What is apowermanager-installer.exe?

apowermanager-installer.exe is part of Apowersoft Installer and developed by Apowersoft according to the apowermanager-installer.exe version information.

apowermanager-installer.exe's description is "Apowersoft Installer"

apowermanager-installer.exe is digitally signed by Apowersoft Ltd.

apowermanager-installer.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on apowermanager-installer.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameApowersoft Installer
Company nameApowersoft
File descriptionApowersoft Installer
Internal nameApowersoft Installer.exe
Original filenameApowersoft Installer.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2019 Apowersoft Ltd.
Product version1.0.5.1
File version1.0.5.1

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

Product nameApowersoft Installer
Company nameApowersoft
File descriptionApowersoft Installer
Internal nameApowersoft Installer.exe
Original filenameApowersoft Installer.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2019 Apowersoft Ltd.
Product version1.0.5.1
File version1.0.5.1

Digital signatures [?]

apowermanager-installer.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameApowersoft Ltd
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2)
Certificate serial number0b482848f8422a53e2c69b230f1870d8

VirusTotal report

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

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the apowermanager-installer.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\DirectDraw\\GammaCalibrator",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Rpc",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\Rpc"
    ],
    "mutex": [
        "Local\\__DDrawExclMode__",
        "Local\\__DDrawCheckExclMode__"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Direct3D\\UseVSConverter",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Direct3D\\LoadDebugRuntime",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Direct3D\\Drivers\\SoftwareOnly",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Direct3D\\ForceDriverFlagsOff",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Direct3D\\UsePSConverter",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\secur32.dll",
        "dwmapi.dll",
        "rpcrt4.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b3700ca5249d0100c90b7cbb0f8529362f25a99d0bb49ca482b435c9089bf9b3.bin",
        "process_name": "b3700ca5249d0100c90b7cbb0f8529362f25a99d0bb49ca482b435c9089bf9b3.bin",
        "pid": 2800,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\DirectDraw\\GammaCalibrator",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Rpc",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\Rpc"
            ],
            "mutex": [
                "Local\\__DDrawExclMode__",
                "Local\\__DDrawCheckExclMode__"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Direct3D\\UseVSConverter",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Direct3D\\LoadDebugRuntime",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Direct3D\\Drivers\\SoftwareOnly",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Direct3D\\ForceDriverFlagsOff",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Direct3D\\UsePSConverter",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\secur32.dll",
                "dwmapi.dll",
                "rpcrt4.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1568886787.8281,
        "ppid": 2924
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1568886787.5469,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "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": {
                    "category": "system",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "GlobalMemoryStatusEx",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {},
                    "time": 1568886787.9371,
                    "tid": 2816,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2800,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 122
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "antivm_memory_available"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "IMG",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 13,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "IMG",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0013f5ac",
                "filetype": "PNG image data, 50 x 50, 8-bit\/color RGBA, non-interlaced",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000ec8"
            },
            {
                "name": "IMG",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0013f5ac",
                "filetype": "PNG image data, 50 x 50, 8-bit\/color RGBA, non-interlaced",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000ec8"
            },
            {
                "name": "IMG",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0013f5ac",
                "filetype": "PNG image data, 50 x 50, 8-bit\/color RGBA, non-interlaced",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000ec8"
            },
            {
                "name": "IMG",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0013f5ac",
                "filetype": "PNG image data, 50 x 50, 8-bit\/color RGBA, non-interlaced",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000ec8"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00151b1c",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00151b1c",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00151b1c",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00151b1c",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00151b1c",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00151b1c",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ACCELERATOR",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00151f84",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000008"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_GROUP_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00151f8c",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 6 icons, 96x96",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000005a"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_VERSION",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00151fe8",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000334"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "origin_langid"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 6.8861448638466,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x00028000",
                    "virtual_address": "0x0012b000",
                    "entropy": 6.8861448638466,
                    "name": ".rsrc",
                    "virtual_size": "0x00027eb8"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            }
        ],
        "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": 662,
            "time": 6.2191870212555,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3246,
            "time": 6.1748821735382,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3574,
            "time": 4.1639142036438,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3902,
            "time": 6.1877729892731,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4230,
            "time": 4.7855679988861,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4558,
            "time": 3.0530600547791,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 4886,
            "time": 4.2193500995636,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 11356,
            "time": 4.1848211288452,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 15548,
            "time": 6.2653591632843,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "eb1ea1a95ae7d65cde9330f4940f5962ba327ad408e0742184e29fccea5ac258",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "0c314ce4b2ba84dfd174512079dd27b95a04c7dc8c65d48c608dd0195ec9b157",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD59532688bd1e4736b89f9929b26b53e06
SHA256b3700ca5249d0100c90b7cbb0f8529362f25a99d0bb49ca482b435c9089bf9b3

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to apowermanager-installer.exe:

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

apowermanager-installer.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.

Apowersoft Installer has stopped working.

End Program - apowermanager-installer.exe. This program is not responding.

apowermanager-installer.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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