File name:

adbearcleaner_v2.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/4f3e5912-2d59-4723-92c4-bf6de95a6640
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: January 29, 2025, 10:49:44
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, 7 sections
MD5:

1D59933AF6493BB3327F939DC89F0145

SHA1:

7223F76424E2A5AFAB37FD068DBE98FF2690E8E2

SHA256:

F134CDAFD92D95428E8B5795851621E493936DEF21C2C1E6BB084C8630D826F4

SSDEEP:

24576:TSEDEH4av8H4FL1t+Pg0yyyKM44tco3whr6L:mEEH4av8H4FL1t+i

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads the Windows owner or organization settings

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 6944)

    • Uses RUNDLL32.EXE to load library

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 1476)

    • The process drops C-runtime libraries

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 6944)

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 6944)

    • Reads the date of Windows installation

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 6944)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • adbearcleaner_v2.exe (PID: 6212)

    • Detected use of alternative data streams (AltDS)

      • adbearcleaner_v2.exe (PID: 6212)

  • INFO

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • adbearcleaner_v2.exe (PID: 6212)
      • msiexec.exe (PID: 6944)

    • Reads the computer name

      • adbearcleaner_v2.exe (PID: 6212)
      • msiexec.exe (PID: 6944)
      • msiexec.exe (PID: 7008)
      • msiexec.exe (PID: 1476)
      • msiexec.exe (PID: 1988)
      • MSIBF16.tmp (PID: 396)
      • FullTrustNotifier.exe (PID: 6360)

    • Checks supported languages

      • adbearcleaner_v2.exe (PID: 6212)
      • msiexec.exe (PID: 6944)
      • msiexec.exe (PID: 7008)
      • msiexec.exe (PID: 1476)
      • msiexec.exe (PID: 1988)
      • MSIBF16.tmp (PID: 396)
      • FullTrustNotifier.exe (PID: 6360)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • adbearcleaner_v2.exe (PID: 6212)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 6944)

    • Application launched itself

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 6944)

    • Reads Environment values

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 7008)

    • Starts application with an unusual extension

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 6944)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (42.2)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (37.3)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.8)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2013:05:29 03:25:10+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 9
CodeSize: 778240
InitializedDataSize: 1543168
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x5e067
OSVersion: 5
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 2.0.0.1
ProductVersionNumber: 2.0.0.1
FileFlagsMask: 0x0017
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
FileDescription: Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Cleaner Tool
FileVersion: 2, 0, 0, 1
InternalName: Adobe ® Reader ® and Adobe Acrobat ® Cleaner Tool
LegalCopyright: Copyright © 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated
OriginalFileName: AdbeArCleaner_v2.exe
ProductName: Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Cleaner Tool
ProductVersion: 2, 0, 0, 1
No data.
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Total processes
137
Monitored processes
9
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
2

Behavior graph

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start adbearcleaner_v2.exe msiexec.exe msiexec.exe no specs msiexec.exe no specs msibf16.tmp no specs fulltrustnotifier.exe rundll32.exe no specs msiexec.exe no specs adbearcleaner_v2.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
396"C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSIBF16.tmp" /b 3 300 0C:\Windows\Installer\MSIBF16.tmp—msiexec.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
1
Modules
Images
c:\windows\installer\msibf16.tmp
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\msvcp140.dll
1476C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 0AA8072CF67BF1D8898336AB8E44C49B E Global\MSI0000C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe—msiexec.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows® installer
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1988C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding D364D0DC86182ACDF2FE580FE749C730 E Global\MSI0000C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe—msiexec.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows® installer
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\msiexec.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\aclayers.dll
5628"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adbearcleaner_v2.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adbearcleaner_v2.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Cleaner Tool
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
2, 0, 0, 1
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\adbearcleaner_v2.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
6212"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adbearcleaner_v2.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adbearcleaner_v2.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Cleaner Tool
Exit code:
0
Version:
2, 0, 0, 1
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\adbearcleaner_v2.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\shlwapi.dll
6360"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\RDCNotificationClient\FullTrustNotifier.exe" ClearToastsC:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\RDCNotificationClient\FullTrustNotifier.exe
msiexec.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat dc\acrobat\rdcnotificationclient\fulltrustnotifier.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\ole32.dll
6372C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\ANCUtility.dll",removeAppxInUserContextC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe—msiexec.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\imagehlp.dll
6944C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe /VC:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe
services.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows® installer
Version:
5.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
7008C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding F216BE93DCAB2A2AB105E671504B5690C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe—msiexec.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows® installer
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
Total events
24 560
Read events
21 735
Write events
183
Delete events
2 642

Modification events

(PID) Process:(6944) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders
Operation:writeName:C:\Config.Msi\
Value:
(PID) Process:(6944) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts
Operation:writeName:C:\Config.Msi\13a742.rbs
Value:
31158843
(PID) Process:(6944) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts
Operation:writeName:C:\Config.Msi\13a742.rbsLow
Value:
(PID) Process:(6944) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\TempPackages
Operation:writeName:C:\WINDOWS\Installer\41457.msi
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(6944) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{AC76BA86-1033-FF00-7760-BC15014EA700}
Operation:delete valueName:AuthorizedCDFPrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:(6944) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{AC76BA86-1033-FF00-7760-BC15014EA700}
Operation:delete valueName:Comments
Value:
(PID) Process:(6944) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{AC76BA86-1033-FF00-7760-BC15014EA700}
Operation:delete valueName:Contact
Value:
Customer Support
(PID) Process:(6944) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{AC76BA86-1033-FF00-7760-BC15014EA700}
Operation:delete valueName:DisplayVersion
Value:
23.001.20093
(PID) Process:(6944) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{AC76BA86-1033-FF00-7760-BC15014EA700}
Operation:delete valueName:HelpLink
Value:
http://www.adobe.com/support/main.html
(PID) Process:(6944) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{AC76BA86-1033-FF00-7760-BC15014EA700}
Operation:delete valueName:HelpTelephone
Value:
Executable files
320
Suspicious files
44
Text files
508
Unknown types
45

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
6944msiexec.exeC:\Windows\Installer\MSIADA3.tmpexecutable
MD5:1566E699EE42EAA571700F3AD30B2DBA
SHA256:4BC5FC5CD0AE661B4FFE6AD9E12E55B233F471BA84F40CBA7BEB0CEA8822E831
6944msiexec.exeC:\Windows\Installer\MSIAF8B.tmpexecutable
MD5:F1D358E969B4C81A0565A5530BF620E7
SHA256:36C1BA6137DEC0B6BFCFF7198B019418537504A1CB74BDEBF3BDE69F230748FF
6944msiexec.exeC:\Windows\Installer\MSIAE02.tmpexecutable
MD5:51A8DEC0247B569E10042F1543FBDB32
SHA256:8EBA0B040FB6DBB0F5DACBDFA9E2929CBAAAB12865012ED7DDA9CCDC09124A48
6944msiexec.exeC:\Windows\Installer\MSIB2F8.tmpexecutable
MD5:F1D358E969B4C81A0565A5530BF620E7
SHA256:36C1BA6137DEC0B6BFCFF7198B019418537504A1CB74BDEBF3BDE69F230748FF
6944msiexec.exeC:\Windows\Installer\MSIAF4B.tmpexecutable
MD5:51A8DEC0247B569E10042F1543FBDB32
SHA256:8EBA0B040FB6DBB0F5DACBDFA9E2929CBAAAB12865012ED7DDA9CCDC09124A48
6944msiexec.exeC:\Windows\Installer\MSIADE2.tmpexecutable
MD5:1566E699EE42EAA571700F3AD30B2DBA
SHA256:4BC5FC5CD0AE661B4FFE6AD9E12E55B233F471BA84F40CBA7BEB0CEA8822E831
6944msiexec.exeC:\Windows\Installer\MSIB416.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
6944msiexec.exeC:\Windows\Installer\MSIABA6.tmpexecutable
MD5:F1D358E969B4C81A0565A5530BF620E7
SHA256:36C1BA6137DEC0B6BFCFF7198B019418537504A1CB74BDEBF3BDE69F230748FF
6944msiexec.exeC:\Windows\Installer\MSIB2F7.tmpexecutable
MD5:F1D358E969B4C81A0565A5530BF620E7
SHA256:36C1BA6137DEC0B6BFCFF7198B019418537504A1CB74BDEBF3BDE69F230748FF
6944msiexec.exeC:\Windows\Installer\MSIAC15.tmpexecutable
MD5:F1D358E969B4C81A0565A5530BF620E7
SHA256:36C1BA6137DEC0B6BFCFF7198B019418537504A1CB74BDEBF3BDE69F230748FF
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HTTP(S) requests
7
TCP/UDP connections
28
DNS requests
15
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
488
svchost.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
6284
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1176
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4308
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
4308
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
—
—
—
unknown
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
184.30.21.171:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
488
svchost.exe
184.30.21.171:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
—
—
4.231.128.59:443
—
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
unknown
5064
SearchApp.exe
104.126.37.168:443
www.bing.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
unknown
—
—
2.17.190.73:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
unknown
1076
svchost.exe
23.35.238.131:443
go.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
unknown
1176
svchost.exe
20.190.159.23:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
unknown
1176
svchost.exe
2.17.190.73:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
www.microsoft.com
  • 184.30.21.171
unknown
www.bing.com
  • 104.126.37.168
  • 104.126.37.186
  • 104.126.37.170
  • 104.126.37.171
  • 104.126.37.177
  • 104.126.37.179
  • 104.126.37.185
  • 104.126.37.178
  • 104.126.37.176
unknown
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.17.190.73
unknown
go.microsoft.com
  • 23.35.238.131
unknown
login.live.com
  • 20.190.159.23
  • 40.126.31.73
  • 20.190.159.68
  • 20.190.159.73
  • 40.126.31.67
  • 20.190.159.75
  • 20.190.159.4
  • 20.190.159.2
unknown
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 40.127.240.158
unknown
arc.msn.com
  • 20.74.47.205
unknown
fd.api.iris.microsoft.com
  • 20.31.169.57
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 172.202.163.200
unknown
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 13.85.23.206
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
Process
Message
FullTrustNotifier.exe
FullTrustNotifier.exe
FullTrustNotifier.exe
FullTrustNotifier
FullTrustNotifier.exe
FN ClearToasts
FullTrustNotifier.exe
FullTrustNotifier.exe
FN ConnectToAppService create the async task
FullTrustNotifier.exe
ConnectToAppServiceAsync AppNotInstalled
FullTrustNotifier.exe
FullTrustNotifier.exe
FN ConnectToAppServiceAsync
FullTrustNotifier.exe
FullTrustNotifier Exit
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Reports
adbearcleaner_v2.exe