What is ARHPO264.dll?

ARHPO264.dll is part of Creative Audio Processing Object Module and developed by Creative Technology Ltd. according to the ARHPO264.dll version information.

ARHPO264.dll's description is "Creative Audio Processing Object Module"

ARHPO264.dll is digitally signed by Creative Technology Ltd.

ARHPO264.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about ARHPO264.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ARHPO264.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameCreative Audio Processing Object Module
Company nameCreative Technology Ltd.
File descriptionCreative Audio Processing Object Module
Internal nameCTAPO
Original filenameCTAPO.DLL
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2006-2013 Creative Technology Ltd.
Product version1.2.16.84
File version1.2.16.84
Special buildWDK 8.1.

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

Product nameCreative Audio Processing Object Mod..
Company nameCreative Technology Ltd.
File descriptionCreative Audio Processing Object Mod..
Internal nameCTAPO
Original filenameCTAPO.DLL
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2006-2013 Creative Tec..
Product version1.2.16.84
File version1.2.16.84
Special buildWDK 8.1.

Digital signatures [?]

ARHPO264.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCreative Technology Ltd
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number09ddc9de8799721af895fb31e6992e9f

VirusTotal report

None of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ARHPO264.dll file.

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the ARHPO264.dll file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

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    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ade4d906641b4f279014f1d508736f90940a84799da51661ce6d5693649cdb43.bin.dll,DllMain"
    ],
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        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ade4d906641b4f279014f1d508736f90940a84799da51661ce6d5693649cdb43.bin.dll.manifest"
    ],
    "file_read": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ade4d906641b4f279014f1d508736f90940a84799da51661ce6d5693649cdb43.bin.dll"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
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}

Generic

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        "pid": 2968,
        "summary": {
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                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ade4d906641b4f279014f1d508736f90940a84799da51661ce6d5693649cdb43.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
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                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ade4d906641b4f279014f1d508736f90940a84799da51661ce6d5693649cdb43.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
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    {
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        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
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            ],
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        "ppid": 2016
    },
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        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
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]

Signatures

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        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\cbs\\build\\169fea53-7f6c-1014-96f9-a7982e948d5e\\in\\APO\\APOContainer\\binfre_win7_x64\\ARHPO264.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 4,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "RT_CODE",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "RT_BSS",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "RT_DATA",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "_RDATA",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "REGISTRY",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "TYPELIB",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

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    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
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    "dns": [],
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    "domains": [],
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Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD57b63e9dd3a6975cf5950265b888aab42
SHA256ade4d906641b4f279014f1d508736f90940a84799da51661ce6d5693649cdb43

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