What is IDProtect Monitor.exe?

IDProtect Monitor.exe is part of IDProtect Client and developed by Athena Smartcard Solutions according to the IDProtect Monitor.exe version information.

IDProtect Monitor.exe's description is "IDProtect Monitor"

IDProtect Monitor.exe is digitally signed by Athena Smartcard Solutions.

IDProtect Monitor.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Athena\IDProtect Client\Utils\' folder.

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

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on IDProtect Monitor.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameIDProtect Client
Company nameAthena Smartcard Solutions
File descriptionIDProtect Monitor
Internal nameIDProtect Monitor.exe
Original filenameIDProtect Monitor.exe
Legal copyrightAthena-scs (c). All rights reserved.
Product version6, 0, 0, 6
File version6, 0, 0, 6

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

Product nameIDProtect Client
Company nameAthena Smartcard Solutions
File descriptionIDProtect Monitor
Internal nameIDProtect Monitor.exe
Original filenameIDProtect Monitor.exe
Legal copyrightAthena-scs (c). All rights reserved.
Product version6, 0, 0, 6
File version6, 0, 0, 6

Digital signatures [?]

IDProtect Monitor.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAthena Smartcard Solutions
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number3274c2dedf3e1dc4d2d766543c6c0342

VirusTotal report

2 of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the IDProtect Monitor.exe file. That's a 3% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Qihoo-360 Trojan.Generic
Zillya Adware.OutBrowseCRTD.Win32.10608
2 of the 73 anti-virus programs detected the IDProtect Monitor.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\IDPClientDB.xml"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Athena Smartcard Solutions\\IDProtect Client\\",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Athena Smartcard Solutions\\IDProtect Client",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Athena Smartcard Solutions\\IDProtect Client\\",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Athena Smartcard Solutions"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run\\IDProtect Monitor",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Athena Smartcard Solutions\\IDProtect Client\\TraceLogFilenameServ",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Athena Smartcard Solutions\\IDProtect Client\\monS"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "dwmapi.dll",
        "Shell32.dll",
        "asepkcs.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\uxtheme.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\f3b2c49ea145adaf5ed05481c363f70397649cd0b018d8cacddd79d04c996aae.bin",
        "process_name": "f3b2c49ea145adaf5ed05481c363f70397649cd0b018d8cacddd79d04c996aae.bin",
        "pid": 2816,
        "summary": {
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\IDPClientDB.xml"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Athena Smartcard Solutions\\IDProtect Client\\",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Athena Smartcard Solutions\\IDProtect Client",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Athena Smartcard Solutions\\IDProtect Client\\",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Athena Smartcard Solutions"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run\\IDProtect Monitor",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Athena Smartcard Solutions\\IDProtect Client\\TraceLogFilenameServ",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Athena Smartcard Solutions\\IDProtect Client\\monS"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "dwmapi.dll",
                "Shell32.dll",
                "asepkcs.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\uxtheme.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1594785186.6875,
        "ppid": 2016
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1594785186.34375,
        "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": -1073741772,
                    "api": "IsDebuggerPresent",
                    "return_value": 0,
                    "arguments": {},
                    "time": 1594785186.8125,
                    "tid": 2420,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2816,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 110
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "checks_debugger"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "c:\\build\\ver6\\aseServiceTray\\Release\\Ita\\Ita\\IDProtect Monitor.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.149142026901245,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4434,
            "time": 6.099170923233032,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "time": 4.133427858352661,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "dport": 5355,
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        },
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            "time": 4.637839078903198,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "offset": 5746,
            "time": 2.971642017364502,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
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            "time": 4.648722887039185,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
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            "dport": 3702,
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        },
        {
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            "offset": 18948,
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            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "118026f4827ba3ba95e3571cdf82231aaf42850039d85b73fecdfe653dd94aa1",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "5f82452b1e55a38c756ae446473de3318f2afbb44b7de3d021db5ddbf4ee6d2d",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

IDProtect Monitor.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove IDProtect Monitor.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the IDProtect Monitor.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that IDProtect Monitor.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 IDProtect Monitor.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the IDProtect Monitor.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 IDProtect Monitor.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Athena\IDProtect Client\Utils\IDProtect Monitor.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the IDProtect Monitor.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If IDProtect Monitor.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If IDProtect Monitor.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If IDProtect Monitor.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 IDProtect Monitor.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
MD5e601ba57afe97612328e884a530c5c20
SHA256f3b2c49ea145adaf5ed05481c363f70397649cd0b018d8cacddd79d04c996aae

Error Messages

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

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

idprotect monitor.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.

IDProtect Monitor has stopped working.

End Program - idprotect monitor.exe. This program is not responding.

idprotect monitor.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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