File name:

sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/f14dcbbc-b4f1-4a75-a153-61aaf49c5125
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: November 17, 2025, 07:59:45
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
pyinstaller
python
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 7 sections
MD5:

7A321E375C18A0BFDC4316ADF0E58899

SHA1:

6A9FF8ABD74D8AFF739B81DE791CFA8EA3203592

SHA256:

D261D8E19A2165642060A815B8B482B1B56190109CAE0C693EF5BE82E4DF733E

SSDEEP:

196608:2c2UgjO+Xrv8YCZ3pIwpqbrJd87I849OI45/:azO6rkbIgmsZ48/

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Process drops python dynamic module

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6128)

    • The process drops C-runtime libraries

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6128)

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6128)

    • There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6128)
      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6744)

    • Loads Python modules

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6744)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6128)

    • Application launched itself

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6128)

    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6744)

  • INFO

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6128)
      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6744)

    • Checks supported languages

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6128)
      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6744)

    • Reads the computer name

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6128)
      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6744)

    • PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6128)
      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6744)

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6128)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6744)
      • slui.exe (PID: 6476)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe (PID: 6744)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 6476)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • notepad.exe (PID: 6252)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | InstallShield setup (57.6)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (36.9)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.6)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (2.6)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 2025:09:15 11:35:16+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 14.36
CodeSize: 166400
InitializedDataSize: 137728
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0xb340
OSVersion: 5.2
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5.2
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
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Total processes
146
Monitored processes
6
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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start sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe slui.exe cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs notepad.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
5184C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c "notepad.exe updater_readme.txt"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
6128"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
6252notepad.exe updater_readme.txtC:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Notepad
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
6476C:\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
6680\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
6744"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe
sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
Total events
3 988
Read events
3 988
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
86
Suspicious files
4
Text files
932
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
6128sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61282\Pythonwin\mfc140u.dllexecutable
MD5:2EB07F3BE1F3C40145829FBF64E8678E
SHA256:643CE7FE6A203C53A96A00F272A1A5B42D5B0C320C84364A6FE866307A19BB65
6128sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61282\Pythonwin\win32ui.pydexecutable
MD5:BE5B11656C4AF66936D83A7246FBFDB5
SHA256:490A2446F61BE529F070F2DB2C6ECEDD765212F85ED4291EEF329128343726A6
6128sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61282\_decimal.pydexecutable
MD5:20C77203DDF9FF2FF96D6D11DEA2EDCF
SHA256:9AAC010A424C757C434C460C3C0A6515D7720966AB64BAD667539282A17B4133
6128sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61282\_asyncio.pydexecutable
MD5:33D0B6DE555DDBBBD5CA229BFA91C329
SHA256:A9A99A2B847E46C0EFCE7FCFEFD27F4BCE58BAF9207277C17BFFD09EF4D274E5
6128sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61282\_ctypes.pydexecutable
MD5:1635A0C5A72DF5AE64072CBB0065AEBE
SHA256:1EA3DD3DF393FA9B27BF6595BE4AC859064CD8EF9908A12378A6021BBA1CB177
6128sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61282\VCRUNTIME140.dllexecutable
MD5:F34EB034AA4A9735218686590CBA2E8B
SHA256:9D2B40F0395CC5D1B4D5EA17B84970C29971D448C37104676DB577586D4AD1B1
6128sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61282\_socket.pydexecutable
MD5:819166054FEC07EFCD1062F13C2147EE
SHA256:E6DEB751039CD5424A139708475CE83F9C042D43E650765A716CB4A924B07E4F
6128sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61282\_lzma.pydexecutable
MD5:7447EFD8D71E8A1929BE0FAC722B42DC
SHA256:60793C8592193CFBD00FD3E5263BE4315D650BA4F9E4FDA9C45A10642FD998BE
6128sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61282\_uuid.pydexecutable
MD5:B68C98113C8E7E83AF56BA98FF3AC84A
SHA256:990586F2A2BA00D48B59BDD03D3C223B8E9FB7D7FAB6D414BAC2833EB1241CA2
6128sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61282\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dllexecutable
MD5:8F8EB9CB9E78E3A611BC8ACAEC4399CB
SHA256:1BD81DFD19204B44662510D9054852FB77C9F25C1088D647881C9B976CC16818
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
22
DNS requests
8
Threats
2

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2800
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.16.241.19:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4064
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
2.16.241.19:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5596
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
2.16.241.19:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
POST
500
4.154.209.85:443
https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail
unknown
xml
512 b
unknown
—
—
POST
500
4.154.185.43:443
https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail
unknown
xml
512 b
unknown
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
2800
svchost.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
5596
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4064
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
5596
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
2.16.241.19:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
2800
svchost.exe
2.16.241.19:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
4064
RUXIMICS.exe
2.16.241.19:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
5596
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
2800
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
  • 51.104.136.2
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.174
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.241.19
  • 2.16.241.12
whitelisted
gist.githubusercontent.com
  • 185.199.110.133
  • 185.199.108.133
  • 185.199.111.133
  • 185.199.109.133
whitelisted
rentry.co
  • 104.26.2.16
  • 172.67.75.40
  • 104.26.3.16
whitelisted
rentry.org
  • 164.132.58.105
unknown
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 4.154.185.43
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
2276
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO Pastebin Service Domain in DNS Lookup (rentry .co)
6744
sims-4-updater-v1.4.7.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO Observed Pastebin Service Domain (rentry .co in TLS SNI)
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