What is AMMYY_Admin.exe?

AMMYY_Admin.exe is part of Ammyy Admin according to the AMMYY_Admin.exe version information.

AMMYY_Admin.exe's description is "Ammyy Admin"

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on AMMYY_Admin.exe:

Property	Value
Product name	Ammyy Admin
File description	Ammyy Admin
Internal name	Ammyy Admin
Original filename	AMMYY_Admin.exe
Legal copyright	Copyright (C) 2010
Product version	2.12
File version	2.12

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

Product name	Ammyy Admin
File description	Ammyy Admin
Internal name	Ammyy Admin
Original filename	AMMYY_Admin.exe
Legal copyright	Copyright (C) 2010
Product version	2.12
File version	2.12

Digital signatures [?]

AMMYY_Admin.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

36 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the AMMYY_Admin.exe file. That's a 54% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Acronis	suspicious
AhnLab-V3	Win-AppCare/Remoteaammyy.667344
Alibaba	RemoteAdmin:Win32/Ammyy.07a25bdc
Antiy-AVL	RiskWare[RemoteAdmin]/Win32.Ammyy.cj
Avast	Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
AVG	Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Remoteadmin-95
CMC	RemoteAdmin.Win32.Agent!O
Comodo	Malware@#1e365cntp1tcx
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_60% (D)
DrWeb	Program.Ammyy.1
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/RemoteAdmin.Ammyy.B potentially unsafe
FireEye	Generic.mg.7601c57cb3e2a259
Fortinet	Riskware/Agent
GData	Win32.Riskware.RemoteAdmin.A
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	RemoteAdmin.Agent.a
K7AntiVirus	Unwanted-Program ( 004b94dc1 )
K7GW	Unwanted-Program ( 004b94dc1 )
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.Ammyy.cj
Malwarebytes	RiskWare.RemoteAdmin
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
McAfee	RDN/RemAdm-Generic
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.jh
Microsoft	PUA:Win32/Presenoker
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.Ammyy.ddfrgh
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Virus.RemoteAdmin.fdc
Rising	PUA.Presenoker!8.F608 (CLOUD)
SentinelOne	DFI - Malicious PE
Sophos	Generic PUA LB (PUA)
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002H0CBP19
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.Ammyy.cj

36 of the 67 anti-virus programs detected the AMMYY_Admin.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:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\settings.bin"
    ],
    "file_recreated": [
        "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\settings.bin"
    ],
    "directory_created": [
        "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "ntmarta.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\LDAP",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\LSA\\AccessProviders",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\SafeBoot\\Network\\AmmyyAdmin_84C"
    ],
    "file_written": [
        "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\settings.bin"
    ],
    "regkey_deleted": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\SafeBoot\\Network\\AmmyyAdmin_84C"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\UseOldHostResolutionOrder",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings\\ProxyEnable",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Lsa\\AccessProviders\\MartaExtension",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\UseHostnameAsAlias",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\LdapClientIntegrity"
    ],
    "directory_enumerated": [
        "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\settings.bin",
        "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY"
    ],
    "regkey_written": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\SafeBoot\\Network\\AmmyyAdmin_84C\\(Default)"
    ]
}

Dropped

[
    {
        "yara": [],
        "sha1": "5a0d4b26fb285a7447a57de4ce8eb828d875ef1a",
        "name": "7809cef5cdf9ec03_settings.bin",
        "filepath": "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\settings.bin",
        "type": "data",
        "sha256": "7809cef5cdf9ec03cb70f402baaec8aefc50f583821a74e94ac104f827bfa019",
        "urls": [],
        "crc32": "47DEB431",
        "path": "\/home\/hpuser\/.cuckoo\/storage\/analyses\/4560\/files\/7809cef5cdf9ec03_settings.bin",
        "ssdeep": null,
        "size": 88,
        "sha512": "6345e6c976e0e41de9f866413b8abdb707d73ebc710d76c37f4c3bded3216006c4ec94ea52e0b95294fe1020fc9962a2b8808d192d59372ecd0c64fafd717ddd",
        "pids": [
            2124
        ],
        "md5": "80dfc225d541ae2c701f39c04b8ba75d"
    }
]

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\bfff20ee98829b4ffe39909b806651598d0fc55d79369dbd9db4d4e63068e3c4.bin",
        "process_name": "bfff20ee98829b4ffe39909b806651598d0fc55d79369dbd9db4d4e63068e3c4.bin",
        "pid": 2124,
        "summary": {
            "file_created": [
                "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\settings.bin"
            ],
            "file_recreated": [
                "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\settings.bin"
            ],
            "directory_created": [
                "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "ntmarta.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\LDAP",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\LSA\\AccessProviders",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\SafeBoot\\Network\\AmmyyAdmin_84C"
            ],
            "file_written": [
                "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\settings.bin"
            ],
            "regkey_deleted": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\SafeBoot\\Network\\AmmyyAdmin_84C"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\UseOldHostResolutionOrder",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings\\ProxyEnable",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Lsa\\AccessProviders\\MartaExtension",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\UseHostnameAsAlias",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\LdapClientIntegrity"
            ],
            "directory_enumerated": [
                "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\settings.bin",
                "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY"
            ],
            "regkey_written": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\SafeBoot\\Network\\AmmyyAdmin_84C\\(Default)"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1577389985.59375,
        "ppid": 2504
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1577389985.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable uses a known packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "packer",
                "ioc": "Armadillo v1.71",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "peid_packer"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "BINARY",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "None",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Creates a service",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "services",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "CreateServiceW",
                    "return_value": 3116480,
                    "arguments": {
                        "service_start_name": "",
                        "start_type": 2,
                        "service_handle": "0x002f8dc0",
                        "display_name": "AmmyyAdmin_84C",
                        "error_control": 1,
                        "service_name": "AmmyyAdmin_84C",
                        "filepath": "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\\"C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\bfff20ee98829b4ffe39909b806651598d0fc55d79369dbd9db4d4e63068e3c4.bin\" -service -lunch",
                        "filepath_r": "\"C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\bfff20ee98829b4ffe39909b806651598d0fc55d79369dbd9db4d4e63068e3c4.bin\" -service -lunch",
                        "service_manager_handle": "0x002f8e60",
                        "desired_access": 983551,
                        "service_type": 16,
                        "password": ""
                    },
                    "time": 1577389985.74975,
                    "tid": 2800,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2124,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 53
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "creates_service"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 6.850740153412818,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x00012000",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00091000",
                    "entropy": 6.850740153412818,
                    "name": ".rsrc",
                    "virtual_size": "0x00011e24"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            }
        ],
        "references": [
            "http:\/\/www.forensickb.com\/2013\/03\/file-entropy-explained.html",
            "http:\/\/virii.es\/U\/Using%20Entropy%20Analysis%20to%20Find%20Encrypted%20and%20Packed%20Malware.pdf"
        ],
        "name": "packer_entropy"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup",
        "severity": 3,
        "marks": [
            {
                "service_name": "AmmyyAdmin_84C",
                "type": "generic",
                "service_path": "C:\\ProgramData\\AMMYY\\\"C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\bfff20ee98829b4ffe39909b806651598d0fc55d79369dbd9db4d4e63068e3c4.bin\" -service -lunch"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "persistence_autorun"
    }
]

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": 6.148077964782715,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3462,
            "time": 6.105959892272949,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3790,
            "time": 4.13477897644043,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4446,
            "time": 4.637353897094727,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4774,
            "time": 2.9958949089050293,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 5102,
            "time": 4.664691925048828,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 11572,
            "time": 4.16494083404541,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 15764,
            "time": 6.19523286819458,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "7432142d315ec19e6140605186d52edc4d93efa6f3ca5a7bd2bf7d3066b828b1",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "8219fd465d408451a18b4dba6bdb4bc8f084a461764b1abd08b5fa3539316d4a",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

AMMYY_Admin.exe removal instructions

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

Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
When the scan is finished, locate AMMYY_Admin.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the AMMYY_Admin.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 AMMYY_Admin.exe in the scan result.

c:\downloads\AMMYY_Admin.exe
Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the AMMYY_Admin.exe file.
Restart your computer.
Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If AMMYY_Admin.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If AMMYY_Admin.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
If AMMYY_Admin.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
Restart your computer.
Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that AMMYY_Admin.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	7601c57cb3e2a259910935a9caba2c4b
SHA256	bfff20ee98829b4ffe39909b806651598d0fc55d79369dbd9db4d4e63068e3c4

Error Messages

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

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

ammyy_admin.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.

Ammyy Admin has stopped working.

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

ammyy_admin.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

Digital signatures [?]

VirusTotal report

Sandbox Report

Summary

Summary

Dropped

Generic

Signatures

Yara

Network

Screenshots

AMMYY_Admin.exe removal instructions

Hashes [?]

Error Messages

What will you do with the file?

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