What is E_FPRELFE.EXE?

E_FPRELFE.EXE is part of Epson Color Printing System and developed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION according to the E_FPRELFE.EXE version information.

E_FPRELFE.EXE's description is "Epson Preview EXE"

E_FPRELFE.EXE is digitally signed by SEIKO EPSON Corporation.

E_FPRELFE.EXE is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about E_FPRELFE.EXE.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on E_FPRELFE.EXE:

PropertyValue
Product nameEpson Color Printing System
Company nameSEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
File descriptionEpson Preview EXE
Internal nameE_DPPE08.EXE
Original filenameE_DPPE08.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2011-2012
Legal trademarkEPSON is a registered trademark of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Product version0.1.1.0
File version0.1.1.0

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

Product nameEpson Color Printing System
Company nameSEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
File descriptionEpson Preview EXE
Internal nameE_DPPE08.EXE
Original filenameE_DPPE08.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIO..
Legal trademarkEPSON is a registered trademark of S..
Product version0.1.1.0
File version0.1.1.0

Digital signatures [?]

E_FPRELFE.EXE has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameSEIKO EPSON Corporation
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number0150b1d803f9f70294a501581db63264

VirusTotal report

None of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the E_FPRELFE.EXE file.

None of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the E_FPRELFE.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:\\Windows\\"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Comdlg32",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Network"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\9d31360af092e55017ffb3c542a80a4a10e1967abd084ba8a76ecaaefa6bc197.bin",
        "process_name": "9d31360af092e55017ffb3c542a80a4a10e1967abd084ba8a76ecaaefa6bc197.bin",
        "pid": 2740,
        "summary": {
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Windows\\"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Comdlg32",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Network"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1589331189.765625,
        "ppid": 2456
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1589331189.3125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

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Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1262,
            "time": 3.0617330074310303,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1426,
            "time": 1.0878219604492188,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1754,
            "time": 1.5311310291290283,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2082,
            "time": -0.038290977478027344,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 2410,
            "time": 1.607327938079834,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 5738,
            "time": 1.1083259582519531,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "aeb428b9a8ab69b40dbfe97dda3d268cf61c5015c37e7f60051a6c25b0dfe04d",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "25b87b3225002cbd18cbe16a457635ad06d930a3f6978e5dcc13f8f0cdd5843a",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD573de3dab5f19e443efc0d34a11beba30
SHA2569d31360af092e55017ffb3c542a80a4a10e1967abd084ba8a76ecaaefa6bc197

Error Messages

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

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

e_fprelfe.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.

Epson Preview EXE has stopped working.

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

e_fprelfe.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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