| File name: | mcpatcher.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/859cc3d0-4f46-415c-a042-b5aba1a57293 |
| 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, 2019, 07:53:31 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive |
| MD5: | FEFBE2912C3A7203B24315333D9B63BF |
| SHA1: | 8DA5826F4D287E4C2920091597987EC496916052 |
| SHA256: | D9B8890CE626D1238D2D50536CC7A699347C01EE4D9567C1A0994E7FAD3EC973 |
| SSDEEP: | 3072:VnOn7t7XpdpCCTg/sxFgJDhQtmCw2lB/AQTmO42Pp73xd60diTbcUB78zo+8:VKpdcCrTqhUfw2xm/2Ppj60d8cm7lZ |
| .exe | | | NSIS - Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (91.9) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (3.3) |
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (3) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (0.7) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (0.4) |
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2011:08:30 17:46:24+02:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 2.21 |
| CodeSize: | 35328 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 19456 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 109568 |
| EntryPoint: | 0x4327 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | 6 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 2.2.49.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 2.2.49.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x0000 |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Windows, Latin1 |
| FileDescription: | mcpatcher |
| FileVersion: | 2.2.49.0 |
| LegalCopyright: | (c) 2010 (2012-12-28 17:57) |
| ProductName: | mcpatcher |
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 30-Aug-2011 15:46:24 |
| Detected languages: |
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| FileDescription: | mcpatcher |
| FileVersion: | 2.2.49.0 |
| LegalCopyright: | (c) 2010 (2012-12-28 17:57) |
| ProductName: | mcpatcher |
| Magic number: | MZ |
|---|---|
| Bytes on last page of file: | 0x0090 |
| Pages in file: | 0x0003 |
| Relocations: | 0x0000 |
| Size of header: | 0x0004 |
| Min extra paragraphs: | 0x0000 |
| Max extra paragraphs: | 0xFFFF |
| Initial SS value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial SP value: | 0x00B8 |
| Checksum: | 0x0000 |
| Initial IP value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial CS value: | 0x0000 |
| Overlay number: | 0x0000 |
| OEM identifier: | 0x0000 |
| OEM information: | 0x0000 |
| Address of NE header: | 0x00000080 |
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 7 |
| Time date stamp: | 30-Aug-2011 15:46:24 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
|
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00001000 | 0x00008844 | 0x00008A00 | IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.95995 |
.data | 0x0000A000 | 0x0000008C | 0x00000200 | IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 1.18031 |
.rdata | 0x0000B000 | 0x00001E5C | 0x00002000 | IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.309 |
.bss | 0x0000D000 | 0x0001ABD0 | 0x00000000 | IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 0 |
.idata | 0x00028000 | 0x00001304 | 0x00001400 | IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 5.23709 |
.ndata | 0x0002A000 | 0x0000F000 | 0x00000400 | IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 0 |
.rsrc | 0x00039000 | 0x00004468 | 0x00004600 | IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 5.91872 |
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5.16949 | 707 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_MANIFEST |
2 | 6.23825 | 4264 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
3 | 6.60339 | 1128 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
103 | 2.45849 | 48 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_GROUP_ICON |
105 | 2.68696 | 280 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
106 | 2.78455 | 296 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
111 | 2.48825 | 96 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
ADVAPI32.DLL |
COMCTL32.DLL |
GDI32.dll |
KERNEL32.dll |
OLE32.dll |
SHELL32.DLL |
USER32.dll |
VERSION.dll |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1324 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mcpatcher.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mcpatcher.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Description: mcpatcher Exit code: 0 Version: 2.2.49.0 Modules
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| 3376 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mcpatcher.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mcpatcher.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: mcpatcher Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 2.2.49.0 Modules
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| 3604 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsvF1B5.tmp\northstar.exe /u50b892e5-d96c-476b-834e-555c5bc06f2f /e5174922 /dT201212281757 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsvF1B5.tmp\northstar.exe | mcpatcher.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Exit code: 0 Version: 2.2.49 Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (3604) northstar.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\70\52C64B7E |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LanguageList |
Value: en-US | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3604) northstar.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\DE28F4A4FFE5B92FA3C503D1A349A7F9962A8212 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Blob |
Value: 0F0000000100000014000000F6D2EF0341D7F1BAA1DE015024AF0D8221EF716E090000000100000034000000303206082B0601050507030106082B0601050507030206082B0601050507030406082B0601050507030306082B060105050703080B0000000100000026000000470065006F0054007200750073007400200047006C006F00620061006C002000430041000000140000000100000014000000C07A98688D89FBAB05640C117DAA7D65B8CACC4E1D00000001000000100000000DBE99793CDF5DCF29109233CC451BA5030000000100000014000000DE28F4A4FFE5B92FA3C503D1A349A7F9962A8212200000000100000058030000308203543082023CA0030201020203023456300D06092A864886F70D01010505003042310B300906035504061302555331163014060355040A130D47656F547275737420496E632E311B30190603550403131247656F547275737420476C6F62616C204341301E170D3032303532313034303030305A170D3232303532313034303030305A3042310B300906035504061302555331163014060355040A130D47656F547275737420496E632E311B30190603550403131247656F547275737420476C6F62616C20434130820122300D06092A864886F70D01010105000382010F003082010A0282010100DACC186330FDF417231A567E5BDF3C6C38E471B77891D4BCA1D84CF8A843B603E94D21070888DA582F663929BD05788B9D38E805B76A7E71A4E6C460A6B0EF80E489280F9E25D6ED83F3ADA691C798C9421835149DAD9846922E4FCAF18743C11695572D50EF892D807A57ADF2EE5F6BD2008DB914F8141535D9C046A37B72C891BFC9552BCDD0973E9C2664CCDFCE831971CA4EE6D4D57BA919CD55DEC8ECD25E3853E55C4F8C2DFE502336FC66E6CB8EA4391900B7950239910B0EFE382ED11D059AF64D3E6F0F071DAF2C1E8F6039E2FA36531339D45E262BDB3DA814BD32EB180328520471E5AB333DE138BB073684629C79EA1630F45FC02BE8716BE4F90203010001A3533051300F0603551D130101FF040530030101FF301D0603551D0E04160414C07A98688D89FBAB05640C117DAA7D65B8CACC4E301F0603551D23041830168014C07A98688D89FBAB05640C117DAA7D65B8CACC4E300D06092A864886F70D0101050500038201010035E3296AE52F5D548E2950949F991A14E48F782A6294A227679ED0CF1A5E47E9C1B2A4CFDD411A054E9B4BEE4A6F5552B324A1370AEB64762A2E2CF3FD3B7590BFFA71D8C73D37D2B5059562B9A6DE893D367B38774897ACA6208F2EA6C90CC2B2994500C7CE11512222E0A5EAB615480964EA5E4F74F7053EC78A520CDB15B4BD6D9BE5C6B15468A9E36990B69AA50FB8B93F207DAE4AB5B89CE41DB6ABE694A5C1C783ADDBF527870E046CD5FFDDA05DED8752B72B1502AE39A66A74E9DAC4E7BC4D341EA95C4D335F92092F88665D7797C71D7613A9D5E5F116091135D5ACDB2471702C98560BD917B4D1E3512B5E75E8D5D0DC4F34EDC2056680A1CBE633 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3604) northstar.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\DE28F4A4FFE5B92FA3C503D1A349A7F9962A8212 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Blob |
Value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| |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1324 | mcpatcher.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsvF1B5.tmp\northstar.exe | executable | |
MD5:A1E2472DB630C7043C2FB486A17300BC | SHA256:0E990E290A6C3B4B3A3AC7495BFC197B698799AE840A06586EB5D5CBE74A1BD7 | |||
| 1324 | mcpatcher.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsvF1B5.tmp\System.dll | executable | |
MD5:5EBC73650256E9C8DDBCDA231DB829A1 | SHA256:1EAA543842DF7795404184E8892A1654B0773DBC9BD8B54C7FDB9E68F4355493 | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3604 | northstar.exe | GET | 302 | 67.227.226.241:80 | http://api.downloadmr.com/installer/50b892e5-d96c-476b-834e-555c5bc06f2f/5174922/config | US | — | — | malicious |
3604 | northstar.exe | GET | 200 | 185.53.179.29:80 | http://ww12.downloadmr.com/ | DE | — | — | malicious |
3604 | northstar.exe | GET | — | 199.59.242.151:80 | http://ww7.downloadmr.com/ | US | — | — | malicious |
3604 | northstar.exe | POST | 302 | 67.227.226.241:80 | http://api.downloadmr.com/installer/50b892e5-d96c-476b-834e-555c5bc06f2f/5174922/event | US | — | — | malicious |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3604 | northstar.exe | 67.227.226.241:80 | api.downloadmr.com | Liquid Web, L.L.C | US | malicious |
3604 | northstar.exe | 185.53.179.29:80 | ww12.downloadmr.com | Team Internet AG | DE | malicious |
3604 | northstar.exe | 199.59.242.151:80 | ww7.downloadmr.com | Bodis, LLC | US | malicious |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
api.downloadmr.com |
| malicious |
ww12.downloadmr.com |
| malicious |
ww7.downloadmr.com |
| malicious |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
3604 | northstar.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET USER_AGENTS Suspicious User-Agent (DownloadMR) |
3604 | northstar.exe | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] Downloader.Win32.Morstar.fck |
3604 | northstar.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET USER_AGENTS Suspicious User-Agent (DownloadMR) |
3604 | northstar.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET USER_AGENTS Suspicious User-Agent (DownloadMR) |
3604 | northstar.exe | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] Downloader.Win32.Morstar.fck |
3604 | northstar.exe | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] Solimba requesting install |
3604 | northstar.exe | Generic Protocol Command Decode | SURICATA HTTP status 100-Continue already seen |
3604 | northstar.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET USER_AGENTS Suspicious User-Agent (DownloadMR) |
3604 | northstar.exe | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] Downloader.Win32.Morstar.fck |
3604 | northstar.exe | Generic Protocol Command Decode | SURICATA STREAM CLOSEWAIT FIN out of window |