| download: | /downloads/hwmonitor/hwmonitor_1.63.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/6753cb47-ccd7-4d83-8d1d-b9f1a99e98d2 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | A loader is malicious software that infiltrates devices to deliver malicious payloads. This malware is capable of infecting victims’ computers, analyzing their system information, and installing other types of threats, such as trojans or stealers. Criminals usually deliver loaders through phishing emails and links by relying on social engineering to trick users into downloading and running their executables. Loaders employ advanced evasion and persistence tactics to avoid detection. |
| Analysis date: | April 22, 2026, 05:51:00 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | text/html |
| File info: | HTML document, Unicode text, UTF-8 text, with very long lines (364) |
| MD5: | 9E7EE533026C6822788EE36131A189C4 |
| SHA1: | 8710E3FEF1DBAFF29FDC24BB8907A767B19C237D |
| SHA256: | DBC06C81D6C6E8B8BD6DDC9A2E937E0F38FCD987B1596BA7456DE646672E5A03 |
| SSDEEP: | 384:vKSMvN5saXdhGNlWlTCPpNDvsSjkYDnHHi3u:BPUI5 |
| .htm/html | | | HyperText Markup Language with DOCTYPE (80.6) |
|---|---|---|
| .html | | | HyperText Markup Language (19.3) |
| Title: | DOWNLOADING HWMONITOR_1.63.EXE | CPUID |
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| Description: | Voltages, temperatures and fans speed monitoring |
| CacheControl: | public |
| MsapplicationTapHighlight: | no |
| MsapplicationTileColor: | #a62393 |
| MsapplicationTileImage: | https://www.cpuid.com/medias/images/softwares/hwmonitor.png |
| ApplicationName: | DOWNLOADING HWMONITOR_1.63.EXE | CPUID |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 420 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --from-ie-to-edge=8 -- "file:///C:/Users/admin/Desktop/hwmonitor_1.63.exe.html" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | iexplore.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 812 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=8716,i,7137668887175759564,12509624328181530595,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=8668 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 1140 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=edge_collections.mojom.CollectionsDataManager --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=collections --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=5596,i,7137668887175759564,12509624328181530595,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3144 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 1176 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4 | C:\Windows\System32\Taskmgr.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Task Manager Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1304 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilReadIcon --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=icon_reader --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=8416,i,7137668887175759564,12509624328181530595,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1540 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 1500 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=quarantine.mojom.Quarantine --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=5344,i,7137668887175759564,12509624328181530595,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6952 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 1900 | "C:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor\HWMonitor.exe" | C:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor\HWMonitor.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: CPUID Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: HWMonitor Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 1, 6, 3, 0 Modules
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| 2016 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=2408,i,7137668887175759564,12509624328181530595,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2436 /prefetch:3 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | msedge.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 2268 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --string-annotations --extension-process --renderer-sub-type=extension --pdf-upsell-enabled --disable-gpu-compositing --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=3 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=7 --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=4700,i,7137668887175759564,12509624328181530595,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4816 /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| 2368 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=5260,i,12175242107846421081,4856921205977002252,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5268 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 133.0.3065.92 Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (8868) hwmonitor_1.63.tmp | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CPUID\HWMonitor |
| Operation: | write | Name: | PATH |
Value: C:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor | |||
| (PID) Process: | (8868) hwmonitor_1.63.tmp | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CPUID\HWMonitor |
| Operation: | write | Name: | PRODUCT_NAME |
Value: CPUID HWMonitor | |||
| (PID) Process: | (8868) hwmonitor_1.63.tmp | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CPUID\HWMonitor |
| Operation: | write | Name: | VERSION |
Value: 1.63 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (8868) hwmonitor_1.63.tmp | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CPUID HWMonitor_is1 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Inno Setup: Setup Version |
Value: 6.3.2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (8868) hwmonitor_1.63.tmp | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CPUID HWMonitor_is1 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Inno Setup: App Path |
Value: C:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor | |||
| (PID) Process: | (8868) hwmonitor_1.63.tmp | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CPUID HWMonitor_is1 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | InstallLocation |
Value: C:\Program Files\CPUID\HWMonitor\ | |||
| (PID) Process: | (8868) hwmonitor_1.63.tmp | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CPUID HWMonitor_is1 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Inno Setup: Icon Group |
Value: CPUID\HWMonitor | |||
| (PID) Process: | (8868) hwmonitor_1.63.tmp | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CPUID HWMonitor_is1 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Inno Setup: User |
Value: admin | |||
| (PID) Process: | (8868) hwmonitor_1.63.tmp | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CPUID HWMonitor_is1 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Inno Setup: Selected Tasks |
Value: desktopicon | |||
| (PID) Process: | (8868) hwmonitor_1.63.tmp | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CPUID HWMonitor_is1 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Inno Setup: Deselected Tasks |
Value: | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 420 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old~RFe0664.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 420 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 420 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\ClientCertificates\LOG.old~RFe0674.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 420 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RFe0674.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 420 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\ClientCertificates\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 420 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 420 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\LOG.old~RFe0674.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 420 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old~RFe0674.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 420 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 420 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old~RFe0683.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 195.154.81.43:443 | https://www.cpuid.com/medias/css/widget-desktop-min.css | FR | — | — | unknown |
2016 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 195.154.81.43:443 | https://www.cpuid.com/medias/css/print-min.css | FR | — | — | unknown |
2016 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 195.154.81.43:443 | https://www.cpuid.com/medias/css/softwares-min.css | FR | text | 28.9 Kb | unknown |
2016 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 195.154.81.43:443 | https://www.cpuid.com/medias/css/widgets.css | FR | text | 16.2 Kb | unknown |
2016 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 195.154.81.43:443 | https://www.cpuid.com/medias/css/softwares-desktop-min.css | FR | text | 3.67 Kb | unknown |
2016 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 195.154.81.43:443 | https://www.cpuid.com/medias/scripts/hg.js | FR | text | 17.0 Kb | unknown |
2016 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 195.154.81.43:443 | https://www.cpuid.com/medias/scripts/default.js | FR | text | 2.43 Kb | unknown |
2016 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 195.154.81.43:443 | https://www.cpuid.com/medias/scripts/softwares-min.js | FR | text | 784 b | unknown |
2016 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 195.154.81.43:443 | https://www.cpuid.com/medias/images/paypal_eu.gif | FR | image | 1.65 Kb | unknown |
2016 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 195.154.81.43:443 | https://www.cpuid.com/medias/images/paypal_us.gif | FR | image | 1.67 Kb | unknown |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | Not routed | — | whitelisted |
8000 | svchost.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
5276 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
— | — | 48.192.1.64:443 | activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
5532 | SearchApp.exe | 104.126.37.128:443 | www.bing.com | AKAMAI-ASN1 | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.11.41.157:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AMS | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 204.79.197.203:80 | oneocsp.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | Not routed | — | whitelisted |
2016 | msedge.exe | 150.171.22.17:443 | config.edge.skype.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
2016 | msedge.exe | 150.171.27.11:80 | edge.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
www.bing.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
oneocsp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
edge.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
config.edge.skype.com |
| whitelisted |
api.edgeoffer.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
copilot.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Possible SMB Connection Attempt |
2016 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
2016 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
2016 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
4 | System | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Possible SMB Connection Attempt |
4 | System | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Possible SMB Connection Attempt |
4 | System | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Possible SMB Connection Attempt |
4 | System | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Possible SMB Connection Attempt |
8000 | svchost.exe | Unknown Traffic | ET USER_AGENTS Microsoft Dr Watson User-Agent (MSDW) |
4 | System | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Possible SMB Connection Attempt |