URL:

https://blog.linkvertise.net/is-lookbox-virus

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/abd579bf-6637-4e2a-adb5-eef891f17cc1
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: September 10, 2020, 15:13:47
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

9B71307DD114ECF18D1A80CC9388DFA8

SHA1:

E51936FA69C3AD96E4DF8649870ED71AAB83AEF6

SHA256:

D794D619B1CE510EF4B2CE13231B61AF1AA677C31873946E7ECAD9A5D43658A3

SSDEEP:

3:N8ZLCrXA/0fJRoKxAW:2Zj/FIAW

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Modifies files in Chrome extension folder

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2488)

  • INFO

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2488)

    • Reads the hosts file

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2488)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 1532)

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • chrome.exe (PID: 1532)
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No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
70
Monitored processes
34
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1116"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=996,13713703307171474962,12080689098653421433,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --no-sandbox --service-request-channel-token=8636043935068333247 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4292 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.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
1336"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=996,13713703307171474962,12080689098653421433,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=17823131368504880558 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2264 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:8C:\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
1532"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=996,13713703307171474962,12080689098653421433,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=network --service-request-channel-token=8313781194781834095 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1560 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
chrome.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
1576"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=996,13713703307171474962,12080689098653421433,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --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=14210462222235277312 --renderer-client-id=18 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2704 /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
1680"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=996,13713703307171474962,12080689098653421433,131072 --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=17159748508969226793 --renderer-client-id=22 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3068 /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
1724"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=996,13713703307171474962,12080689098653421433,131072 --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=482579022812484824 --renderer-client-id=20 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2472 /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
1776"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=996,13713703307171474962,12080689098653421433,131072 --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=13600945171496239111 --renderer-client-id=8 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2708 /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
1836"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=996,13713703307171474962,12080689098653421433,131072 --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=8705979076996256087 --renderer-client-id=26 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3220 /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
1944"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=996,13713703307171474962,12080689098653421433,131072 --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=11020188945719890974 --renderer-client-id=32 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3732 /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
2136"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=996,13713703307171474962,12080689098653421433,131072 --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=9402389138409438663 --renderer-client-id=10 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3852 /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
778
Read events
686
Write events
88
Delete events
4

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2488) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2488) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(2488) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:(2488) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(2488) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2168) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:writeName:2488-13244224442042875
Value:
259
(PID) Process:(2488) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:dr
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2488) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
Operation:writeName:UsageStatsInSample
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2488) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:delete valueName:2832-13239195546717773
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2488) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
192
Text files
270
Unknown types
20

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2488chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\cf538b0f-d36e-4e91-beb0-94f47f6ffc28.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2488chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\000032.dbtmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2488chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2488chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old~RF26e45c.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2488chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2488chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase\LOG.old~RF26e4aa.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2488chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2488chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2488chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\LOG.old~RF26e65f.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2488chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Last Tabsbinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
137
DNS requests
91
Threats
3

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1532
chrome.exe
GET
200
8.241.123.254:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
57.0 Kb
whitelisted
1532
chrome.exe
GET
302
216.58.208.46:80
http://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvOWFjQUFXV2lsMkZVdjR5Vk5VZHJTM3E1dw/7919.1028.0.0_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx
US
html
524 b
whitelisted
1532
chrome.exe
GET
304
8.241.123.254:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
57.0 Kb
whitelisted
1532
chrome.exe
GET
200
74.125.173.234:80
http://r5---sn-4g5ednz7.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvOWFjQUFXV2lsMkZVdjR5Vk5VZHJTM3E1dw/7919.1028.0.0_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx?cms_redirect=yes&mh=sX&mip=92.118.13.24&mm=28&mn=sn-4g5ednz7&ms=nvh&mt=1599750688&mv=m&mvi=5&pl=24&shardbypass=yes
US
crx
834 Kb
whitelisted
1532
chrome.exe
GET
304
8.241.123.254:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
57.0 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
1532
chrome.exe
172.217.21.195:443
clientservices.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
1532
chrome.exe
172.67.129.1:443
blog.linkvertise.net
—
US
malicious
1532
chrome.exe
172.64.138.25:443
publisher.linkvertise.com
Cloudflare Inc
US
unknown
1532
chrome.exe
172.217.22.42:443
fonts.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
1532
chrome.exe
209.197.3.15:443
maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com
Highwinds Network Group, Inc.
US
whitelisted
1532
chrome.exe
172.67.14.139:443
cdn.datatables.net
—
US
suspicious
1532
chrome.exe
151.139.237.11:443
cdn.rawgit.com
netDNA
US
suspicious
1532
chrome.exe
104.17.78.107:443
cdnjs.cloudflare.com
Cloudflare Inc
US
unknown
1532
chrome.exe
172.217.22.45:443
accounts.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
1532
chrome.exe
172.217.23.132:443
www.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
clientservices.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.21.195
whitelisted
blog.linkvertise.net
  • 172.67.129.1
  • 104.28.14.16
  • 104.28.15.16
malicious
accounts.google.com
  • 172.217.22.45
shared
publisher.linkvertise.com
  • 172.64.138.25
  • 172.64.139.25
whitelisted
maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com
  • 209.197.3.15
whitelisted
fonts.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.22.42
whitelisted
cdn.rawgit.com
  • 151.139.237.11
whitelisted
cdn.datatables.net
  • 172.67.14.139
  • 104.22.50.93
  • 104.22.51.93
whitelisted
cdnjs.cloudflare.com
  • 104.17.78.107
  • 104.17.79.107
whitelisted
www.google.com
  • 172.217.23.132
malicious

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
1048
svchost.exe
Potentially Bad Traffic
ET INFO Observed DNS Query to .cloud TLD
1532
chrome.exe
Attempted User Privilege Gain
ET INFO Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN Binding Request)
1532
chrome.exe
Attempted User Privilege Gain
ET INFO Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN Binding Request)
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