| File name: | ALG_.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/c4456285-3e25-4140-b1da-0cada71e512e |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Stealers are a group of malicious software that are intended for gaining unauthorized access to users’ information and transferring it to the attacker. The stealer malware category includes various types of programs that focus on their particular kind of data, including files, passwords, and cryptocurrency. Stealers are capable of spying on their targets by recording their keystrokes and taking screenshots. This type of malware is primarily distributed as part of phishing campaigns. |
| Analysis date: | March 24, 2025, 18:23:49 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 3 sections |
| MD5: | 46FD49191202386317FACB5AC2157E2E |
| SHA1: | 5A52D8E40E4602EEAD1CD84CF8E4A718BDF020E7 |
| SHA256: | E3DAF5A3DD5E01AB6F5ED2F7AC60FA80FC39F001B35D8345544109582B255E99 |
| SSDEEP: | 768:lRnk6VweBU801TMn0iOYEuZaefWT+1KZPfgYIBhwD:lpkUB0iO/efWT4W+Be |
MALICIOUS
MERCURIALGRABBER has been detected (YARA)
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
Actions looks like stealing of personal data
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
Steals credentials from Web Browsers
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
SUSPICIOUS
Read disk information to detect sandboxing environments
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
Reads the BIOS version
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
Possible usage of Discord/Telegram API has been detected (YARA)
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
The process connected to a server suspected of theft
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
Checks for external IP
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
- svchost.exe (PID: 2196)
Executes application which crashes
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
INFO
Reads the computer name
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
Checks supported languages
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
Disables trace logs
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
Checks proxy server information
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
- slui.exe (PID: 1196)
Reads Environment values
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
Reads the software policy settings
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
- slui.exe (PID: 1196)
Reads CPU info
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- WerFault.exe (PID: 6644)
Create files in a temporary directory
- ALG_.exe (PID: 920)
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ims-api
(PID) Process(920) ALG_.exe
Discord-Webhook-Tokens (1)1353428582617317427/6wfKFgsJQtu_LlNQm9f91lBzKCAbcj8s7GDl_5m_ej1_pdgZF56aGaBolzWErmqIoq1X
Discord-Info-Links
1353428582617317427/6wfKFgsJQtu_LlNQm9f91lBzKCAbcj8s7GDl_5m_ej1_pdgZF56aGaBolzWErmqIoq1X
Get Webhook Infohttps://discord.com/api/webhooks/1353428582617317427/6wfKFgsJQtu_LlNQm9f91lBzKCAbcj8s7GDl_5m_ej1_pdgZF56aGaBolzWErmqIoq1X
MercurialGrabber
(PID) Process(920) ALG_.exe
C2https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1353428582617317427/6wfKFgsJQtu_LlNQm9f91lBzKCAbcj8s7GDl_5m_ej1_pdgZF56aGaBolzWErmqIoq1X
TRiD
| .exe | | | Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (56.7) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (21.3) |
| .scr | | | Windows screen saver (10.1) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (5) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (3.4) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2025:03:24 17:59:41+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 11 |
| CodeSize: | 39936 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 2048 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0xba9e |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows command line |
| FileVersionNumber: | 0.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 0.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| FileDescription: | |
| FileVersion: | 0.0.0.0 |
| InternalName: | ALG_.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | |
| OriginalFileName: | ALG_.exe |
| ProductVersion: | 0.0.0.0 |
| AssemblyVersion: | 0.0.0.0 |
Total processes
131
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 920 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\ALG_.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\ALG_.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Exit code: 3762504530 Version: 0.0.0.0 Modules
ims-api(PID) Process(920) ALG_.exe Discord-Webhook-Tokens (1)1353428582617317427/6wfKFgsJQtu_LlNQm9f91lBzKCAbcj8s7GDl_5m_ej1_pdgZF56aGaBolzWErmqIoq1X Discord-Info-Links 1353428582617317427/6wfKFgsJQtu_LlNQm9f91lBzKCAbcj8s7GDl_5m_ej1_pdgZF56aGaBolzWErmqIoq1X Get Webhook Infohttps://discord.com/api/webhooks/1353428582617317427/6wfKFgsJQtu_LlNQm9f91lBzKCAbcj8s7GDl_5m_ej1_pdgZF56aGaBolzWErmqIoq1X MercurialGrabber(PID) Process(920) ALG_.exe C2https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1353428582617317427/6wfKFgsJQtu_LlNQm9f91lBzKCAbcj8s7GDl_5m_ej1_pdgZF56aGaBolzWErmqIoq1X | |||||||||||||||
| 1196 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\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
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| 2196 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s Dnscache | C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Host Process for Windows Services Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 6468 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | ALG_.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 6644 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 920 -s 2632 | C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe | — | ALG_.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Problem Reporting Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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Total events
9 040
Read events
9 026
Write events
14
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (920) ALG_.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ALG__RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (920) ALG_.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ALG__RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (920) ALG_.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ALG__RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (920) ALG_.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ALG__RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (920) ALG_.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ALG__RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsoleTracingMask |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (920) ALG_.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ALG__RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MaxFileSize |
Value: 1048576 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (920) ALG_.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ALG__RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileDirectory |
Value: %windir%\tracing | |||
| (PID) Process: | (920) ALG_.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ALG__RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (920) ALG_.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ALG__RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (920) ALG_.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ALG__RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
3
Text files
1
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6644 | WerFault.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_ALG_.exe_7ad5cbfc47b0ae7d11e1fdf9031a9f299515b89_c687fb86_187fc6f8-f9c4-4842-ba47-7e3c2c1a5a77\Report.wer | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6644 | WerFault.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\ALG_.exe.920.dmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6644 | WerFault.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER7DB9.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml | binary | |
MD5:20A5508C3F3E450AC53F057758526EFD | SHA256:6422157EA24E051A239B714969F2A1E739C66CAA122750978ADA489937056B9B | |||
| 920 | ALG_.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\login.db | binary | |
MD5:A45465CDCDC6CB30C8906F3DA4EC114C | SHA256:4412319EF944EBCCA9581CBACB1D4E1DC614C348D1DFC5D2FAAAAD863D300209 | |||
| 6644 | WerFault.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER7DCA.tmp.xml | xml | |
MD5:54CFBAB0E8AA5FF76401A89B3DC2E665 | SHA256:A9B51F78274CF4BD524D4A572638F3F9AD3C959408652D6885EA2777848E2099 | |||
| 6644 | WerFault.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER7C22.tmp.dmp | binary | |
MD5:4F8A52BBFE84FF416740F1FA24BDDCC2 | SHA256:E7DD7691FC9EF102364DF71B59673EF648DFC155B1389797CB08FEA9DFF38718 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
9
TCP/UDP connections
24
DNS requests
8
Threats
19
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2104 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.145:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
920 | ALG_.exe | GET | 200 | 208.95.112.1:80 | http://ip-api.com//json/%3Chtml%3E%0A%3Chead%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ctitle%3E502%20Bad%20Gateway%3C/title%3E%0A%3C/head%3E%0A%3Cbody%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ch1%3E502%20Bad%20Gateway%3C/h1%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Cp%3Econnection%20closed%3C/p%3E%0A%3C/body%3E%0A%3C/html%3E | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 404 | 162.159.137.232:443 | https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1353428582617317427/6wfKFgsJQtu_LlNQm9f91lBzKCAbcj8s7GDl_5m_ej1_pdgZF56aGaBolzWErmqIoq1X | unknown | binary | 45 b | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 404 | 162.159.128.233:443 | https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1353428582617317427/6wfKFgsJQtu_LlNQm9f91lBzKCAbcj8s7GDl_5m_ej1_pdgZF56aGaBolzWErmqIoq1X | unknown | binary | 45 b | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 404 | 162.159.137.232:443 | https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1353428582617317427/6wfKFgsJQtu_LlNQm9f91lBzKCAbcj8s7GDl_5m_ej1_pdgZF56aGaBolzWErmqIoq1X | unknown | binary | 45 b | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 404 | 162.159.136.232:443 | https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1353428582617317427/6wfKFgsJQtu_LlNQm9f91lBzKCAbcj8s7GDl_5m_ej1_pdgZF56aGaBolzWErmqIoq1X | unknown | binary | 45 b | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 404 | 162.159.135.232:443 | https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1353428582617317427/6wfKFgsJQtu_LlNQm9f91lBzKCAbcj8s7GDl_5m_ej1_pdgZF56aGaBolzWErmqIoq1X | unknown | binary | 45 b | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 500 | 40.91.76.224:443 | https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail | unknown | xml | 512 b | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 500 | 20.83.72.98:443 | https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail | unknown | xml | 512 b | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 4.231.128.59:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
920 | ALG_.exe | 23.128.64.141:443 | ip4.seeip.org | JOESDATACENTER | US | suspicious |
2104 | svchost.exe | 23.48.23.145:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 40.127.240.158:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
920 | ALG_.exe | 208.95.112.1:80 | ip-api.com | TUT-AS | US | whitelisted |
920 | ALG_.exe | 162.159.135.232:443 | discord.com | CLOUDFLARENET | — | whitelisted |
6044 | slui.exe | 40.91.76.224:443 | activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| whitelisted |
ip4.seeip.org |
| unknown |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
ip-api.com |
| whitelisted |
discord.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2196 | svchost.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | INFO [ANY.RUN] External IP Check (ip-api .com) |
2196 | svchost.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO External IP Lookup Domain in DNS Lookup (ip-api .com) |
920 | ALG_.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO External IP Lookup ip-api.com |
2196 | svchost.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed Discord Domain in DNS Lookup (discord .com) |
920 | ALG_.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed Discord Domain (discord .com in TLS SNI) |
920 | ALG_.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed Discord Service Domain (discord .com) in TLS SNI |
2196 | svchost.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO Discord Chat Service Domain in DNS Lookup (discord .com) |
920 | ALG_.exe | Successful Credential Theft Detected | STEALER [ANY.RUN] Attempt to exfiltrate via Discord |
— | — | Malware Command and Control Activity Detected | ET MALWARE NightfallGT Mercurial Grabber |
— | — | Misc activity | ET HUNTING Discord WebHook Activity M1 (Contains Key, content) |