What is SogouCloud.exe?

SogouCloud.exe is part of 搜狗输入法 and developed by Sogou.com Inc. according to the SogouCloud.exe version information.

SogouCloud.exe's description is "搜狗输入法云计算代理"

SogouCloud.exe is digitally signed by Beijing Sogou Technology Development Co., Ltd..

SogouCloud.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\SogouInput\9.4.0.3336\' folder.

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

Property	Value
Product name	搜狗输入法
Company name	Sogou.com Inc.
File description	搜狗输入法云计算代理
Internal name	SogouPY SogouCloud
Original filename	sogouCloud.exe
Legal copyright	? 2019 Sogou.com Inc. All rights reserved.
Product version	9.4.0.3336
File version	9.4.0.3336

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

Product name	搜狗输入法
Company name	Sogou.com Inc.
File description	搜狗输入法云计算代理
Internal name	SogouPY SogouCloud
Original filename	sogouCloud.exe
Legal copyright	? 2019 Sogou.com Inc. All rights res..
Product version	9.4.0.3336
File version	9.4.0.3336

Digital signatures [?]

SogouCloud.exe has a valid digital signature.

Property	Value
Signer name	Beijing Sogou Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Certificate issuer name	GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G3
Certificate serial number	7e912a52bd67d4ad21499c35

VirusTotal report

2 of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the SogouCloud.exe file. That's a 3% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Shelma
Jiangmin	Trojan.Shelma.doo

2 of the 69 anti-virus programs detected the SogouCloud.exe 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:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\LocalLow"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\LSA\\AccessProviders",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\Rpc",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SoftWare\\SogouInput",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\LDAP",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\SogouInput",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Rpc",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\SogouInput"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\UseHostnameAsAlias",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\UseOldHostResolutionOrder",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\SogouInput\\excludetime",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Lsa\\AccessProviders\\MartaExtension",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Windows Error Reporting\\WMR\\Disable",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\SogouInput\\guardpingbacktime",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\LdapClientIntegrity",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\SogouInput\\resisttime"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "ntmarta.dll",
        "kernel32",
        "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
        "api-ms-win-appmodel-runtime-l1-1-1",
        "ext-ms-win-kernel32-package-current-l1-1-0",
        "rpcrt4.dll",
        "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0"
    ]
}

Generic

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        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1571853186.5625,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\71689aa2c669085c7d72f04f1b76d70a81288b2e49eee2f193724c766670f196.bin",
        "process_name": "71689aa2c669085c7d72f04f1b76d70a81288b2e49eee2f193724c766670f196.bin",
        "pid": 2460,
        "summary": {
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                "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
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            "file_exists": [
                "",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\LocalLow"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\LSA\\AccessProviders",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\Rpc",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SoftWare\\SogouInput",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\LDAP",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\SogouInput",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Rpc",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\SogouInput"
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            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\UseHostnameAsAlias",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\UseOldHostResolutionOrder",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\SogouInput\\excludetime",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Lsa\\AccessProviders\\MartaExtension",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Windows Error Reporting\\WMR\\Disable",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\SogouInput\\guardpingbacktime",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\LDAP\\LdapClientIntegrity",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\SogouInput\\resisttime"
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            "dll_loaded": [
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                "kernel32",
                "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
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                "api-ms-win-appmodel-runtime-l1-1-1",
                "ext-ms-win-kernel32-package-current-l1-1-0",
                "rpcrt4.dll",
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        },
        "first_seen": 1571853186.8594,
        "ppid": 2740
    }
]

Signatures

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        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "E:\\project\\sogouime\\branch\\PinyinDev_R_9_4_ARM\\Bin\\SogouPdb\\SogouInput\\SogouCloud.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Checks amount of memory in system, this can be used to detect virtual machines that have a low amount of memory available",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
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                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "GlobalMemoryStatusEx",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {},
                    "time": 1571853186.9524,
                    "tid": 2888,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2460,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 131
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "antivm_memory_available"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 10,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
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            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0017ca60",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000368"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
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                "name": "RT_GROUP_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
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                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000308"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "origin_langid"
    }
]

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": 3.0786421298981,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
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        },
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    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "e190e6435dcc16c5d3d1f432d6692f3d231d069e4876fe77c2daee0ce8f97c9a",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "16021593d03d2936d8a1c0f31e648c067509ded64a05646ecb1f22540ab99779",
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}

Screenshots

SogouCloud.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove SogouCloud.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the SogouCloud.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that SogouCloud.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 SogouCloud.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the SogouCloud.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 SogouCloud.exe in the scan result.

C:\Program Files (x86)\SogouInput\9.4.0.3336\SogouCloud.exe
Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the SogouCloud.exe file.
Restart your computer.
Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If SogouCloud.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If SogouCloud.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
If SogouCloud.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 SogouCloud.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

Free Questionnaires

Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	f8751e579475cdbeb19be1bffffdbebc
SHA256	71689aa2c669085c7d72f04f1b76d70a81288b2e49eee2f193724c766670f196

Error Messages

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

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

sogoucloud.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.

搜狗输入法云计算代理 has stopped working.

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

sogoucloud.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with SogouCloud.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with SogouCloud.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

			Votes
Keep	0 %		0
Remove	100 %		1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with SogouCloud.exe. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

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What is SogouCloud.exe?

Vendor and version information [?]

Digital signatures [?]

VirusTotal report

Sandbox Report

Summary

Summary

Generic

Signatures

Yara

Network

Screenshots

SogouCloud.exe removal instructions

Hashes [?]

Error Messages

What will you do with SogouCloud.exe?

What did other users do?

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