File name:

sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/a26c9ca5-89b6-4aad-865e-2e613bff2531
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: April 20, 2025, 14:53:01
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
pyinstaller
python
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 7 sections
MD5:

93E7872B6256BBAAA992CF821CDB78F0

SHA1:

36D271BD794A90F8215A5B8A24CF45CCF9FB15BE

SHA256:

FA05D2B1D4DB39B6E052A861067A1ABEBB758ED880798FECBA9A6EF24DBBBF00

SSDEEP:

196608:NP/ac/rfjsf7rZLYCZ3pIweqbr6TnYlFjG0I4:N3hbjsTrZLbIVmiyV

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • The process drops C-runtime libraries

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7832)

    • Process drops python dynamic module

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7832)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7832)

    • There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7832)
      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7264)

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7832)

    • Application launched itself

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7832)

    • Loads Python modules

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7264)

    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7264)

  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7832)
      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7264)

    • Reads the computer name

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7832)
      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7264)

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7832)

    • PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7832)
      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7264)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7832)
      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7264)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7264)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe (PID: 7264)
      • slui.exe (PID: 6028)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • notepad.exe (PID: 7356)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 6028)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | InstallShield setup (57.6)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (36.9)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.6)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (2.6)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 2025:01:01 22:51:43+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 14.36
CodeSize: 166400
InitializedDataSize: 137728
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0xb340
OSVersion: 5.2
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5.2
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
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Total processes
128
Monitored processes
6
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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start sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs notepad.exe no specs slui.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2136\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—cmd.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
2140C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c "notepad.exe updater_readme.txt"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.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\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
6028C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Exit code:
0
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
7264"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe
sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
7356notepad.exe updater_readme.txtC:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Notepad
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
7832"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
Total events
3 880
Read events
3 880
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
96
Suspicious files
4
Text files
933
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
7832sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI78322\VCRUNTIME140_1.dllexecutable
MD5:135359D350F72AD4BF716B764D39E749
SHA256:34048ABAA070ECC13B318CEA31425F4CA3EDD133D350318AC65259E6058C8B32
7832sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI78322\Pythonwin\win32ui.pydexecutable
MD5:79FF2A54A88364617450A95224BAAFFD
SHA256:18D37C6FEE55515F9242D31A627671EC4413A428B08A14EA329D8D9B2A54D57F
7832sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI78322\_bz2.pydexecutable
MD5:86D1B2A9070CD7D52124126A357FF067
SHA256:62173A8FADD4BF4DD71AB89EA718754AA31620244372F0C5BBBAE102E641A60E
7832sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI78322\Pythonwin\mfc140u.dllexecutable
MD5:CD1D99DF975EE5395174DF834E82B256
SHA256:D8CA1DEA862085F0204680230D29BFF4D168FFF675AB4700EEAF63704D995CB3
7832sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI78322\_lzma.pydexecutable
MD5:7447EFD8D71E8A1929BE0FAC722B42DC
SHA256:60793C8592193CFBD00FD3E5263BE4315D650BA4F9E4FDA9C45A10642FD998BE
7832sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI78322\_ctypes.pydexecutable
MD5:1635A0C5A72DF5AE64072CBB0065AEBE
SHA256:1EA3DD3DF393FA9B27BF6595BE4AC859064CD8EF9908A12378A6021BBA1CB177
7832sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI78322\_asyncio.pydexecutable
MD5:33D0B6DE555DDBBBD5CA229BFA91C329
SHA256:A9A99A2B847E46C0EFCE7FCFEFD27F4BCE58BAF9207277C17BFFD09EF4D274E5
7832sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI78322\VCRUNTIME140.dllexecutable
MD5:F34EB034AA4A9735218686590CBA2E8B
SHA256:9D2B40F0395CC5D1B4D5EA17B84970C29971D448C37104676DB577586D4AD1B1
7832sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI78322\_cffi_backend.cp310-win_amd64.pydexecutable
MD5:2BAAA98B744915339AE6C016B17C3763
SHA256:4F1CE205C2BE986C9D38B951B6BCB6045EB363E06DACC069A41941F80BE9068C
7832sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI78322\_tkinter.pydexecutable
MD5:8DA8E5348D9F9572CE9216AC8A628C2B
SHA256:06B96357F5DD83D0D8105127E7AAEACB834DDF1AE03FA46AAFFDC1E5FD0A7621
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HTTP(S) requests
28
TCP/UDP connections
50
DNS requests
17
Threats
2

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
—
—
GET
200
20.12.23.50:443
https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/SLS/%7B522D76A4-93E1-47F8-B8CE-07C937AD1A1E%7D/x64/10.0.19045.4046/0?CH=686&L=en-US&P=&PT=0x30&WUA=10.0.19041.3996&MK=DELL&MD=DELL
unknown
—
—
unknown
—
—
GET
304
20.12.23.50:443
https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/SLS/%7B522D76A4-93E1-47F8-B8CE-07C937AD1A1E%7D/x64/10.0.19045.4046/0?CH=686&L=en-US&P=&PT=0x30&WUA=10.0.19041.3996&MK=DELL&MD=DELL
unknown
—
—
unknown
8028
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.53.40.176:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
8028
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
8028
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.53.40.176:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
8028
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.53.40.176:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
8028
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
—
—
GET
200
40.69.42.241:443
https://fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/clientwebservice/ping
unknown
—
—
unknown
8028
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
8028
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.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
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
172.211.123.248:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
—
—
20.190.159.64:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
20.190.159.64:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.248:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
8028
SIHClient.exe
52.149.20.212:443
slscr.update.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
8028
SIHClient.exe
23.53.40.176:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
  • 20.73.194.208
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.186.78
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.248
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.159.64
  • 20.190.159.73
  • 40.126.31.1
  • 40.126.31.128
  • 40.126.31.69
  • 40.126.31.0
  • 40.126.31.67
  • 20.190.159.131
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 52.149.20.212
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.53.40.176
  • 23.53.40.178
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 184.30.21.171
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 13.85.23.206
whitelisted
gist.githubusercontent.com
  • 185.199.110.133
  • 185.199.108.133
  • 185.199.111.133
  • 185.199.109.133
shared
rentry.co
  • 104.26.2.16
  • 172.67.75.40
  • 104.26.3.16
unknown

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
7264
sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO Observed Pastebin Service Domain (rentry .co in TLS SNI)
2196
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO Pastebin Service Domain in DNS Lookup (rentry .co)
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sims-4-updater-v1.4.2.exe