What is AF_un.exe?

AF_un.exe is part of trueEP and developed by truEP according to the AF_un.exe version information.

AF_un.exe's description is "trueEP Monitor"

AF_un.exe is digitally signed by TrueCut Security, Inc..

AF_un.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files\truEP\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about AF_un.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on AF_un.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nametrueEP
Company nametruEP
File descriptiontrueEP Monitor
Internal nameAF_un.exe
Original filenameAF_un.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright TrueCut Security, Inc
Product version2, 0, 19, 327
File version2, 0, 19, 327

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nametrueEP
Company nametruEP
File descriptiontrueEP Monitor
Internal nameAF_un.exe
Original filenameAF_un.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright TrueCut Security, Inc
Product version2, 0, 19, 327
File version2, 0, 19, 327

Digital signatures [?]

AF_un.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameTrueCut Security, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameGlobalSign Extended Validation CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3
Certificate serial number79c5fa7caeb569e872594589

VirusTotal report

None of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the AF_un.exe file.

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the AF_un.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_created": [
        "c:\\20190630_UnInstall.txt"
    ],
    "directory_created": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Temp"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\dfcd7e2c0ad57be36aa9358252ea8c47a7ad7c448ed790a156c9c8c3a82465b8ENU.dll",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\dfcd7e2c0ad57be36aa9358252ea8c47a7ad7c448ed790a156c9c8c3a82465b8LOC.dll",
        "API-MS-Win-Core-LocalRegistry-L1-1-0.dll",
        "kernel32.dll",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\AF_OL.dll",
        "dwmapi.dll",
        "SETUPAPI.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui",
        "c:\\20190630_UnInstall.txt",
        "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
    ],
    "file_copied": [
        [
            "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\AF_un.exe",
            "C:\\Windows\\Temp\\AF_un.exe"
        ]
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer",
        "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.dll",
        "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\dllfile",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\trueEP\\TC_Env\\tc_CLIENT",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\dllfile\\AutoRegister",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Network",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Comdlg32",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\trueEP\\tc_INSTALL",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\trueEP\\TC_Env\\tc_COMMUNICATION"
    ],
    "file_written": [
        "c:\\20190630_UnInstall.txt"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "c:\\20190630_UnInstall.txt",
        "c:\\",
        "C:\\Windows\\Temp"
    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\regsvr32.exe\" \/s \/u C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\AF_OL.dll",
        "REGSVR32.EXE \/s \/u C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\AF_OL.dll"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup\\SourcePath",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b5-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Generation",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System\\EnableLUA",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\Locale\\00000409",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b6-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Generation",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\DevicePath",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\.dll\\(Default)",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b5-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Data",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\Language Groups\\1",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Windows Error Reporting\\WMR\\Disable",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b6-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Data",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en"
    ]
}

Dropped

[
    {
        "yara": [],
        "sha1": "35978228dcdcfc8158069c62a897838853cc657a",
        "name": "a97d71041944085e_20190630_uninstall.txt",
        "filepath": "C:\\20190630_UnInstall.txt",
        "type": "ISO-8859 text, with CRLF, CR line terminators",
        "sha256": "a97d71041944085e322d315bdb1a63b52d911aa21ab038f8713af176777114d8",
        "urls": [],
        "crc32": "B7A48549",
        "path": "\/home\/hpuser\/.cuckoo\/storage\/analyses\/699\/files\/a97d71041944085e_20190630_uninstall.txt",
        "ssdeep": null,
        "size": 125,
        "sha512": "b92fa898809fa302c87292d1653e5c834555bbf7d67a79df5bb5cb9e992a6e52c3a255f58bfbcc243ea3e87ff490dd7972c5ce34ab3f79b0540fb8167bf8566e",
        "pids": [
            1664
        ],
        "md5": "738c15c3ca8c3da06da08e076a43ddbd"
    }
]

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\dfcd7e2c0ad57be36aa9358252ea8c47a7ad7c448ed790a156c9c8c3a82465b8.bin",
        "process_name": "dfcd7e2c0ad57be36aa9358252ea8c47a7ad7c448ed790a156c9c8c3a82465b8.bin",
        "pid": 1664,
        "summary": {
            "file_created": [
                "c:\\20190630_UnInstall.txt"
            ],
            "directory_created": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Temp"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\dfcd7e2c0ad57be36aa9358252ea8c47a7ad7c448ed790a156c9c8c3a82465b8ENU.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\dfcd7e2c0ad57be36aa9358252ea8c47a7ad7c448ed790a156c9c8c3a82465b8LOC.dll",
                "API-MS-Win-Core-LocalRegistry-L1-1-0.dll",
                "kernel32.dll",
                "dwmapi.dll",
                "SETUPAPI.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "c:\\20190630_UnInstall.txt",
                "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
            ],
            "file_copied": [
                [
                    "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\AF_un.exe",
                    "C:\\Windows\\Temp\\AF_un.exe"
                ]
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\trueEP\\TC_Env\\tc_COMMUNICATION",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\trueEP\\TC_Env\\tc_CLIENT",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Network",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Comdlg32",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\trueEP\\tc_INSTALL"
            ],
            "file_written": [
                "c:\\20190630_UnInstall.txt"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "c:\\20190630_UnInstall.txt",
                "c:\\",
                "C:\\Windows\\Temp"
            ],
            "command_line": [
                "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\regsvr32.exe\" \/s \/u C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\AF_OL.dll",
                "REGSVR32.EXE \/s \/u C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\AF_OL.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup\\SourcePath",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b5-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Generation",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System\\EnableLUA",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\Locale\\00000409",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b6-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Generation",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b5-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Data",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\Language Groups\\1",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\DevicePath",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\MountPoints2\\CPC\\Volume\\{3f5cc1b6-70f9-11e8-b07b-806e6f6e6963}\\Data",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1561917188.5156,
        "ppid": 2448
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1561917188.3125,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\regsvr32.exe",
        "process_name": "regsvr32.exe",
        "pid": 2204,
        "summary": {
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.dll",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\dllfile\\AutoRegister",
                "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\dllfile"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Windows Error Reporting\\WMR\\Disable",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\.dll\\(Default)"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\AF_OL.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1561917194.953,
        "ppid": 1664
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_KOREAN",
                "offset": "0x0007703c",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_KOREAN",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000025a8"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_GROUP_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_KOREAN",
                "offset": "0x0007b48c",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 1 icon, 48x48",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_KOREAN",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000014"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "origin_langid"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Creates a suspicious process",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "cmdline",
                "ioc": "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\regsvr32.exe\" \/s \/u C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\AF_OL.dll",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "cmdline",
                "ioc": "REGSVR32.EXE \/s \/u C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\AF_OL.dll",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "suspicious_process"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "A process created a hidden window",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "process",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "ShellExecuteExW",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {
                        "parameters": "\/s \/u C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\AF_OL.dll",
                        "filepath": "REGSVR32.EXE",
                        "filepath_r": "REGSVR32.EXE",
                        "show_type": 0
                    },
                    "time": 1561916765.3779,
                    "tid": 2736,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 1664,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 152
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "stealth_window"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Checks for the Locally Unique Identifier on the system for a suspicious privilege",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "system",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "LookupPrivilegeValueW",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {
                        "system_name": "",
                        "privilege_name": "SeBackupPrivilege"
                    },
                    "time": 1561916759.2689,
                    "tid": 2736,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 1664,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 46
            },
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "system",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "LookupPrivilegeValueW",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {
                        "system_name": "",
                        "privilege_name": "SeBackupPrivilege"
                    },
                    "time": 1561916759.2689,
                    "tid": 2736,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 1664,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 52
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "privilege_luid_check"
    }
]

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": 662,
            "time": 6.2272400856018,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 5342,
            "time": 12.258830070496,
            "dport": 138,
            "sport": 138
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
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            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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            "time": 4.1791341304779,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
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            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8170,
            "time": 4.6823391914368,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8498,
            "time": 3.0506839752197,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8826,
            "time": 4.7158551216125,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 28236,
            "time": 4.21448802948,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 36620,
            "time": 6.3044390678406,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "1cc1ee0fda14f3daa8735f5525b5f6791f4920881ca3f1cf341fd143aeba834f",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "3909c3be6a85b0e47d066d81b889d3d9a68fad58eadb0af2d1ff9ea6d925d103",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c83ec5d9f3ef96cdbc84e981f1b60c2f
SHA256dfcd7e2c0ad57be36aa9358252ea8c47a7ad7c448ed790a156c9c8c3a82465b8

Error Messages

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

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

af_un.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.

trueEP Monitor has stopped working.

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

af_un.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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