| File name: | CosmicClientInstaller.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/377f86e4-5a5c-4170-873a-9fff1fc31d60 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Adware is a form of malware that targets users with unwanted advertisements, often disrupting their browsing experience. It typically infiltrates systems through software bundling, malicious websites, or deceptive downloads. Once installed, it may track user activity, collect sensitive data, and display intrusive ads, including pop-ups or banners. Some advanced adware variants can bypass security measures and establish persistence on devices, making removal challenging. Additionally, adware can create vulnerabilities that other malware can exploit, posing a significant risk to user privacy and system security. |
| Analysis date: | July 21, 2025, 22:37:54 |
| 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: | 5A906260FF434009AB6A270DDB88C51F |
| SHA1: | 46D25E7166366624D0B4981D2C952FCB309F38CB |
| SHA256: | D56658C16FC6F9DC2FEA0DB1D75663E796F5A6A00B5B7F0D4585BF5C91E25E44 |
| SSDEEP: | 393216:oc2KzQ96zKDUf6I908SBoQ0i2TgnvzX4KDHJkc3Iw2b:/xQ8s6/90CQ0i1vzoKDzBw |
| .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: | 2020:01:15 13:42:34+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, Large address aware, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 14.24 |
| CodeSize: | 1505792 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 690176 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x11e5d3 |
| OSVersion: | 6 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | Debug |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Dynamic link library |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| CompanyName: | Cosmic Games |
| FileDescription: | Cosmic Client Installer |
| FileVersion: | 1 |
| InternalName: | Cosmic Client Installer |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright (C) 2023 Cosmic Games |
| OriginalFileName: | Cosmic Client Installer.exe |
| ProductName: | Cosmic Client |
| ProductVersion: | 1 |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2880 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\CosmicClientInstaller.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\CosmicClientInstaller.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Cosmic Games Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Cosmic Client Installer Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0 Modules
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| 3628 | "C:\Program Files\Cosmic Client\Cosmic Client.exe" | C:\Program Files\Cosmic Client\Cosmic Client.exe | msiexec.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Cosmic Games ULC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Cosmic Client Exit code: 1 Version: 1.0 Modules
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| 3672 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\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
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| 3960 | C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding F9FDCEB709ED9D3DB8A8FD1365ACE974 | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe | — | msiexec.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows® installer Exit code: 0 Version: 5.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4708 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\CosmicClientInstaller.exe" /i "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Cosmic Games\Cosmic Client 1.0\install\A68543B\Cosmic Client Installer.x64.msi" AI_EUIMSI=1 APPDIR="C:\Program Files\Cosmic Client" SHORTCUTDIR="C:\Users\Public\Desktop" SECONDSEQUENCE="1" CLIENTPROCESSID="2880" AI_MORE_CMD_LINE=1 | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\CosmicClientInstaller.exe | CosmicClientInstaller.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Cosmic Games Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Cosmic Client Installer Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0 Modules
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| 5564 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe /V | C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows® installer Version: 5.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 6012 | C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 78B6DC409FF2AF92FAF1101AEF2B352A E Global\MSI0000 | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe | — | msiexec.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows® installer Exit code: 0 Version: 5.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 6344 | C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding A8F33B6B25B3BBC22C5401E1BF56FCCF C | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe | msiexec.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows® installer Exit code: 0 Version: 5.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (5564) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Sequence |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5564) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Owner |
Value: BC150000B660C72090FADB01 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5564) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SessionHash |
Value: B33CC54E9818702167E0C69AD718ECFEC8D87C7BB119B7974AA06A2BCACD5168 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5564) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Config.Msi\ |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5564) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Config.Msi\190343.rbs |
Value: 31193744 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5564) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Config.Msi\190343.rbsLow |
Value: 639283776 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5564) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\35D26D469C129DA49828EEAE4F06E9FC |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 31D8E75D9A1885943B6BCF25A58645B3 |
Value: C:\Program Files\Cosmic Client\ | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5564) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\0524AFD6162ECA944B2472098A2FDDE6 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 31D8E75D9A1885943B6BCF25A58645B3 |
Value: 02:\Software\Cosmic Games\Cosmic Client\Version | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5564) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\D48DDA809E1EB7E4EAD319F3472260FB |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 31D8E75D9A1885943B6BCF25A58645B3 |
Value: 02:\Software\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\LZMA\{D57E8D13-81A9-4958-B3B6-FC525A68543B}\1.0\AI_ExePath | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5564) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\DB9F69E49FD5ECF48A6BD1273297909B |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 31D8E75D9A1885943B6BCF25A58645B3 |
Value: 02:\Software\Cosmic Games\{D57E8D13-81A9-4958-B3B6-FC525A68543B}\AI_IA_ENABLE | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2880 | CosmicClientInstaller.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Cosmic Games\Cosmic Client 1.0\install\holder0.aiph | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2880 | CosmicClientInstaller.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIE23D.LOG | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2880 | CosmicClientInstaller.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Cosmic Games\Cosmic Client 1.0\install\A68543B\Cosmic Client Installer.x64.msi | executable | |
MD5:D3ECAA109D218560F01669FDF2AC1E6F | SHA256:2938851B5A339BDB25B4A255460CFDE3739FAE15BAD38A9F6179676565935E73 | |||
| 2880 | CosmicClientInstaller.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Cosmic Games\Cosmic Client 1.0\install\A68543B\Cosmic Client Installer.msi | executable | |
MD5:0EC3960889CFBC6DA04F1C25D696FBA9 | SHA256:42D8FDEDE0E5207C547E9CE47F58F1E9A2F8E6680128A81B27036D1767D0D2FD | |||
| 2880 | CosmicClientInstaller.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\26C212D9399727259664BDFCA073966E_C5856A5EB1E3B74AE8014850A678CDBF | der | |
MD5:786F0041EE5594B7F1E882E30C7C8FCC | SHA256:44E6B985D947D4CCFBD07628F8795646202DB2FA0C67356049E822DFCA692021 | |||
| 2880 | CosmicClientInstaller.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\26C212D9399727259664BDFCA073966E_C5856A5EB1E3B74AE8014850A678CDBF | binary | |
MD5:E61EC15DAC7E40E3D027E9D142F79380 | SHA256:4343367B4C9C16FC60006D1A472774DDCEF853A0495FE36191DC75B1B83552CD | |||
| 2880 | CosmicClientInstaller.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\3EC49180A59F0C351C30F112AD97CFA5_B1F00FA1D2ECD5D781E44CEE5DF6C96A | binary | |
MD5:D72481D633F407FB93E2837966F003F3 | SHA256:5ED9E5E080D39BD281A34AFA8A3F832319248B60EED61013466B144242377DD7 | |||
| 2880 | CosmicClientInstaller.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Cosmic Games\Cosmic Client 1.0\install\decoder.dll | executable | |
MD5:DCA95F4411A1C7EEB221C095C9EF8196 | SHA256:51E89BFA578FDCDCB324F5CAA2C36C5CC8F1DBD73658BED39445C57C722B91F4 | |||
| 2880 | CosmicClientInstaller.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\3EC49180A59F0C351C30F112AD97CFA5_B1F00FA1D2ECD5D781E44CEE5DF6C96A | der | |
MD5:C7B15C1938E04CBB8D42C190751E7AB1 | SHA256:0E1158684B4516708D647DFF4119572BD32D421C759A0700FA85D047E722F59A | |||
| 2880 | CosmicClientInstaller.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\AdvinstAnalytics\5ec6a1d8c8fe80765ec277d0\1.0\{8F5E057D-84C1-43E5-A765-17C46ADF93AE}.session | text | |
MD5:0AEB9BD3D622DDD97F48AC9B57B5B518 | SHA256:FEA806BEAE83EF6736CD7C56D11520AA42690965C2D188BFF662195A92CF17E4 | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.22:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6584 | RUXIMICS.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.22:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6584 | RUXIMICS.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.156.128.21:443 | https://cdn.cosmicclient.com/bootstrap/jcef/windows_x64.tar.zst.gpg?1753137501852107500 | unknown | binary | 801 b | — |
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.156.128.104:443 | https://cdn.cosmicclient.com/bootstrap/assets/dock-lg.png.gpg?1753137502067807800 | unknown | binary | 801 b | — |
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.156.128.153:443 | https://cdn.cosmicclient.com/bootstrap/launcher.jar.gpg?1753137502296980800 | unknown | — | — | — |
2880 | CosmicClientInstaller.exe | POST | 402 | 3.227.106.113:80 | http://collect.installeranalytics.com/ | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 500 | 40.91.76.224:443 | https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail | unknown | xml | 512 b | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | — | 23.156.128.229:443 | https://cdn.cosmicclient.com/bootstrap/java/windows_x64.tar.zst?04a842e8127215eb6673f1077ef634ff97bb28cba27dd7528cdbfc49f8a78687 | unknown | — | — | — |
2940 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.209.209.135:80 | http://x1.c.lencr.org/ | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
6584 | RUXIMICS.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
6584 | RUXIMICS.exe | 23.216.77.22:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 23.216.77.22:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
6584 | RUXIMICS.exe | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
2880 | CosmicClientInstaller.exe | 2.17.190.73:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 40.127.240.158:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
cdn.cosmicclient.com |
| unknown |
collect.installeranalytics.com |
| whitelisted |
self.events.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
x1.c.lencr.org |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
— | — | Misc activity | ET USER_AGENTS Go HTTP Client User-Agent |
— | — | Misc activity | ET INFO Go-http-client User-Agent Observed Outbound |
— | — | Misc activity | ET USER_AGENTS Go HTTP Client User-Agent |
— | — | Misc activity | ET INFO Go-http-client User-Agent Observed Outbound |
— | — | Misc activity | ET INFO Go-http-client User-Agent Observed Outbound |
— | — | Misc activity | ET USER_AGENTS Go HTTP Client User-Agent |
— | — | Misc activity | ET INFO Go-http-client User-Agent Observed Outbound |
— | — | Misc activity | ET USER_AGENTS Go HTTP Client User-Agent |
— | — | Misc activity | ET USER_AGENTS Go HTTP Client User-Agent |
— | — | Misc activity | ET INFO Go-http-client User-Agent Observed Outbound |