What is E_YATIWDE.EXE?

E_YATIWDE.EXE is part of EPSON Status Monitor 3 and developed by Seiko Epson Corporation according to the E_YATIWDE.EXE version information.

E_YATIWDE.EXE's description is "EPSON Status Monitor 3"

E_YATIWDE.EXE is digitally signed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

E_YATIWDE.EXE is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\DRIVERS\x64\3\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on E_YATIWDE.EXE:

PropertyValue
Product nameEPSON Status Monitor 3
Company nameSeiko Epson Corporation
File descriptionEPSON Status Monitor 3
Internal nameE_WT90IC
Original filenameE_WT90IC.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) Seiko Epson Corporation 2019
Product version10.04
File version10.04

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

Product nameEPSON Status Monitor 3
Company nameSeiko Epson Corporation
File descriptionEPSON Status Monitor 3
Internal nameE_WT90IC
Original filenameE_WT90IC.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) Seiko Epson Corporatio..
Product version10.04
File version10.04

Digital signatures [?]

E_YATIWDE.EXE has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameSEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number7429b2cd7a4d91c3c6af13c4e14c7078

VirusTotal report

None of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the E_YATIWDE.EXE file.

None of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the E_YATIWDE.EXE file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\EPSON\\STM3"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\93e1f30058855f3e3b5994434f1c99b5c398a6714664e154e21aaa36c6182da9.bin",
        "process_name": "93e1f30058855f3e3b5994434f1c99b5c398a6714664e154e21aaa36c6182da9.bin",
        "pid": 2816,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\EPSON\\STM3"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1606431186.59375,
        "ppid": 2448
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1606431186.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "E_WT90IC.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    }
]

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": 3.0780179500579834,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2018,
            "time": 3.0375990867614746,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2346,
            "time": 1.0179529190063477,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2674,
            "time": 3.0497848987579346,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3002,
            "time": 1.5201640129089355,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3330,
            "time": -0.10166811943054199,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3658,
            "time": 1.5312309265136719,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8134,
            "time": 1.0464699268341064,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12326,
            "time": 3.1091790199279785,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "3e87ef9ff7bc11c9dd435ef67fff1afdc254160bec4818d1229b50435fba4d40",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "4a20528ff206bcec46b733d20b173975bf1ba35a0661f4460f2b9d1f34d648c7",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

Filename variants

E_YATIWDE.EXE may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5d415b952a95a6bedfe420351b017ec91
SHA25693e1f30058855f3e3b5994434f1c99b5c398a6714664e154e21aaa36c6182da9

Error Messages

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

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

e_yatiwde.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 Status Monitor 3 has stopped working.

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

e_yatiwde.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

e_yatiwde.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 E_YATIWDE.EXE. 88% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 8 users.

User vote results: There were 7 votes to remove and 1 vote to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with E_YATIWDE.EXE. Only 8 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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