What is HeadlineGraceEAH.exe?

HeadlineGraceEAH.exe is part of HeadlineGrace and developed by HeadlineGrace. according to the HeadlineGraceEAH.exe version information.

HeadlineGraceEAH.exe's description is "HeadlineGrace"

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on HeadlineGraceEAH.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameHeadlineGrace
Company nameHeadlineGrace.
File descriptionHeadlineGrace
Internal nameheadlinegrace.exe
Original filenameheadlinegrace.exe
Legal copyrightHeadlineGrace. 2019
Product version1.0.2.8
File version1.0.2.8

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

Product nameHeadlineGrace
Company nameHeadlineGrace.
File descriptionHeadlineGrace
Internal nameheadlinegrace.exe
Original filenameheadlinegrace.exe
Legal copyrightHeadlineGrace. 2019
Product version1.0.2.8
File version1.0.2.8

Digital signatures [?]

The verification of HeadlineGraceEAH.exe's digital signature failed.

PropertyValue
Signer nameNavySay
Certificate issuer nameNavySay
Certificate serial number533f2e3cab0a26a5423a5e58733c4e73

VirusTotal report

7 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the HeadlineGraceEAH.exe file. That's a 10% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Acronis suspicious
Avira HEUR/AGEN.1038935
Cybereason malicious.fed5b9
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win64/Adware.OpenSUpdater.A
FireEye Generic.mg.419d4accf6a6c447
Trapmine malicious.high.ml.score
7 of the 67 anti-virus programs detected the HeadlineGraceEAH.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
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        "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
        "api-ms-win-appmodel-runtime-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0",
        "ext-ms-win-kernel32-package-current-l1-1-0"
    ]
}

Generic

[
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        "process_name": "5ca61d9be79b3a4d2d601133e490d8dd9bd1f2e3ead6beb30997dcd006534a21.bin",
        "pid": 2740,
        "summary": {
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                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
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        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1585961585.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

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]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
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    "pcap_sha256": "353c04b109f95b6e3aedc24bd1073e8a55f76a079a375ee7cf8233d154b5523d",
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Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

HeadlineGraceEAH.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove HeadlineGraceEAH.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the HeadlineGraceEAH.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that HeadlineGraceEAH.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate HeadlineGraceEAH.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the HeadlineGraceEAH.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate HeadlineGraceEAH.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\HeadlineGraceEAH\HeadlineGraceEAH.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the HeadlineGraceEAH.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If HeadlineGraceEAH.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If HeadlineGraceEAH.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If HeadlineGraceEAH.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that HeadlineGraceEAH.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5419d4accf6a6c4479135ddc15da8bde1
SHA2565ca61d9be79b3a4d2d601133e490d8dd9bd1f2e3ead6beb30997dcd006534a21

Error Messages

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

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

headlinegraceeah.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.

HeadlineGrace has stopped working.

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

headlinegraceeah.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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