What is DFLocker64.exe?

DFLocker64.exe is part of Deep Freeze and developed by Faronics Corporation according to the DFLocker64.exe version information.

DFLocker64.exe's description is "Deep Freeze Show Message Helper"

DFLocker64.exe is digitally signed by Faronics Corporation.

DFLocker64.exe is usually located in the 'c:\Windows\Temp\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about DFLocker64.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on DFLocker64.exe:

Property	Value
Product name	Deep Freeze
Company name	Faronics Corporation
File description	Deep Freeze Show Message Helper
Internal name	ShowMessage.exe
Original filename	ShowMessage.exe
Legal copyright	Copyright © 1999-2018 Faronics Corporation
Product version	8.53.020.5458
File version	8,53,20,5458

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

Product name	Deep Freeze
Company name	Faronics Corporation
File description	Deep Freeze Show Message Helper
Internal name	ShowMessage.exe
Original filename	ShowMessage.exe
Legal copyright	Copyright © 1999-2018 Faronics Corp..
Product version	8.53.020.5458
File version	8,53,20,5458

Digital signatures [?]

DFLocker64.exe has a valid digital signature.

Property	Value
Signer name	Faronics Corporation
Certificate issuer name	DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number	01f4cd47c4114ddb08b884392ed4cd4d

VirusTotal report

None of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the DFLocker64.exe 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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    "file_recreated": [
        "\\??\\hid#vid_80ee&pid_0021#6&e993e07&0&0000#{4d1e55b2-f16f-11cf-88cb-001111000030}",
        "\\??\\C:"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Faronics\\Deep Freeze"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\crypt32\\DebugHeapFlags",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\UseOldHostResolutionOrder",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Lsa\\AccessProviders\\MartaExtension",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\UseHostnameAsAlias",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\LdapClientIntegrity"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "ntmarta.dll",
        "kernel32",
        "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
        "CFGMGR32.dll",
        "kernel32.dll",
        "WINTRUST.dll",
        "dwmapi.dll",
        "rpcrt4.dll",
        "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\uxtheme.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
    ]
}

Generic

[
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        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b5b5fd0e109a53795669ddf6728e6a96f309b11a9508d47c5b44d770e07b10f7.bin",
        "process_name": "b5b5fd0e109a53795669ddf6728e6a96f309b11a9508d47c5b44d770e07b10f7.bin",
        "pid": 2816,
        "summary": {
            "file_recreated": [
                "\\??\\hid#vid_80ee&pid_0021#6&e993e07&0&0000#{4d1e55b2-f16f-11cf-88cb-001111000030}",
                "\\??\\C:"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Faronics\\Deep Freeze"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\crypt32\\DebugHeapFlags",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\UseOldHostResolutionOrder",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Lsa\\AccessProviders\\MartaExtension",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\UseHostnameAsAlias",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\LdapClientIntegrity"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "ntmarta.dll",
                "kernel32",
                "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
                "CFGMGR32.dll",
                "kernel32.dll",
                "WINTRUST.dll",
                "dwmapi.dll",
                "rpcrt4.dll",
                "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\uxtheme.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1601794387.578125,
        "ppid": 2448
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1601794387.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Checks if process is being debugged by a debugger",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "system",
                    "status": 0,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "last_error": 0,
                    "nt_status": -1073741822,
                    "api": "IsDebuggerPresent",
                    "return_value": 0,
                    "arguments": {},
                    "time": 1601794387.703125,
                    "tid": 2420,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2816,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 98
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "checks_debugger"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\_HG\\DeepFreezeWindowsXE10\\Deep Freeze 8\\Sources\\DFLocker\\x64\\Release\\DFLocker64.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Checks amount of memory in system, this can be used to detect virtual machines that have a low amount of memory available",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "system",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "GlobalMemoryStatusEx",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {},
                    "time": 1601794387.719125,
                    "tid": 2588,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2816,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 147
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "antivm_memory_available"
    },
    {
        "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": ".gfids",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

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": 3.078434944152832,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 5226,
            "time": 9.08017897605896,
            "dport": 138,
            "sport": 138
        },
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            "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",
            "offset": 7398,
            "time": 1.0398049354553223,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
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            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7726,
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
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        {
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            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
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            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
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            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 36504,
            "time": 3.110489845275879,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "d0f6ed4ac35b199b236bbf783dbf8135bd78ab395f22d5e32358ae956c07e1f3",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "277b581b6c395b8dbaf76e37572036561707ed681d79e4a3fd7e69b0408bdc27",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	23e5d27d50b24980e6223043457f74fb
SHA256	b5b5fd0e109a53795669ddf6728e6a96f309b11a9508d47c5b44d770e07b10f7

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to dflocker64.exe:

dflocker64.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

dflocker64.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.

Deep Freeze Show Message Helper has stopped working.

End Program - dflocker64.exe. This program is not responding.

dflocker64.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

dflocker64.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What is DFLocker64.exe?

Vendor and version information [?]

Digital signatures [?]

VirusTotal report

Sandbox Report

Summary

Summary

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Signatures

Yara

Network

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Hashes [?]

Error Messages

What will you do with DFLocker64.exe?

Malware or legitimate?

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