File name:

watchdog.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/113a92f9-3027-4115-97e4-44a1cb07bdd1
Verdict: No threats detected
Analysis date: May 20, 2019, 11:44:07
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, UPX compressed
MD5:

4F551CB9A7C7D24104C19AC85E55DEFE

SHA1:

BECD31ACF5ED0396433B7D836FE0D4C3FAE29169

SHA256:

F118E52A73227B85FBB0CB7D202C3753916E518C516286C441A2DC92EDE1F023

SSDEEP:

24576:Eh7ieYJfi9Kzl49zo0ozAgrJ4+OpSF43wtogcjgPjuE+NdLDVkANOmrf7S5hb:+7EUd6g+OpSwwtMjgqvfkaA

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Creates files in the Windows directory

      • watchdog.exe (PID: 2420)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • watchdog.exe (PID: 2420)

  • INFO

    • Manual execution by user

      • watchdog.exe (PID: 2460)
      • watchdog.exe (PID: 2420)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (52.7)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (23.4)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (23.4)
.vxd | VXD Driver (0.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 0000:00:00 00:00:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 3
CodeSize: 1437696
InitializedDataSize: 4096
UninitializedDataSize: 2260992
EntryPoint: 0x387000
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 1
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 01-Jan-1970 00:00:00

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0090
Pages in file: 0x0003
Relocations: 0x0004
Size of header: 0x0000
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x008B
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x00000080

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 3
Time date stamp: 01-Jan-1970 00:00:00
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x0036BA00
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_DEBUG_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
  • IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
UPX0
0x00001000
0x00228000
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
UPX1
0x00229000
0x0015F000
0x0015E200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
7.88497
UPX2
0x00388000
0x00001000
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
2.73013

Imports

KERNEL32.DLL
winmm.dll
ws2_32.dll
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Total processes
42
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start drop and start watchdog.exe no specs watchdog.exe no specs watchdog.exe windefender.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1764"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\watchdog.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\watchdog.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
1
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\watchdog.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\systemroot\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
2420"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\watchdog.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\watchdog.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\watchdog.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\systemroot\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\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
2460"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\watchdog.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\watchdog.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
1
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\watchdog.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\systemroot\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
2724C:\Windows\windefender.exeC:\Windows\windefender.exe—watchdog.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
1
Modules
Images
c:\windows\windefender.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\systemroot\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
Total events
1 680
Read events
0
Write events
1 680
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(1764) watchdog.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\65\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(1764) watchdog.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\65\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:C:\Windows\system32\,@tzres.dll,-462
Value:
Afghanistan Standard Time
(PID) Process:(1764) watchdog.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\65\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:C:\Windows\system32\,@tzres.dll,-461
Value:
Afghanistan Daylight Time
(PID) Process:(1764) watchdog.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\65\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:C:\Windows\system32\,@tzres.dll,-222
Value:
Alaskan Standard Time
(PID) Process:(1764) watchdog.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\65\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:C:\Windows\system32\,@tzres.dll,-221
Value:
Alaskan Daylight Time
(PID) Process:(1764) watchdog.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\65\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:C:\Windows\system32\,@tzres.dll,-2392
Value:
Aleutian Standard Time
(PID) Process:(1764) watchdog.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\65\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:C:\Windows\system32\,@tzres.dll,-2391
Value:
Aleutian Daylight Time
(PID) Process:(1764) watchdog.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\65\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:C:\Windows\system32\,@tzres.dll,-2162
Value:
Altai Standard Time
(PID) Process:(1764) watchdog.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\65\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:C:\Windows\system32\,@tzres.dll,-2161
Value:
Altai Daylight Time
(PID) Process:(1764) watchdog.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\65\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:C:\Windows\system32\,@tzres.dll,-392
Value:
Arab Standard Time
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2420watchdog.exeC:\Windows\windefender.exeexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
0
DNS requests
0
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

No data

DNS requests

No data

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info
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