What is FencesMenu64.dll?

FencesMenu64.dll is part of Fences and developed by Stardock according to the FencesMenu64.dll version information.

FencesMenu64.dll's description is "Stardock Fences Shell Extension"

FencesMenu64.dll is digitally signed by Stardock Corporation.

FencesMenu64.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Fences\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about FencesMenu64.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on FencesMenu64.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameFences
Company nameStardock
File descriptionStardock Fences Shell Extension
Internal nameFences
Original filenameFencesMenu.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2008-2017 Stardock Corporation
Product version3.0.9.11
File version3.0.9.11

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

Product nameFences
Company nameStardock
File descriptionStardock Fences Shell Extension
Internal nameFences
Original filenameFencesMenu.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2008-2017 Stardock Cor..
Product version3.0.9.11
File version3.0.9.11

Digital signatures [?]

FencesMenu64.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameStardock Corporation
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number5289e37a80c2a8a68b8d964e153aae38

VirusTotal report

None of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the FencesMenu64.dll file.

None of the 69 anti-virus programs detected the FencesMenu64.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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        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll"
    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll,DllMain"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll.manifest",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll"
    ],
    "file_read": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorSystemHeapIsPrivate",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorUseSystemHeap"
    ]
}

Generic

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        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2816,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll"
            ],
            "command_line": [
                "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll,DllMain"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll.manifest",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll"
            ],
            "file_read": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1571115185.8281,
        "ppid": 2016
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1571115185.5625,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2588,
        "summary": {
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll.manifest",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorSystemHeapIsPrivate",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorUseSystemHeap"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "ole32.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1571115186.0156,
        "ppid": 2816
    }
]

Signatures

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        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\ProgrammingNew\\DesktopDock\\Release\\FencesMenu64.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "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": ".SHAREDM",
                "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": "PNG",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "REGISTRY",
                "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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    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
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            "dport": 137,
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        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5694,
            "time": 6.1489980220795,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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        },
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            "dport": 5355,
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        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "time": 4.794429063797,
            "dport": 5355,
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        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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            "dport": 5355,
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        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 7334,
            "time": 4.2033259868622,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
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            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 22410,
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            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
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            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
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    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "5ce52d4dcd5c205686e1a0c623d12202f654bf7c731da561283f2676ce1b9e7a",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "1090b1cec5814c469ce14f2793021ec38b62f0119947ea0bc4422783759c0d66",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Folder name variants

FencesMenu64.dll may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Fences\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named FencesMenu64.dll

FencesMenu64.dll (14 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD562ce3c3debd7f5685b5c67a8f5e81062
SHA256353365c296dc85a1f5f3eea9c487dfdf3fa74df87eb732b3bfcae2909461f75e

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What did other users do?

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Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
3

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