What is Launcher.exe?

Launcher.exe is part of Legitware by Flizzy according to the Launcher.exe version information.

Launcher.exe's description is "LegitWare"

Launcher.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameLegitware by Flizzy
File descriptionLegitWare
Internal nameLauncher.exe
Original filenameLauncher.exe
CommentsLegitWare Loader Copy | By Flizzy
Legal copyright© Flizzy.pw 2018
Product version1.3.3.7
File version1.3.3.7

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

Product nameLegitware by Flizzy
File descriptionLegitWare
Internal nameLauncher.exe
Original filenameLauncher.exe
CommentsLegitWare Loader Copy | By Flizzy
Legal copyright© Flizzy.pw 2018
Product version1.3.3.7
File version1.3.3.7

Digital signatures [?]

Launcher.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

37 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Launcher.exe file. That's a 52% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.177366
AegisLab Trojan.Win32.Perseus.4!c
Alibaba PUA:MSIL/DllInject.ed48b0a1
ALYac Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.177366
Arcabit Trojan.MSILPerseus.D2B4D6
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
BitDefender Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.177366
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Msilperseus
ClamAV Win.Malware.Fareit-6880255-0
Comodo Malware@#2a31f5zkmuqw8
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_90% (W)
Cybereason malicious.275345
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Trojan.UKWZ-9282
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.177366 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/DllInject.XL potentially unsafe
FireEye Generic.mg.e3c27f127534559f
Fortinet PossibleThreat
GData Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.177366
Ikarus PUA.MSIL.Dllinject
Invincea heuristic
K7AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 0051c47d1 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 0051c47d1 )
MAX malware (ai score=100)
McAfee GenericRXFP-OX!E3C27F127534
McAfee-GW-Edition GenericRXFP-OX!E3C27F127534
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Occamy.C
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.177366
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.eba
Rising Trojan.Occamy!8.F1CD (CLOUD)
Sophos Generic PUA LB (PUA)
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R03FC0PAH19
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R03FC0PAH19
Yandex Riskware.Agent!
37 of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the Launcher.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "dll_loaded": [
        "ADVAPI32.dll",
        "SHLWAPI.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
        "gdi32.dll"
    ],
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\d1805892fe9f7d2856febb124cd49658601b547dbd0968c3593084fa7ee778c2.bin.config"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards\\v4.0.30319",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\d1805892fe9f7d2856febb124cd49658601b547dbd0968c3593084fa7ee778c2.bin"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR"
    ],
    "directory_enumerated": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\mscorwks.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\d1805892fe9f7d2856febb124cd49658601b547dbd0968c3593084fa7ee778c2.bin",
        "process_name": "d1805892fe9f7d2856febb124cd49658601b547dbd0968c3593084fa7ee778c2.bin",
        "pid": 2420,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "ADVAPI32.dll",
                "SHLWAPI.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
                "gdi32.dll"
            ],
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\d1805892fe9f7d2856febb124cd49658601b547dbd0968c3593084fa7ee778c2.bin.config"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards\\v4.0.30319",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\d1805892fe9f7d2856febb124cd49658601b547dbd0968c3593084fa7ee778c2.bin"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR"
            ],
            "directory_enumerated": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\mscorwks.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1575690785.609375,
        "ppid": 1268
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1575690785.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\Users\\danny\\Desktop\\SimpleLoader-master\\GitHub SimpleLoader\\obj\\Release\\Launcher.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.628579701961326,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x0002d400",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00002000",
                    "entropy": 7.628579701961326,
                    "name": ".text",
                    "virtual_size": "0x0002d25c"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            },
            {
                "entropy": 0.9258312020460358,
                "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"
    }
]

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": 3.0781939029693604,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2018,
            "time": 3.0391900539398193,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2346,
            "time": 1.0339939594268799,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2674,
            "time": 3.0512359142303467,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3002,
            "time": 1.5357089042663574,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3330,
            "time": -0.09058308601379395,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3658,
            "time": 1.5632200241088867,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6986,
            "time": 1.067336082458496,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 11178,
            "time": 3.125361919403076,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "8e479473fcc5c2e0a4ffb3c6e3f98e39bd2b0d67fc60fc009711f82189278873",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "499d7279c4c638e7c8091f7c10ed1d4cc43b41243101ed51996f78ad1902845d",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

Launcher.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Launcher.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Launcher.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Launcher.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 Launcher.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Launcher.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 Launcher.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\Launcher.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Launcher.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Launcher.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Launcher.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If Launcher.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 Launcher.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








Free Questionnaires

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Launcher.exe (201 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e3c27f127534559feee5c32134ba722f
SHA256d1805892fe9f7d2856febb124cd49658601b547dbd0968c3593084fa7ee778c2

Error Messages

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

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

launcher.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.

LegitWare has stopped working.

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

launcher.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

launcher.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 Launcher.exe. 50% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.

User vote results: There were 1 vote 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 Launcher.exe. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

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