What is ToolbarNativeMsgHost.exe?

ToolbarNativeMsgHost.exe is part of Trend Micro Titanium and developed by Trend Micro Inc. according to the ToolbarNativeMsgHost.exe version information.

ToolbarNativeMsgHost.exe's description is "Chrome Native Message Host"

ToolbarNativeMsgHost.exe is digitally signed by Trend Micro, Inc..

ToolbarNativeMsgHost.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\Titanium\UIFramework\Toolbar\chromeextension\NativeMessageHost\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ToolbarNativeMsgHost.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameTrend Micro Titanium
Company nameTrend Micro Inc.
File descriptionChrome Native Message Host
Internal nameToolbarNativeMsgHost.exe
Original filenameToolbarNativeMsgHost.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2020 Trend Micro Incorporated. All rights reserved.
Legal trademarkCopyright (C) Trend Micro Inc.
Private buildBuild 1302 - 2/13/2020
Product version16.0
File version16.0.0.1302
Special build1302

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

Product nameTrend Micro Titanium
Company nameTrend Micro Inc.
File descriptionChrome Native Message Host
Internal nameToolbarNativeMsgHost.exe
Original filenameToolbarNativeMsgHost.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2020 Trend Micro Inc..
Legal trademarkCopyright (C) Trend Micro Inc.
Private buildBuild 1302 - 2/13/2020
Product version16.0
File version16.0.0.1302
Special build1302

Digital signatures [?]

ToolbarNativeMsgHost.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameTrend Micro, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number0ea0fe4dfb74cc64bc32143103c27c8b

VirusTotal report

None of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ToolbarNativeMsgHost.exe file.

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the ToolbarNativeMsgHost.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": 1587243185.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\Titanium_16.0\\src\\build\\symbol\\Release\\Win32\\ToolbarNativeMsgHost.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "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": ".gfids",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "RT_VERSION",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x000180a0",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000004fc"
            }
        ],
        "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": 6.17162299156189,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5190,
            "time": 6.110084056854248,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5518,
            "time": 4.138669013977051,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5846,
            "time": 6.118275165557861,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6174,
            "time": 4.6428961753845215,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6502,
            "time": 2.993638038635254,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6830,
            "time": 4.6713950634002686,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16628,
            "time": 4.1746180057525635,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 25012,
            "time": 6.219865083694458,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "3f74b67cb112b8c86239661201ff3d871797cf44b77f21b9f5a2d2b2155eaa5a",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "84676f911dc251536348922106da9c94ce7d9766bb1512901055c95f1e82bbc7",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD52d8b2950119fa0973ed693eba662f14c
SHA256ad2571d85ae702d644a04ad2ec3eeb16f87aeb0135c0783b20ada5b9dd85ccf5

Error Messages

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

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

toolbarnativemsghost.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.

Chrome Native Message Host has stopped working.

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

toolbarnativemsghost.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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Stuck writes

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I have this error but my mouse on my laptop nor my wireless mouse will work. I can’t even tab to the OK button.

# 27 Feb 2024, 19:05

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