What is TIM.exe?

TIM.exe is part of TIM and developed by Tencent according to the TIM.exe version information.

TIM.exe's description is "TIM"

TIM.exe is digitally signed by Tencent Technology(Shenzhen) Company Limited.

TIM.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Tencent\TIM\Bin\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about TIM.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on TIM.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameTIM
Company nameTencent
File descriptionTIM
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 1999-2020 Tencent. All Rights Reserved
Product version3.1.0.21789
File version3.1.0.21789

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

Product nameTIM
Company nameTencent
File descriptionTIM
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 1999-2020 Tencent. All..
Product version3.1.0.21789
File version3.1.0.21789

Digital signatures [?]

TIM.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameTencent Technology(Shenzhen) Company Limited
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number01ea62e443cb2250c870ff6bb13ba98e

VirusTotal report

None of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the TIM.exe file.

None of the 67 anti-virus programs detected the TIM.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1599281585.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\devops\\workspace\\p-d56d7fb819f74dcfaf47b14cd8bd738d\\Output\\BinFinal\\TIM.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "RT_VERSION",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0000ef74",
                "filetype": "MS Windows COFF Motorola 68000 object file",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000268"
            }
        ],
        "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": 662,
            "time": 6.22639799118042,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4434,
            "time": 6.187233924865723,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4762,
            "time": 4.194515943527222,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5090,
            "time": 6.199959993362427,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5418,
            "time": 4.709680080413818,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5746,
            "time": 3.062851905822754,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6074,
            "time": 4.25853705406189,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 17922,
            "time": 4.215698957443237,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 22114,
            "time": 6.241741895675659,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "56425b942480679220cfa84d2e55c460a0d9f25ecc7fa34900d628c396845cd4",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "9ec43f70c57e9da0ea8d8c6a7f6beddac367aad690379f09713cdaa74c7733b3",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

TCP/UDP Listening Ports [?]

TIM.exe has been reported to listen on the following TCP/UDP ports.

PortProtocol# Occurrences
4301TCP v41

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5df3fffb2fb38bfdcf3bf2212a9581064
SHA256d453b4aa9b41b8148050e08d78ebc8dc94dece9378094694f846c5d1b1f20b5a

Error Messages

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

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

tim.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.

TIM has stopped working.

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

tim.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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