What is showkeys.exe?

showkeys.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected showkeys.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

showkeys.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

showkeys.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

12 of the 62 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the showkeys.exe file. That's a 19% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Graftor.334443
ALYac Gen:Variant.Graftor.334443
Arcabit Trojan.Graftor.D51A6B
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Graftor.334443
Cybereason malicious.43864d
Cyren W32/Trojan.IVES-5611
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Graftor.334443 (B)
GData Gen:Variant.Graftor.334443
MAX malware (ai score=96)
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Bitrep.A
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Graftor.334443
Paloalto generic.ml
12 of the 62 anti-virus programs detected the showkeys.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\Compatibility\\df14225060f0dc9eedda1e5266ac1e3d92b49c84fbe287768e006ae1ce03947f.bin",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{8613E14C-D0C0-4161-AC0F-1DD2563286BC}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{0000897b-83df-4b96-be07-0fb58b01c4a4}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{0000897b-83df-4b96-be07-0fb58b01c4a4}\\LanguageProfile\\0x00000000\\{0001bea3-ed56-483d-a2e2-aeae25577436}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{F25E9F57-2FC8-4EB3-A41A-CCE5F08541E6}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{07EB03D6-B001-41DF-9192-BF9B841EE71F}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\KnownClasses",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{AE6BE008-07FB-400D-8BEB-337A64F7051F}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{C1EE01F2-B3B6-4A6A-9DDD-E988C088EC82}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\CTF\\DirectSwitchHotkeys",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{E429B25A-E5D3-4D1F-9BE3-0C608477E3A1}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\CTF\\LayoutIcon\\0409\\0000041d",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{F89E9E58-BD2F-4008-9AC2-0F816C09F4EE}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{DCBD6FA8-032F-11D3-B5B1-00C04FC324A1}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{3697C5FA-60DD-4B56-92D4-74A569205C16}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{531FDEBF-9B4C-4A43-A2AA-960E8FCDC732}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{A028AE76-01B1-46C2-99C4-ACD9858AE02F}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{81D4E9C9-1D3B-41BC-9E6C-4B40BF79E35E}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{03B5835F-F03C-411B-9CE2-AA23E1171E36}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{78CB5B0E-26ED-4FCC-854C-77E8F3D1AA80}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle\\Language Hotkey",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\CTF\\EnableAnchorContext",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle\\Hotkey",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle\\Layout Hotkey",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{0000897b-83df-4b96-be07-0fb58b01c4a4}\\LanguageProfile\\0x00000000\\{0001bea3-ed56-483d-a2e2-aeae25577436}\\Enable",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\TurnOffSPIAnimations"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "UxTheme.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\syswow64\\MSCTF.dll",
        "IMM32.dll",
        "gdi32.dll",
        "dwmapi.dll",
        "kernel32.dll",
        "uxtheme.dll",
        "OLEAUT32.DLL",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\ole32.dll",
        "shell32.dll",
        "comctl32",
        "comctl32.dll",
        "user32.dll",
        "msimg32.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\df14225060f0dc9eedda1e5266ac1e3d92b49c84fbe287768e006ae1ce03947f.bin",
        "process_name": "df14225060f0dc9eedda1e5266ac1e3d92b49c84fbe287768e006ae1ce03947f.bin",
        "pid": 2016,
        "summary": {
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\Compatibility\\df14225060f0dc9eedda1e5266ac1e3d92b49c84fbe287768e006ae1ce03947f.bin",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{8613E14C-D0C0-4161-AC0F-1DD2563286BC}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{0000897b-83df-4b96-be07-0fb58b01c4a4}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{0000897b-83df-4b96-be07-0fb58b01c4a4}\\LanguageProfile\\0x00000000\\{0001bea3-ed56-483d-a2e2-aeae25577436}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{F25E9F57-2FC8-4EB3-A41A-CCE5F08541E6}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{07EB03D6-B001-41DF-9192-BF9B841EE71F}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\KnownClasses",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{AE6BE008-07FB-400D-8BEB-337A64F7051F}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{C1EE01F2-B3B6-4A6A-9DDD-E988C088EC82}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\CTF\\DirectSwitchHotkeys",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{E429B25A-E5D3-4D1F-9BE3-0C608477E3A1}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\CTF\\LayoutIcon\\0409\\0000041d",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{F89E9E58-BD2F-4008-9AC2-0F816C09F4EE}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{DCBD6FA8-032F-11D3-B5B1-00C04FC324A1}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{3697C5FA-60DD-4B56-92D4-74A569205C16}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{531FDEBF-9B4C-4A43-A2AA-960E8FCDC732}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{A028AE76-01B1-46C2-99C4-ACD9858AE02F}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{81D4E9C9-1D3B-41BC-9E6C-4B40BF79E35E}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{03B5835F-F03C-411B-9CE2-AA23E1171E36}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{78CB5B0E-26ED-4FCC-854C-77E8F3D1AA80}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle\\Language Hotkey",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\CTF\\EnableAnchorContext",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle\\Hotkey",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle\\Layout Hotkey",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{0000897b-83df-4b96-be07-0fb58b01c4a4}\\LanguageProfile\\0x00000000\\{0001bea3-ed56-483d-a2e2-aeae25577436}\\Enable",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\TurnOffSPIAnimations"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "UxTheme.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\syswow64\\MSCTF.dll",
                "IMM32.dll",
                "gdi32.dll",
                "dwmapi.dll",
                "kernel32.dll",
                "uxtheme.dll",
                "OLEAUT32.DLL",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\ole32.dll",
                "shell32.dll",
                "comctl32",
                "comctl32.dll",
                "user32.dll",
                "msimg32.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1603504387.828125,
        "ppid": 1564
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1603504387.546875,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

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Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.0788371562957764,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 5226,
            "time": 9.078917980194092,
            "dport": 138,
            "sport": 138
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7070,
            "time": 3.0118350982666016,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7398,
            "time": 1.0167860984802246,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7726,
            "time": 3.018965005874634,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8054,
            "time": 1.5182580947875977,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8382,
            "time": -0.10342288017272949,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8710,
            "time": 1.5325500965118408,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 28120,
            "time": 1.046889066696167,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 36504,
            "time": 3.125607967376709,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "a59f77bb1a7ff13b6c97f2147c7d73bd833d9e6bb1c514ee918fc11cdd16f797",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "a4e83f6d37ba7f425f9bce739e292a0097865558c3331aae4bc338b29c2a750f",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

showkeys.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove showkeys.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the showkeys.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that showkeys.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate showkeys.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the showkeys.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate showkeys.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\showkeys.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the showkeys.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If showkeys.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If showkeys.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If showkeys.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that showkeys.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD510fb84e43864df275ea840c528132cdc
SHA256df14225060f0dc9eedda1e5266ac1e3d92b49c84fbe287768e006ae1ce03947f

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to showkeys.exe:

showkeys.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

showkeys.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

showkeys.exe has stopped working.

End Program - showkeys.exe. This program is not responding.

showkeys.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

showkeys.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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