What is AD.exe?

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

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

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VirusTotal report

30 of the 62 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the AD.exe file. That's a 48% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Acronis	suspicious
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Graftor.529636
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win32.Generic.C2963424
Arcabit	Trojan.Graftor.D814E4
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Graftor.529636
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Tiggre
ClamAV	Win.Malware.Tiggre-6870437-0
Comodo	Malware@#2xp5adhzf88ta
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_60% (W)
Cybereason	malicious.79d0cf
Cyren	W32/FakeAlert.FT.gen!Eldorado
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Graftor.529636 (B)
Fortinet	W32/PossibleThreat
GData	Gen:Variant.Graftor.529636
Kaspersky	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Stealer.iqm
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Dropper
McAfee	RDN/Generic.hbg
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.fh
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Occamy.C
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Graftor.529636
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/CI.A
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Trojan-spy.Stealer.Eckw
Trapmine	malicious.moderate.ml.score
VBA32	BScope.TrojanPSW.Predator
ZoneAlarm	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Stealer.iqm

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_deleted": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\IPADDRESS"
    ],
    "file_created": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\IPADDRESS"
    ],
    "resolves_host": [
        "ipecho.net",
        "checkip.dyndns.org",
        "www.cmyip.com",
        "www.whatsmyip.net",
        "www.iplocation.net",
        "www.realip.info",
        "hex0rs.coderbu.de",
        "lloydsplace.com",
        "ip.gwhois.org"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "secur32.dll",
        "ws2_32.dll"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Dropped

[
    {
        "yara": [],
        "sha1": "da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709",
        "name": "e3b0c44298fc1c14_IPADDRESS",
        "type": "empty",
        "sha256": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
        "urls": [],
        "crc32": "00000000",
        "path": "\/home\/hpuser\/.cuckoo\/storage\/analyses\/10471\/files\/e3b0c44298fc1c14_IPADDRESS",
        "ssdeep": null,
        "size": 0,
        "sha512": "cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e",
        "md5": "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e"
    }
]

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\1dbf96bb507bb86c8e69a63fbd51696ba5affb922f873f3c49bac4fbc8f6afa3.bin",
        "process_name": "1dbf96bb507bb86c8e69a63fbd51696ba5affb922f873f3c49bac4fbc8f6afa3.bin",
        "pid": 2800,
        "summary": {
            "file_deleted": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\IPADDRESS"
            ],
            "file_created": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\IPADDRESS"
            ],
            "resolves_host": [
                "ipecho.net",
                "checkip.dyndns.org",
                "www.cmyip.com",
                "www.whatsmyip.net",
                "www.iplocation.net",
                "www.realip.info",
                "hex0rs.coderbu.de",
                "lloydsplace.com",
                "ip.gwhois.org"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "secur32.dll",
                "ws2_32.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1604094785.703125,
        "ppid": 2924
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1604094785.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".code",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable uses a known packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "packer",
                "ioc": "PureBasic 4.x -> Neil Hodgson",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "peid_packer"
    }
]

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": 3.0781500339508057,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2018,
            "time": 3.0300190448760986,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2346,
            "time": 1.0106019973754883,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2674,
            "time": 3.040256977081299,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3002,
            "time": 1.5201289653778076,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3330,
            "time": -0.09656715393066406,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3658,
            "time": 1.531040906906128,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6986,
            "time": 1.0397229194641113,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 11178,
            "time": 3.0936899185180664,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "dd3e181bb603e90a1bcaec45f787c375eae039bdd39aec0452056a3eade02da8",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "ac68a21205ddbb7dcb211e2e88f888a9628d2131a16e117a09b1034088063fdb",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

AD.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove AD.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the AD.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that AD.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate AD.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the AD.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 AD.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\downloads\AD.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the AD.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If AD.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If AD.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If AD.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 AD.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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