File name:

FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/fe90ac43-5019-4cf3-9e31-0c92abb5dc7f
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: April 29, 2025, 16:37:38
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
delphi
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive, 5 sections
MD5:

FAADC03D9A58925BA4784002DC48A81F

SHA1:

C8427258F566F22F7117D3B86B16F806A6EEB9AE

SHA256:

DB5B1CC525BC2F57876667CD8B67E99EEEAB7784CFCBD1CCFFB9104FB317BCC9

SSDEEP:

393216:8fJAUnXJNQwNUXGhQsgzI2UdchjkJ7MPbeI:8xBnZNZqXGhfgYWhkObf

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Registers / Runs the DLL via REGSVR32.EXE

      • uninstall.exe (PID: 664)
      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • The process creates files with name similar to system file names

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4400)
      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
      • uninstall.exe (PID: 664)
    • Malware-specific behavior (creating "System.dll" in Temp)

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4400)
      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
      • uninstall.exe (PID: 664)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4400)
      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
      • uninstall.exe (PID: 664)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4400)
      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
    • Application launched itself

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4400)
    • Reads Microsoft Outlook installation path

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
    • Reads Internet Explorer settings

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
    • There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4400)
      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
    • Creates/Modifies COM task schedule object

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
      • regsvr32.exe (PID: 5244)
  • INFO

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4400)
      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4400)
      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
      • uninstall.exe (PID: 664)
    • Reads the computer name

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4400)
      • uninstall.exe (PID: 664)
      • filezilla.exe (PID: 1132)
    • Checks supported languages

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4400)
      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
      • uninstall.exe (PID: 664)
      • filezilla.exe (PID: 1132)
    • FileZilla executable

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4400)
      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
    • Process checks computer location settings

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4400)
    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
      • filezilla.exe (PID: 1132)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
    • Reads Environment values

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
    • Creates files in the program directory

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
    • Compiled with Borland Delphi (YARA)

      • FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe (PID: 4040)
    • FileZilla mutex has been found

      • filezilla.exe (PID: 1132)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (67.4)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (14.2)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (9.7)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2018:12:15 22:24:36+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 6
CodeSize: 26112
InitializedDataSize: 141824
UninitializedDataSize: 2048
EntryPoint: 0x34a5
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 6
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 3.51.0.0
ProductVersionNumber: 3.51.0.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Tim Kosse
FileDescription: FileZilla FTP Client
FileVersion: 3.51.0
LegalCopyright: Tim Kosse
OriginalFileName: FileZilla_3.51.0_win32-setup.exe
ProductName: FileZilla
ProductVersion: 3.51.0
No data.
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Total processes
131
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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start filezilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe filezilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe uninstall.exe regsvr32.exe no specs regsvr32.exe no specs filezilla.exe no specs slui.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
664"C:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client\uninstall.exe" /frominstall /keepstartmenudir _?=C:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP ClientC:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client\uninstall.exe
FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Tim Kosse
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
FileZilla FTP Client
Exit code:
0
Version:
3.65.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\filezilla ftp client\uninstall.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\advapi32.dll
728"C:\WINDOWS\system32\regsvr32.exe" /s /u "C:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client\fzshellext_64.dll"C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exeuninstall.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Microsoft(C) Register Server
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1132"C:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client\filezilla.exe" C:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client\filezilla.exeFileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe
User:
admin
Company:
FileZilla Project
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
FileZilla FTP Client
Version:
3, 51, 0, 0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\filezilla ftp client\filezilla.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\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
2692C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
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
4040"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe" /UAC:802C6 /NCRC C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe
FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Tim Kosse
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
FileZilla FTP Client
Exit code:
0
Version:
3.51.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\filezilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\user32.dll
4400"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Tim Kosse
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
FileZilla FTP Client
Exit code:
0
Version:
3.51.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\filezilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\user32.dll
5244"C:\WINDOWS\system32\regsvr32.exe" /s "C:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client\fzshellext_64.dll"C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exeFileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Microsoft(C) Register Server
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
Total events
6 243
Read events
6 202
Write events
24
Delete events
17

Modification events

(PID) Process:(4040) FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:(4040) FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Cookie:
(PID) Process:(4040) FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Visited:
(PID) Process:(728) regsvr32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers\FileZilla3CopyHook
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(728) regsvr32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{DB70412E-EEC9-479C-BBA9-BE36BFDDA41B}\InProcServer32
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(728) regsvr32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{DB70412E-EEC9-479C-BBA9-BE36BFDDA41B}
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(728) regsvr32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FileZilla 3\fzshellext
Operation:delete valueName:Enable
Value:

(PID) Process:(728) regsvr32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FileZilla 3\fzshellext
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(728) regsvr32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FileZilla 3
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(728) regsvr32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Operation:writeName:GlobalAssocChangedCounter
Value:
18
Executable files
39
Suspicious files
122
Text files
770
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
4040FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsd110515660751\css\sdk-ui\button.csstext
MD5:37E1FF96E084EC201F0D95FEEF4D5E94
SHA256:8E806F5B94FC294E918503C8053EF1284E4F4B1E02C7DA4F4635E33EC33E0534
4040FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsd110515660751\css\sdk-ui\progress-bar.csstext
MD5:5335F1C12201B5F7CF5F8B4F5692E3D1
SHA256:974CD89E64BDAA85BF36ED2A50AF266D245D781A8139F5B45D7C55A0B0841DDA
4040FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0010DD04.logtext
MD5:ED3B524A68F88CDC9E6DDAE99EEEDD99
SHA256:B18D1583809010BABBCCC2FDE169DCFDAF3BE5B546A57E892504E76853C27C56
4040FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsfC289.tmp\System.dllexecutable
MD5:0D7AD4F45DC6F5AA87F606D0331C6901
SHA256:3EB38AE99653A7DBC724132EE240F6E5C4AF4BFE7C01D31D23FAF373F9F2EACA
4040FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsd110515660751\css\main.csstext
MD5:9B27E2A266FE15A3AABFE635C29E8923
SHA256:166AA42BC5216C5791388847AE114EC0671A0D97B9952D14F29419B8BE3FB23F
4040FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsfC289.tmp\INetC.dllexecutable
MD5:640BFF73A5F8E37B202D911E4749B2E9
SHA256:C1E568E25EC111184DEB1B87CFDA4BFEC529B1ABEAB39B66539D998012F33502
4040FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751binary
MD5:E192462F281446B5D1500D474FBACC4B
SHA256:F1BA9F1B63C447682EBF9DE956D0DA2A027B1B779ABEF9522D347D3479139A60
4040FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsfC289.tmp\modern-wizard.bmpimage
MD5:CBE40FD2B1EC96DAEDC65DA172D90022
SHA256:3AD2DC318056D0A2024AF1804EA741146CFC18CC404649A44610CBF8B2056CF2
4040FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsfC289.tmp\nsmD3A2.tmpexecutable
MD5:4C3822023CC1F0A44628F15BC288983F
SHA256:0EBDBBD35DBB4CE5AD22B3E7EFE870B7C754E0E6EFD102D177EB26D6336D82E2
4400FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsdBE43.tmp\UAC.dllexecutable
MD5:ADB29E6B186DAA765DC750128649B63D
SHA256:2F7F8FC05DC4FD0D5CDA501B47E4433357E887BBFED7292C028D99C73B52DC08
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
22
DNS requests
21
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
23.216.77.36:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
4040
FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe
GET
200
69.192.161.44:80
http://x1.c.lencr.org/
unknown
whitelisted
2268
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
GET
200
184.30.131.245:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
2268
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
23.216.77.36:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
184.30.21.171:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.249:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
4040
FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe
49.12.121.47:443
offers.filezilla-project.org
Hetzner Online GmbH
DE
whitelisted
4040
FileZilla_3.51.0_win64_sponsored-setup.exe
69.192.161.44:80
x1.c.lencr.org
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
40.126.32.133:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
  • 20.73.194.208
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.216.77.36
  • 23.216.77.42
  • 23.216.77.5
  • 23.216.77.41
  • 23.216.77.37
  • 23.216.77.29
  • 23.216.77.35
  • 23.216.77.8
  • 23.216.77.28
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 184.30.21.171
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.110
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.249
whitelisted
offers.filezilla-project.org
  • 49.12.121.47
whitelisted
x1.c.lencr.org
  • 69.192.161.44
whitelisted
cloud.nitehe-nutete.com
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 40.126.32.133
  • 20.190.160.14
  • 40.126.32.140
  • 40.126.32.72
  • 20.190.160.17
  • 40.126.32.134
  • 40.126.32.68
  • 20.190.160.3
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 184.30.131.245
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info