What is AlibabaProtect.exe?

AlibabaProtect.exe is part of ?????????? and developed by Alibaba Group according to the AlibabaProtect.exe version information.

AlibabaProtect.exe's description is "Alibaba PC Safe Service"

AlibabaProtect.exe is digitally signed by Alibaba (China) Network Technology Co.,Ltd..

AlibabaProtect.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\AlibabaProtect\1.0.58.10\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on AlibabaProtect.exe:

PropertyValue
Product name??????????
Company nameAlibaba Group
File descriptionAlibaba PC Safe Service
Internal nameAlibabaProtect
Original filenameAlibabaProtect
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2018 Alibaba Group. All right reserved
Product version1.0.58.10

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

Product name??????????
Company nameAlibaba Group
File descriptionAlibaba PC Safe Service
Internal nameAlibabaProtect
Original filenameAlibabaProtect
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2018 Alibaba Group. Al..
Product version1.0.58.10

Digital signatures [?]

AlibabaProtect.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAlibaba (China) Network Technology Co.,Ltd.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number018d713ed8ae097ed3afe1f62d2dd919

VirusTotal report

1 of the 74 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the AlibabaProtect.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Cybereason malicious.2ce7e5
1 of the 74 anti-virus programs detected the AlibabaProtect.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\AlibabaProtect.dat"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\msasn1"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "wintrust.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\bd613325aae744bd8189754aaf968432568d5fa3c1b6624b56d34cd2089e1ba3.bin",
        "process_name": "bd613325aae744bd8189754aaf968432568d5fa3c1b6624b56d34cd2089e1ba3.bin",
        "pid": 2816,
        "summary": {
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\AlibabaProtect.dat"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\msasn1"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "wintrust.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1594209186.625,
        "ppid": 2016
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1594209186.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "E:\\Jenkins\\workspace\\sign_turn_on_and_virus_vmp\\Output\\Release\\PDB\\AlibabaProtect.Release.exe.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "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": "SeDebugPrivilege"
                    },
                    "time": 1594209186.782,
                    "tid": 2420,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2816,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 39
            }
        ],
        "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": 546,
            "time": 3.126107931137085,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 5226,
            "time": 9.218525886535645,
            "dport": 138,
            "sport": 138
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7070,
            "time": 3.033655881881714,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7398,
            "time": 1.0467510223388672,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7726,
            "time": 3.0788559913635254,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8054,
            "time": 1.5508060455322266,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8382,
            "time": -0.08798503875732422,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8710,
            "time": 1.562464952468872,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 28120,
            "time": 1.0675790309906006,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 36504,
            "time": 3.12788987159729,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "2d9f64c83eb4d675399b73f33a324b20944e701de27ed7925f440163d900c292",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "436840413380a68c2335fede2c88e62951772a8f7f10d887e8cf4b39e3443c4d",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD52b49ef12ce7e52ab862f473b8cd874ca
SHA256bd613325aae744bd8189754aaf968432568d5fa3c1b6624b56d34cd2089e1ba3

Error Messages

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

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

alibabaprotect.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.

Alibaba PC Safe Service has stopped working.

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

alibabaprotect.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

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