URL:

https://www.hwinfo.com/

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/b861b4ad-1a48-45f7-8d6c-63b88ebdab30
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: March 22, 2021, 07:20:18
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

F99E751CEB826E6DF4D5E58EBB258551

SHA1:

142BA86B0AC256E0A8DBADDD2AE3834C4565EB04

SHA256:

E54B9C87258C203D6E279AA13CA8F17394CB71E4583B147F6F65A94F349B192F

SSDEEP:

3:N8DSLpLq3:2OLpW3

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Drops executable file immediately after starts

      • hwi_700.exe (PID: 1248)
      • hwi_700.tmp (PID: 1516)

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • hwi_700.exe (PID: 1248)
      • hwi_700.exe (PID: 3956)
      • HWiNFO32.EXE (PID: 3144)
      • HWiNFO32.EXE (PID: 2480)

    • Changes settings of System certificates

      • HWiNFO32.EXE (PID: 2480)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Drops a file with too old compile date

      • hwi_700.exe (PID: 1248)
      • hwi_700.exe (PID: 3956)
      • hwi_700.tmp (PID: 1516)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 968)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • chrome.exe (PID: 968)
      • hwi_700.exe (PID: 1248)
      • hwi_700.tmp (PID: 1516)
      • hwi_700.exe (PID: 3956)

    • Drops a file that was compiled in debug mode

      • hwi_700.tmp (PID: 1516)

    • Creates a directory in Program Files

      • hwi_700.tmp (PID: 1516)

    • Drops a file with a compile date too recent

      • hwi_700.tmp (PID: 1516)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • HWiNFO32.EXE (PID: 2480)

    • Adds / modifies Windows certificates

      • HWiNFO32.EXE (PID: 2480)

    • Low-level read access rights to disk partition

      • HWiNFO32.EXE (PID: 2480)

  • INFO

    • Reads the hosts file

      • chrome.exe (PID: 1216)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 968)

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • chrome.exe (PID: 968)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 1216)

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • hwi_700.tmp (PID: 3768)
      • hwi_700.tmp (PID: 1516)

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 968)

    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • hwi_700.tmp (PID: 1516)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • hwi_700.tmp (PID: 1516)

    • Creates a software uninstall entry

      • hwi_700.tmp (PID: 1516)
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No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
67
Monitored processes
20
Malicious processes
6
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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drop and start start drop and start drop and start chrome.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs hwi_700.exe hwi_700.tmp no specs hwi_700.exe hwi_700.tmp chrome.exe no specs hwinfo32.exe no specs hwinfo32.exe chrome.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
968"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disk-cache-dir=null --disk-cache-size=1 --media-cache-size=1 --disable-gpu-shader-disk-cache --disable-background-networking "https://www.hwinfo.com/"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1216"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=1044,3837990918009412064,1231807031555614926,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=network --service-request-channel-token=5625949539347099268 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1464 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1244"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=1044,3837990918009412064,1231807031555614926,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAADgACAgAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAACgAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAGAAAA --service-request-channel-token=3234095504071408425 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1052 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1248"C:\Users\admin\Downloads\hwi_700.exe" C:\Users\admin\Downloads\hwi_700.exe
chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Martin Malik - REALiX
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Exit code:
0
Version:
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\downloads\hwi_700.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
1336"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1044,3837990918009412064,1231807031555614926,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=314569178657848183 --renderer-client-id=5 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2176 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1516"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-JQ5I8.tmp\hwi_700.tmp" /SL5="$30176,8777995,123392,C:\Users\admin\Downloads\hwi_700.exe" /SPAWNWND=$20178 /NOTIFYWND=$20160 C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-JQ5I8.tmp\hwi_700.tmp
hwi_700.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Setup/Uninstall
Exit code:
0
Version:
51.52.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\is-jq5i8.tmp\hwi_700.tmp
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
1724"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1044,3837990918009412064,1231807031555614926,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=4106355216743391226 --renderer-client-id=8 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3364 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1808"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1044,3837990918009412064,1231807031555614926,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=4293442276806766689 --renderer-client-id=9 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3304 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2480"C:\Program Files\HWiNFO32\HWiNFO32.EXE" C:\Program Files\HWiNFO32\HWiNFO32.EXE
hwi_700.tmp
User:
admin
Company:
REALiX
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
HWiNFO32
Exit code:
0
Version:
7.00-4400
Modules
Images
c:\program files\hwinfo32\hwinfo32.exe
c:\systemroot\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\winsxs\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.7601.17514_none_41e6975e2bd6f2b2\comctl32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2548"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1044,3837990918009412064,1231807031555614926,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=12670942348383852203 --renderer-client-id=6 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2156 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
Total events
1 758
Read events
1 624
Write events
131
Delete events
3

Modification events

(PID) Process:(968) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(968) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(968) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:(968) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(968) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2820) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:writeName:968-13260871237663750
Value:
259
(PID) Process:(968) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:dr
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(968) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
Operation:writeName:UsageStatsInSample
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(968) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:delete valueName:3252-13245750958665039
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(968) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
Executable files
9
Suspicious files
69
Text files
143
Unknown types
2

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
968chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\BrowserMetrics\BrowserMetrics-60584546-3C8.pma —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
968chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\45d031a6-5186-4ce8-a30a-1fbcad5ec84f.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
968chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
968chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old~RF12cc22.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
968chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
968chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old~RF12cc60.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
968chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Feature Engagement Tracker\EventDB\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
968chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\CURRENTtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
968chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
968chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\LOG.old~RF12cf7d.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
2
TCP/UDP connections
59
DNS requests
40
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
968
chrome.exe
GET
200
205.185.216.10:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
57.2 Kb
whitelisted
968
chrome.exe
GET
304
205.185.216.10:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
57.2 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
1216
chrome.exe
172.67.129.216:443
www.hwinfo.com
—
US
suspicious
1216
chrome.exe
209.85.233.155:443
partner.googleadservices.com
Google Inc.
US
unknown
1216
chrome.exe
142.250.150.154:443
adservice.google.com.pk
Google Inc.
US
unknown
1216
chrome.exe
216.58.214.194:443
www.googletagservices.com
Google Inc.
US
unknown
1216
chrome.exe
216.58.212.131:443
fonts.gstatic.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
1216
chrome.exe
142.250.186.45:443
accounts.google.com
Google Inc.
US
suspicious
1216
chrome.exe
172.217.20.1:443
tpc.googlesyndication.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
—
—
104.16.95.65:443
static.cloudflareinsights.com
Cloudflare Inc
US
shared
1216
chrome.exe
142.250.186.74:443
fonts.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
1216
chrome.exe
142.250.150.138:443
www.google-analytics.com
Google Inc.
US
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
www.hwinfo.com
  • 172.67.129.216
  • 104.21.2.245
whitelisted
accounts.google.com
  • 142.250.186.45
shared
ajax.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.16.106
whitelisted
www.google.com
  • 172.217.19.100
malicious
www.googletagmanager.com
  • 172.217.19.104
whitelisted
pagead2.googlesyndication.com
  • 172.217.20.2
whitelisted
s.w.org
  • 192.0.77.48
whitelisted
www.gstatic.com
  • 142.250.185.99
whitelisted
www.google-analytics.com
  • 142.250.150.138
  • 142.250.150.139
  • 142.250.150.101
  • 142.250.150.102
  • 142.250.150.113
  • 142.250.150.100
whitelisted
googleads.g.doubleclick.net
  • 172.217.20.2
whitelisted

Threats

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