File name:

windhawk_setup.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/86b11409-1914-44ee-ad8c-e32a2aefa9ff
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: February 20, 2025, 22:40:27
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 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:

D634FCD62241A93EFD88315091CCED44

SHA1:

F1BAAD89DA31BF3F63D07E9CB1517E371101DDE1

SHA256:

E60928DEE71B11866A826BC474A72B928327D1378EA80319819217CEBCD53B2A

SSDEEP:

98304:xNTiJgw8einZCXrJMorrJ/dAjo39ZjqlQuA7GY5nbr4XZmNd/uWN2OM15OeD2q4m:IomYSkJ324+A

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.
  • SUSPICIOUS

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

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 556)
      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
    • Malware-specific behavior (creating "System.dll" in Temp)

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 556)
      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 556)
      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 556)
      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
    • Application launched itself

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 556)
    • There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
    • Checks Windows Trust Settings

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
    • Drops 7-zip archiver for unpacking

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
  • INFO

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 556)
      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
    • Checks supported languages

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 556)
      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 556)
      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
    • Reads the computer name

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 556)
      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
    • Process checks computer location settings

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 556)
    • Creates files in the program directory

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
    • Manual execution by a user

      • mspaint.exe (PID: 3664)
      • mspaint.exe (PID: 2448)
      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2800)
    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • windhawk_setup.exe (PID: 3988)
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: 2024:03:30 16:55:19+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 6
CodeSize: 26624
InitializedDataSize: 139776
UninitializedDataSize: 2048
EntryPoint: 0x3665
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 6
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 1.5.1.0
ProductVersionNumber: 1.5.1.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Windows, Latin1
CompanyName: Ramen Software
FileDescription: Windhawk
FileVersion: 1.5.1
LegalCopyright: https://windhawk.net/
ProductName: Windhawk
ProductVersion: 1.5.1
No data.
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Total processes
136
Monitored processes
6
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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start windhawk_setup.exe windhawk_setup.exe mspaint.exe no specs mspaint.exe no specs winword.exe ai.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
556"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windhawk_setup.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windhawk_setup.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Ramen Software
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windhawk
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.5.1
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\windhawk_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\advapi32.dll
2448"C:\WINDOWS\system32\mspaint.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\packitaly.jpg"C:\Windows\System32\mspaint.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Paint
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.3758 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\mspaint.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\acgenral.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
2800"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\endingii.rtf" /o ""C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Word
Exit code:
0
Version:
16.0.16026.20146
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\winword.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.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
3664"C:\WINDOWS\system32\mspaint.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\justapril.jpg"C:\Windows\System32\mspaint.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Paint
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.3758 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\mspaint.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\acgenral.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
3988"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windhawk_setup.exe" /STANDARD /LANG=1033 C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windhawk_setup.exe
windhawk_setup.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Ramen Software
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windhawk
Version:
1.5.1
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\windhawk_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\advapi32.dll
6304"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe" "9EB967A8-7440-4D75-8DD8-8405B6E20E48" "ED145FEB-E5E7-4A64-8877-91B3DC38B291" "2800"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exeWINWORD.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Host for the Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and Platform x64.
Exit code:
0
Version:
0.12.2.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\vfs\programfilescommonx64\microsoft shared\office16\ai.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\appvisvsubsystems64.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
Total events
9 267
Read events
8 933
Write events
308
Delete events
26

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3988) windhawk_setup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:(3988) windhawk_setup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Cookie:
(PID) Process:(3988) windhawk_setup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Visited:
(PID) Process:(2448) mspaint.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\View
Operation:writeName:WindowPlacement
Value:
2C00000000000000010000000000000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF7F000000470000007F04000087020000
(PID) Process:(2448) mspaint.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\View
Operation:writeName:ShowThumbnail
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2448) mspaint.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\View
Operation:writeName:BMPWidth
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2448) mspaint.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\View
Operation:writeName:BMPHeight
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2448) mspaint.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\View
Operation:writeName:ThumbXPos
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2448) mspaint.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\View
Operation:writeName:ThumbYPos
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2448) mspaint.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\View
Operation:writeName:ThumbWidth
Value:
0
Executable files
7
Suspicious files
528
Text files
908
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3988windhawk_setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsy8514.tmp\INetC.dllexecutable
MD5:40D7ECA32B2F4D29DB98715DD45BFAC5
SHA256:85E03805F90F72257DD41BFDAA186237218BBB0EC410AD3B6576A88EA11DCCB9
556windhawk_setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsq65C4.tmp\modern-header.bmpimage
MD5:DA5C5013B5FEABD247AC98460D5F4077
SHA256:42023BAF6AB9CC3DAF47FBEBE76B78C6B22C560A863B557BEFEF4A68304928A5
556windhawk_setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsa65B3.tmpbinary
MD5:C473624C9F4EE79B0E1D490D1B0FB4EB
SHA256:7DC1894111DE0E1A5A21BF6EBB95045343B23852B44EE240A496C0AD6A86D537
3988windhawk_setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\RR3E01RZ\windhawk-compiler-1.5[1].7z
MD5:
SHA256:
3988windhawk_setup.exeC:\Program Files\Windhawk\Compiler\windhawk-compiler.7z
MD5:
SHA256:
3988windhawk_setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsy8514.tmp\System.dllexecutable
MD5:192639861E3DC2DC5C08BB8F8C7260D5
SHA256:23D618A0293C78CE00F7C6E6DD8B8923621DA7DD1F63A070163EF4C0EC3033D6
3988windhawk_setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsy8514.tmp\modern-wizard.bmpimage
MD5:566514B5802E326406DF34C35877484F
SHA256:4653F410DCB67A35E280BDEF7D563EF8F5788E72A05D472419F9E864AF563984
3988windhawk_setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12binary
MD5:830E371D301ED8A06E57119533BECA99
SHA256:6CA158123464BF043AA369135CCF1903936EC9D6273ECC1D92B59C0FF04F2E63
3988windhawk_setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12binary
MD5:C9BE626E9715952E9B70F92F912B9787
SHA256:C13E8D22800C200915F87F71C31185053E4E60CA25DE2E41E160E09CD2D815D4
3988windhawk_setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsy8514.tmp\modern-header.bmpimage
MD5:DA5C5013B5FEABD247AC98460D5F4077
SHA256:42023BAF6AB9CC3DAF47FBEBE76B78C6B22C560A863B557BEFEF4A68304928A5
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HTTP(S) requests
17
TCP/UDP connections
50
DNS requests
34
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
448
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.53.40.176:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.53.40.176:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.52.120.96:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
448
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.52.120.96:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
3988
windhawk_setup.exe
GET
200
142.250.181.227:80
http://c.pki.goog/r/gsr1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
5064
SearchApp.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D
unknown
whitelisted
1176
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
3988
windhawk_setup.exe
GET
200
142.250.181.227:80
http://c.pki.goog/r/r4.crl
unknown
whitelisted
3988
windhawk_setup.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAz1vQYrVgL0erhQLCPM8GY%3D
unknown
whitelisted
3988
windhawk_setup.exe
GET
200
172.64.149.23:80
http://ocsp.usertrust.com/MFIwUDBOMEwwSjAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSr83eyJy3njhjVpn5bEpfc6MXawQQUOuEJhtTPGcKWdnRJdtzgNcZjY5oCEQDzZE5rbgBQI34JRr174fUd
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.53.40.176:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
448
svchost.exe
23.53.40.176:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
448
svchost.exe
23.52.120.96:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.52.120.96:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
448
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
5064
SearchApp.exe
2.16.110.121:443
www.bing.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
5064
SearchApp.exe
2.17.190.73:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
1176
svchost.exe
20.190.159.131:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.124.78.146
  • 51.104.136.2
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.53.40.176
  • 23.53.40.178
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 23.52.120.96
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.184.206
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 2.16.110.121
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.17.190.73
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.159.131
  • 40.126.31.69
  • 40.126.31.2
  • 20.190.159.73
  • 20.190.159.75
  • 40.126.31.130
  • 40.126.31.131
  • 40.126.31.71
whitelisted
ramensoftware.com
  • 172.67.209.77
  • 104.21.74.253
unknown
c.pki.goog
  • 142.250.181.227
whitelisted
github.com
  • 140.82.121.4
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
Process
Message
WINWORD.EXE
WebView2: Failed to find an installed WebView2 runtime or non-stable Microsoft Edge installation.
WINWORD.EXE
WebView2: Failed to find an installed WebView2 runtime or non-stable Microsoft Edge installation.
WINWORD.EXE
WebView2: Failed to find an installed WebView2 runtime or non-stable Microsoft Edge installation.