URL:

taskmgr.exe/MicrosoftHost.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/d866b5c1-66d1-499e-b231-78a7a819d33b
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: October 27, 2023, 13:43:54
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
SHA1:

6B8495732382FD5CCFB41DEAE43D33ABD17A4275

SHA256:

F545EBB58B714F89608884DBB5CED82DF7748E16485B034CE51D469610FC3E0A

SSDEEP:

3:hULACz3uLKW0Cn:hU0Uu/J

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    No suspicious indicators.

  • INFO

    • Reads the computer name

      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 1828)

    • Checks supported languages

      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 1828)

    • Manual execution by a user

      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 1828)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 1828)

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 1824)

    • The process uses the downloaded file

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2040)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 1560)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 1908)
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No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
60
Monitored processes
25
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
120"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1448 --field-trial-handle=1108,i,14482236983638992199,737630654663248364,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
1016"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=17 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3468 --field-trial-handle=1108,i,14482236983638992199,737630654663248364,131072 /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:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
1240"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=11 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3216 --field-trial-handle=1108,i,14482236983638992199,737630654663248364,131072 /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:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
1280"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=8 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1292 --field-trial-handle=1108,i,14482236983638992199,737630654663248364,131072 /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:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\cryptbase.dll
1560"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=quarantine.mojom.Quarantine --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3432 --field-trial-handle=1108,i,14482236983638992199,737630654663248364,131072 /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:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
1600"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilWin --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2172 --field-trial-handle=1108,i,14482236983638992199,737630654663248364,131072 /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:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\cryptbase.dll
1616"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=20 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2568 --field-trial-handle=1108,i,14482236983638992199,737630654663248364,131072 /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:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1824"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 "taskmgr.exe/MicrosoftHost.exe"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:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
1828"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Configuration Application
Exit code:
0
Version:
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\windows media player\wmpnscfg.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sspicli.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
1908"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=quarantine.mojom.Quarantine --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2056 --field-trial-handle=1108,i,14482236983638992199,737630654663248364,131072 /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:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
Total events
3 761
Read events
3 670
Write events
88
Delete events
3

Modification events

(PID) Process:(1824) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(1824) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(1824) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(1824) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(1824) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:dr
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(1824) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\StabilityMetrics
Operation:writeName:user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(1824) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
Operation:writeName:UsageStatsInSample
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(1824) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(1824) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:metricsid_installdate
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(1824) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:metricsid_enableddate
Value:
0
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
68
Text files
22
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
1824chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF1eb9b9.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1824chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1824chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Variationsbinary
MD5:961E3604F228B0D10541EBF921500C86
SHA256:F7B24F2EB3D5EB0550527490395D2F61C3D2FE74BB9CB345197DAD81B58B5FED
1824chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad\settings.datbinary
MD5:9C016064A1F864C8140915D77CF3389A
SHA256:0E7265D4A8C16223538EDD8CD620B8820611C74538E420A88E333BE7F62AC787
1824chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Last Versiontext
MD5:9F941EA08DBDCA2EB3CFA1DBBBA6F5DC
SHA256:127F71DF0D2AD895D4F293E62284D85971AE047CA15F90B87BF6335898B0B655
1824chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.oldtext
MD5:513218482935B0D388C0A990D868387A
SHA256:8E39CBAAF4AACC3A01AFA74EA8C30FB24FE69A22B8B30728AFB1614FD68809D9
1824chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\coupon_db\LOG.old~RF1ec59f.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1824chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\coupon_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1824chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old~RF1eb9e7.TMPtext
MD5:CDCC923CEC2CD9228330551E6946A9C2
SHA256:592F4750166BE662AA88728F9969537163FEC5C3E95E81537C8C6917F8D0929E
1824chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\optimization_guide_model_metadata_store\LOG.old~RF1ed3c8.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
38
DNS requests
29
Threats
4

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
864
svchost.exe
HEAD
200
34.104.35.123:80
http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome_component/ad3rm3ciqs3fjr4bc4x5vwuildeq_9.49.1/gcmjkmgdlgnkkcocmoeiminaijmmjnii_9.49.1_all_ixzyrcu7pvmgu5pjv6enfqq6wa.crx3
unknown
—
—
unknown
864
svchost.exe
GET
—
34.104.35.123:80
http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome_component/ad3rm3ciqs3fjr4bc4x5vwuildeq_9.49.1/gcmjkmgdlgnkkcocmoeiminaijmmjnii_9.49.1_all_ixzyrcu7pvmgu5pjv6enfqq6wa.crx3
unknown
—
—
unknown
2888
chrome.exe
GET
404
45.90.216.98:80
http://taskmgr.xyz/favicon.ico
unknown
html
189 b
unknown
864
svchost.exe
GET
206
34.104.35.123:80
http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome_component/ad3rm3ciqs3fjr4bc4x5vwuildeq_9.49.1/gcmjkmgdlgnkkcocmoeiminaijmmjnii_9.49.1_all_ixzyrcu7pvmgu5pjv6enfqq6wa.crx3
unknown
binary
5.41 Kb
unknown
2888
chrome.exe
GET
404
45.90.216.98:80
http://taskmgr.xyz/WindowsTask.zip
unknown
html
189 b
unknown
2888
chrome.exe
GET
404
45.90.216.98:80
http://taskmgr.xyz/MicrosoftHost.exe
unknown
html
189 b
unknown
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
1088
svchost.exe
224.0.0.252:5355
—
—
—
unknown
1824
chrome.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
—
—
—
whitelisted
2888
chrome.exe
142.251.140.45:443
accounts.google.com
GOOGLE
US
unknown
2656
svchost.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
—
—
—
whitelisted
2888
chrome.exe
142.250.184.132:443
www.google.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
1824
chrome.exe
224.0.0.251:5353
—
—
—
unknown
2888
chrome.exe
172.217.20.74:443
optimizationguide-pa.googleapis.com
—
—
whitelisted
2888
chrome.exe
45.90.216.98:443
taskmgr.xyz
Network Management Ltd
RU
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
taskmgr.exe
  • —
unknown
accounts.google.com
  • 142.251.140.45
shared
google.com
  • 172.217.16.174
  • 142.250.187.110
whitelisted
www.google.com
  • 142.250.184.132
whitelisted
optimizationguide-pa.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.20.74
  • 216.58.212.10
  • 216.58.212.42
  • 216.58.213.106
  • 142.251.140.10
  • 142.251.140.42
  • 142.251.140.74
  • 142.251.141.42
  • 172.217.169.106
  • 172.217.169.170
  • 172.217.17.234
  • 142.250.184.138
  • 142.250.187.106
  • 142.250.187.138
  • 142.250.187.170
  • 172.217.17.138
whitelisted
taskmgr.xyz
  • 45.90.216.98
malicious
www.googleapis.com
  • 142.250.186.74
  • 142.250.186.106
  • 142.250.186.138
  • 142.250.74.202
  • 142.250.186.42
  • 172.217.18.10
  • 172.217.16.202
  • 142.250.186.170
  • 142.250.184.202
  • 216.58.212.170
  • 172.217.23.106
  • 216.58.212.138
  • 142.250.185.74
  • 216.58.206.42
  • 142.250.185.106
  • 142.250.185.138
whitelisted
update.googleapis.com
  • 142.250.184.227
whitelisted
edgedl.me.gvt1.com
  • 34.104.35.123
whitelisted
clients1.google.com
  • 142.250.185.174
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
2888
chrome.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
ET HUNTING SUSPICIOUS Firesale gTLD EXE DL with no Referer June 13 2016
2888
chrome.exe
Potentially Bad Traffic
AV INFO HTTP Request to a *.xyz domain
2888
chrome.exe
Potentially Bad Traffic
AV INFO HTTP Request to a *.xyz domain
2888
chrome.exe
Potentially Bad Traffic
AV INFO HTTP Request to a *.xyz domain
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Reports
taskmgr.exe/MicrosoftHost.exe