File name:

Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/7e8ed8f8-bb0d-4b12-9ce0-df146bdb5039
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: September 14, 2025, 02:27:06
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
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:

E5E2042F6EA526ADC749CC401ECFA37C

SHA1:

99DC3CBCFEC619C2626926332D3914C9AAEDCA2C

SHA256:

DE41204FE584C7D9E70CE08F313C53D9ED2AC2FD0A42737586372B7AAE5126C6

SSDEEP:

196608:Nx5DnVtRrVn+Dzs7ocRRXo/10kXGWkfeh:bxnL9Vn+M7XRRcakJCeh

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Process drops python dynamic module

      • Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe (PID: 7064)
    • There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

      • Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe (PID: 7064)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe (PID: 7064)
    • Creates a software uninstall entry

      • Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe (PID: 7064)
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe (PID: 7064)
    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe (PID: 7064)
    • Creates files in the program directory

      • Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe (PID: 7064)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe (PID: 7064)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 4476)
    • Reads the computer name

      • Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe (PID: 7064)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • slui.exe (PID: 4476)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | NSIS - Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (94.8)
.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (3.4)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (0.7)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (0.5)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (0.2)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2009:12:05 22:50:46+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 6
CodeSize: 23552
InitializedDataSize: 119808
UninitializedDataSize: 1024
EntryPoint: 0x323c
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 6
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
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Total processes
131
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe slui.exe gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
3732"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
3221226540
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
4476C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\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
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
7064"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\gwyddion-2.45.win32.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
Total events
3 697
Read events
3 686
Write events
11
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(7064) Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Gwyddion\2.0
Operation:writeName:InstallDir
Value:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Gwyddion
(PID) Process:(7064) Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Gwyddion\2.0
Operation:writeName:Locale
Value:
en_US.UTF-8
(PID) Process:(7064) Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Gwyddion\2.0
Operation:writeName:Version
Value:
2.45.win32
(PID) Process:(7064) Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\gwyddion.exe
Operation:writeName:Path
Value:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Gwyddion\bin
(PID) Process:(7064) Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Gwyddion
Operation:writeName:DisplayName
Value:
Gwyddion
(PID) Process:(7064) Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Gwyddion
Operation:writeName:UninstallString
Value:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Gwyddion\uninstall.exe
(PID) Process:(7064) Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Gwyddion
Operation:writeName:InstallLocation
Value:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Gwyddion
(PID) Process:(7064) Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Gwyddion
Operation:writeName:Publisher
Value:
Gwyddion developers
(PID) Process:(7064) Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Gwyddion
Operation:writeName:DisplayIcon
Value:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Gwyddion\share\gwyddion\pixmaps\gwyddion.ico
(PID) Process:(7064) Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Gwyddion
Operation:writeName:URLInfoAbout
Value:
http://gwyddion.net/
Executable files
359
Suspicious files
71
Text files
298
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
7064Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Gwyddion\COPYING-MPL-1.1.txttext
MD5:
SHA256:
7064Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaF2AA.tmp\nsDialogs.dllexecutable
MD5:
SHA256:
7064Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Gwyddion\COPYING-zlib.txttext
MD5:
SHA256:
7064Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Gwyddion\COPYING-expat.txttext
MD5:
SHA256:
7064Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Gwyddion\COPYING-LGPLv2.txttext
MD5:
SHA256:
7064Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Gwyddion\LICENSE-JasPer.txttext
MD5:
SHA256:
7064Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Gwyddion\Copyright-libxml2.txttext
MD5:
SHA256:
7064Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Gwyddion\LICENSE-libffi.txttext
MD5:
SHA256:
7064Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Gwyddion\bin\fc-cache.exeexecutable
MD5:
SHA256:
7064Gwyddion-2.45.win32.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Gwyddion\COPYING-libjpeg.txttext
MD5:
SHA256:
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HTTP(S) requests
8
TCP/UDP connections
19
DNS requests
7
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.216.77.42:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.216.77.42:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
23.216.77.42:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
POST
500
20.83.72.98:443
https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail
unknown
xml
512 b
unknown
POST
500
20.83.72.98:443
https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail
unknown
xml
512 b
unknown
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.216.77.42:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
23.216.77.42:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
23.216.77.42:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
95.101.149.131:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
95.101.149.131:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
95.101.149.131:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 40.127.240.158
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.184.206
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.216.77.42
  • 23.216.77.28
  • 23.216.77.20
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 95.101.149.131
whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 52.168.117.168
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 40.91.76.224
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info