File name:

vmcheck.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/e4d8846f-1301-48eb-89d3-869a2d0651c9
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: March 24, 2025, 17:44:09
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:
antivm
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, 9 sections
MD5:

ACD0D3A5421D8D25D0B4339F0C7653F6

SHA1:

A00264FB68E4D29D14C25995EF8FA772F27FFBFB

SHA256:

EE51291125267C4351F219F02B1C5273FA4EA8F0754B833B92C8672F0ED219DB

SSDEEP:

768:mqk17QYrRF73+DttkMDNfS71yIoIgupK:m2CRF73+DtSM5fs1yIoIgup

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • There is functionality for VM detection VMWare (YARA)

      • vmcheck.exe (PID: 7520)
    • There is functionality for VM detection VirtualBox (YARA)

      • vmcheck.exe (PID: 7520)
    • The process checks if it is being run in the virtual environment

      • vmcheck.exe (PID: 7520)
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • vmcheck.exe (PID: 7520)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.2)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 2025:03:24 17:43:22+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Large address aware, No debug
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 2.34
CodeSize: 30208
InitializedDataSize: 42496
UninitializedDataSize: 9216
EntryPoint: 0x14f0
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5.2
Subsystem: Windows command line
No data.
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Total processes
136
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start vmcheck.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs sppextcomobj.exe no specs slui.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
7520"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vmcheck.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vmcheck.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\vmcheck.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
7528\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exevmcheck.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
7624C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exesvchost.exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
KMS Connection Broker
Version:
10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.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\oleaut32.dll
7656"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEventC:\Windows\System32\slui.exeSppExtComObj.Exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
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
Total events
163
Read events
163
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

No data
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
22
DNS requests
13
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
6544
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.54.109.203:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.53.40.178:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
7952
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
23.54.109.203:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D
unknown
whitelisted
6488
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
whitelisted
6488
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.53.40.178:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
2112
svchost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
40.113.103.199:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
20.190.160.3:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
23.54.109.203:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
7952
backgroundTaskHost.exe
20.199.58.43:443
arc.msn.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 172.217.18.14
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.53.40.178
  • 23.53.40.176
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.73.194.208
  • 4.231.128.59
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 40.113.103.199
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.160.3
  • 20.190.160.14
  • 20.190.160.67
  • 40.126.32.68
  • 20.190.160.130
  • 20.190.160.5
  • 40.126.32.76
  • 20.190.160.2
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 23.54.109.203
whitelisted
arc.msn.com
  • 20.199.58.43
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 20.109.210.53
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 184.30.21.171
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 20.242.39.171
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info