIWKwIJn:2U/A/6Ru3CWKxDQgQZK9J

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

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Modifies files in Chrome extension folder

      • chrome.exe (PID: 896)

    • Executes scripts

      • cmd.exe (PID: 4960)

  • INFO

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 896)

    • Reads the hosts file

      • chrome.exe (PID: 896)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 4064)

    • Manual execution by user

      • cmd.exe (PID: 4960)

    • Changes settings of System certificates

      • chrome.exe (PID: 4064)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.
No data.
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All screenshots are available in the full report
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Total processes
109
Monitored processes
69
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
592"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=992,12582519134854713924,11541215000545158909,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=18267998699338443224 --renderer-client-id=25 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6048 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
624"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=992,12582519134854713924,11541215000545158909,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=12862401447657915925 --renderer-client-id=63 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3924 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
640"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=992,12582519134854713924,11541215000545158909,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=6851054713936794884 --renderer-client-id=14 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4708 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
736"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=992,12582519134854713924,11541215000545158909,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=9024048589210157593 --renderer-client-id=29 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6504 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
896"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" "https://msguides.com/microsoft-software-products/2-ways-activate-windows-10-free-without-software.html"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
964"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=992,12582519134854713924,11541215000545158909,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --extension-process --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=9319430479381930222 --renderer-client-id=4 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2552 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1096"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=992,12582519134854713924,11541215000545158909,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=2801698887164552285 --renderer-client-id=30 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6520 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1160"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=992,12582519134854713924,11541215000545158909,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=15679208465838336767 --renderer-client-id=21 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5508 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1504"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=992,12582519134854713924,11541215000545158909,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=14885386696002091951 --renderer-client-id=31 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6708 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1552"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=992,12582519134854713924,11541215000545158909,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=14603890559134425742 --renderer-client-id=5 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2212 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
Total events
797
Read events
650
Write events
142
Delete events
5

Modification events

(PID) Process:(896) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(896) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(896) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:(896) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(896) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(896) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:dr
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(896) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
Operation:writeName:UsageStatsInSample
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(896) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:delete valueName:1512-13197841398593750
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(896) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(896) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:delete valueName:896-13220235125117375
Value:
259
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
221
Text files
303
Unknown types
23

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
896chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\db92b85e-cba7-4ca9-a764-32b759dc0f48.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
896chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\000020.dbtmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
896chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
896chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
896chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
896chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old~RF39a94a.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
896chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
896chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\data_1 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
896chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.old~RF39a94a.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
896chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
14
TCP/UDP connections
203
DNS requests
160
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1536
wmiprvse.exe
POST
302
2.19.38.59:80
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=88339
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1536
wmiprvse.exe
POST
302
2.19.38.59:80
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=88340
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1536
wmiprvse.exe
POST
302
2.19.38.59:80
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=88341
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4064
chrome.exe
GET
302
172.217.16.206:80
http://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvOTRmQUFXVHlhaGJaUTdMLWtCSkNJUl9ZQQ/1.0.0.5_nmmhkkegccagdldgiimedpiccmgmieda.crx
US
html
511 b
whitelisted
4064
chrome.exe
GET
200
91.199.212.52:80
http://crt.usertrust.com/USERTrustRSAAddTrustCA.crt
GB
der
1.37 Kb
whitelisted
4064
chrome.exe
GET
200
67.26.139.254:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/47BEABC922EAE80E78783462A79F45C254FDE68B.crt
US
der
969 b
whitelisted
4064
chrome.exe
GET
200
67.26.139.254:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/DF3C24F9BFD666761B268073FE06D1CC8D4F82A4.crt
US
der
914 b
whitelisted
4064
chrome.exe
GET
200
204.13.202.71:80
http://ssl.trustwave.com/issuers/STCA.crt
US
der
956 b
whitelisted
4064
chrome.exe
GET
200
67.26.139.254:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
57.4 Kb
whitelisted
4064
chrome.exe
GET
200
13.35.254.54:80
http://x.ss2.us/x.cer
US
der
1.27 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4064
chrome.exe
172.217.21.195:443
clientservices.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4064
chrome.exe
185.213.26.137:443
msguides.com
HostHatch, Inc
NL
unknown
4064
chrome.exe
216.58.207.77:443
accounts.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4064
chrome.exe
104.28.30.100:443
cdn.msguides.com
Cloudflare Inc
US
shared
4064
chrome.exe
104.20.237.16:443
services.bilsyndication.com
Cloudflare Inc
US
unknown
4064
chrome.exe
172.217.16.200:443
www.googletagmanager.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4064
chrome.exe
2.18.235.93:443
contextual.media.net
Akamai International B.V.
—
whitelisted
4064
chrome.exe
216.58.208.46:443
www.google-analytics.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4064
chrome.exe
172.217.16.194:443
googleads.g.doubleclick.net
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4064
chrome.exe
216.58.207.66:443
adservice.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
clientservices.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.21.195
whitelisted
msguides.com
  • 185.213.26.137
malicious
accounts.google.com
  • 216.58.207.77
shared
cdn.msguides.com
  • 104.28.30.100
  • 104.28.31.100
malicious
pagead2.googlesyndication.com
  • 172.217.22.66
whitelisted
services.bilsyndication.com
  • 104.20.237.16
  • 104.20.236.16
suspicious
www.googletagmanager.com
  • 172.217.16.200
whitelisted
www.google-analytics.com
  • 216.58.208.46
whitelisted
contextual.media.net
  • 2.18.235.93
shared
adservice.google.it
  • 172.217.23.98
whitelisted

Threats

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