What is InstallWatch.exe?
InstallWatch.exe is part of InstallWatch Pro and developed by Epsilon Squared, Inc. according to the InstallWatch.exe version information.
InstallWatch.exe's description is "InstallWatch Pro"
InstallWatch.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Epsilon Squared\InstallWatch Pro\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected InstallWatch.exe.
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Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on InstallWatch.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | InstallWatch Pro |
| Company name | Epsilon Squared, Inc. |
| File description | InstallWatch Pro |
| Internal name | InstallWatch Pro |
| Legal copyright | Copyright © 1997-2000 Gavin Stark |
| Product version | 2.5c |
| File version | 2.5c |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | InstallWatch Pro |
| Company name | Epsilon Squared, Inc. |
| File description | InstallWatch Pro |
| Internal name | InstallWatch Pro |
| Legal copyright | Copyright © 1997-2000 Gavin Stark |
| Product version | 2.5c |
| File version | 2.5c |
VirusTotal report
2 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the InstallWatch.exe file. That's a 3% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| APEX | Malicious |
| Cybereason | malicious.ea5291 |
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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"file_opened": [
"C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e8bd188e6da7858226d769ef30a4335dd6f4db93785bf730d935e59c9543aad3.bin"
],
"regkey_opened": [
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\software",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\ProfileList\\S-1-5-21-699399860-4089948139-3198924279-1001",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Directories",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\SnapshotSelection",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Settings",
"HKEY_USERS\\.DEFAULT\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug"
],
"regkey_read": [
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\ProfileList\\S-1-5-21-699399860-4089948139-3198924279-1001\\ProfileImagePath",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Settings\\LanguageDLL",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\SnapshotSelection\\INCLUDEVERSION",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Directories\\IncludeCRC",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug\\INI",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\SnapshotSelection\\CONTENTEXTENSIONS",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Directories\\AllFixedDisks",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\SnapshotSelection\\SCANINI",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\SnapshotSelection\\SCANFILES",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug\\Generic",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug\\Help",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Settings\\FilePatternToIgnore_00",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug\\File",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug\\EXE",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug\\Setup",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug\\Reg",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\SnapshotSelection\\REGISTRYTOSCAN",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
],
"dll_loaded": [
"comdlg32.dll",
"OLEPRO32.DLL",
"kernel32",
"VERSION.dll",
"OLEAUT32.dll",
"oledlg.dll",
"GDI32.dll",
"VDMDBG.DLL",
"SHELL32.dll",
"KERNEL32.dll",
"API-MS-Win-Security-SDDL-L1-1-0.dll",
"WINSPOOL.DRV",
"PSAPI.DLL",
"ADVAPI32.dll",
"RPCRT4.dll",
"ole32.dll",
"resenu.dll",
"skipit.dll",
"USER32.dll",
"COMCTL32.dll"
]
}Generic
[
{
"process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e8bd188e6da7858226d769ef30a4335dd6f4db93785bf730d935e59c9543aad3.bin",
"process_name": "e8bd188e6da7858226d769ef30a4335dd6f4db93785bf730d935e59c9543aad3.bin",
"pid": 2800,
"summary": {
"file_opened": [
"C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e8bd188e6da7858226d769ef30a4335dd6f4db93785bf730d935e59c9543aad3.bin"
],
"regkey_opened": [
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\software",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\ProfileList\\S-1-5-21-699399860-4089948139-3198924279-1001",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Directories",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\SnapshotSelection",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Settings",
"HKEY_USERS\\.DEFAULT\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug"
],
"regkey_read": [
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\ProfileList\\S-1-5-21-699399860-4089948139-3198924279-1001\\ProfileImagePath",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Settings\\LanguageDLL",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\SnapshotSelection\\INCLUDEVERSION",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Directories\\IncludeCRC",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug\\INI",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\SnapshotSelection\\CONTENTEXTENSIONS",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Directories\\AllFixedDisks",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\SnapshotSelection\\SCANINI",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\SnapshotSelection\\SCANFILES",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug\\Generic",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug\\Help",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Settings\\FilePatternToIgnore_00",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug\\File",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug\\EXE",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug\\Setup",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\Debug\\Reg",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Epsilon Squared\\IW Engine\\SnapshotSelection\\REGISTRYTOSCAN",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
],
"dll_loaded": [
"comdlg32.dll",
"OLEPRO32.DLL",
"kernel32",
"VERSION.dll",
"OLEAUT32.dll",
"oledlg.dll",
"GDI32.dll",
"VDMDBG.DLL",
"SHELL32.dll",
"KERNEL32.dll",
"API-MS-Win-Security-SDDL-L1-1-0.dll",
"WINSPOOL.DRV",
"PSAPI.DLL",
"ADVAPI32.dll",
"RPCRT4.dll",
"ole32.dll",
"resenu.dll",
"skipit.dll",
"USER32.dll",
"COMCTL32.dll"
]
},
"first_seen": 1606337586.6875,
"ppid": 2924
},
{
"process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
"process_name": "lsass.exe",
"pid": 476,
"summary": {},
"first_seen": 1606337586.34375,
"ppid": 376
}
]Signatures
[
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"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": ".neolit",
"type": "ioc",
"description": null
}
],
"references": [],
"name": "pe_features"
},
{
"markcount": 1,
"families": [],
"description": "The executable uses a known packer",
"severity": 1,
"marks": [
{
"category": "packer",
"ioc": "NeoLite v2.0",
"type": "ioc",
"description": null
}
],
"references": [],
"name": "peid_packer"
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{
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"families": [],
"description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
"severity": 1,
"marks": [
{
"category": "resource name",
"ioc": "AVI",
"type": "ioc",
"description": null
}
],
"references": [],
"name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
},
{
"markcount": 1,
"families": [],
"description": "Allocates read-write-execute memory (usually to unpack itself)",
"severity": 2,
"marks": [
{
"call": {
"category": "process",
"status": 1,
"stacktrace": [],
"api": "NtProtectVirtualMemory",
"return_value": 0,
"arguments": {
"process_identifier": 2800,
"stack_dep_bypass": 0,
"stack_pivoted": 0,
"heap_dep_bypass": 0,
"length": 4096,
"protection": 64,
"process_handle": "0xffffffff",
"base_address": "0x74c41000"
},
"time": 1606337586.8755,
"tid": 2816,
"flags": {
"protection": "PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE"
}
},
"pid": 2800,
"type": "call",
"cid": 737
}
],
"references": [],
"name": "allocates_rwx"
},
{
"markcount": 4,
"families": [],
"description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
"severity": 2,
"marks": [
{
"entropy": 7.96827177870255,
"section": {
"size_of_data": "0x000d5000",
"virtual_address": "0x00001000",
"entropy": 7.96827177870255,
"name": ".text",
"virtual_size": "0x000d5000"
},
"type": "generic",
"description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
},
{
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"section": {
"size_of_data": "0x00034000",
"virtual_address": "0x000d6000",
"entropy": 7.86187302575225,
"name": ".rdata",
"virtual_size": "0x00034000"
},
"type": "generic",
"description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
},
{
"entropy": 7.521397800845697,
"section": {
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"virtual_address": "0x00136000",
"entropy": 7.521397800845697,
"name": ".reloc",
"virtual_size": "0x00016000"
},
"type": "generic",
"description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
},
{
"entropy": 0.9605030509227939,
"type": "generic",
"description": "Overall entropy of this PE file is high"
}
],
"references": [
"http:\/\/www.forensickb.com\/2013\/03\/file-entropy-explained.html",
"http:\/\/virii.es\/U\/Using%20Entropy%20Analysis%20to%20Find%20Encrypted%20and%20Packed%20Malware.pdf"
],
"name": "packer_entropy"
},
{
"markcount": 2,
"families": [],
"description": "Checks for the Locally Unique Identifier on the system for a suspicious privilege",
"severity": 2,
"marks": [
{
"call": {
"category": "system",
"status": 1,
"stacktrace": [],
"api": "LookupPrivilegeValueW",
"return_value": 1,
"arguments": {
"system_name": "",
"privilege_name": "SeRestorePrivilege"
},
"time": 1606337588.5785,
"tid": 2816,
"flags": {}
},
"pid": 2800,
"type": "call",
"cid": 927
},
{
"call": {
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"status": 1,
"stacktrace": [],
"api": "LookupPrivilegeValueW",
"return_value": 1,
"arguments": {
"system_name": "",
"privilege_name": "SeBackupPrivilege"
},
"time": 1606337588.5785,
"tid": 2816,
"flags": {}
},
"pid": 2800,
"type": "call",
"cid": 928
}
],
"references": [],
"name": "privilege_luid_check"
}
]Yara
The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.
Network
{
"tls": [],
"udp": [
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"src": "192.168.56.101",
"dst": "192.168.56.255",
"offset": 662,
"time": 6.212092876434326,
"dport": 137,
"sport": 137
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"dst": "224.0.0.252",
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"time": 6.174622058868408,
"dport": 5355,
"sport": 51001
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"sport": 1900
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"dport": 3702,
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"dport": 1900,
"sport": 53598
}
],
"dns_servers": [],
"http": [],
"icmp": [],
"smtp": [],
"tcp": [],
"smtp_ex": [],
"mitm": [],
"hosts": [],
"pcap_sha256": "a69931645f0123fdacd4313b5b5f90992c32beb16c62b014a090054739d3eed2",
"dns": [],
"http_ex": [],
"domains": [],
"dead_hosts": [],
"sorted_pcap_sha256": "fedee843e17c49156c67d0d7f796d48efd07faae2ff31971c72c08dddf895558",
"irc": [],
"https_ex": []
}Screenshots
InstallWatch.exe removal instructions
The instructions below shows how to remove InstallWatch.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the InstallWatch.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that InstallWatch.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
- Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
- Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
- When the scan is finished, locate InstallWatch.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the InstallWatch.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 InstallWatch.exe in the scan result.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Epsilon Squared\InstallWatch Pro\InstallWatch.exe 
- Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the InstallWatch.exe file.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If InstallWatch.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If InstallWatch.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
- If InstallWatch.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that InstallWatch.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | c067a5a0a4040ec8da5a53df6a0e7ff1 |
| SHA256 | e8bd188e6da7858226d769ef30a4335dd6f4db93785bf730d935e59c9543aad3 |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to installwatch.exe:
installwatch.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
installwatch.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.
InstallWatch Pro has stopped working.
End Program - installwatch.exe. This program is not responding.
installwatch.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
installwatch.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
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