What is asusfancontrolservice.exe?

asusfancontrolservice.exe is part of ASUS Motherboard Fan Control Service and developed by ASUSTeK Computer Inc. according to the asusfancontrolservice.exe version information.

asusfancontrolservice.exe's description is "ASUS Motherboard Fan Control Service"

asusfancontrolservice.exe is digitally signed by ASUSTeK Computer Inc..

asusfancontrolservice.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files (x86)\asus\asusfancontrolservice\2.00.33\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on asusfancontrolservice.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameASUS Motherboard Fan Control Service
Company nameASUSTeK Computer Inc.
File descriptionASUS Motherboard Fan Control Service
Internal nameAsusFanControlService.exe
Original filenameAsusFanControlService.exe
Legal copyrightASUSTeK Computer Inc. All rights reserved.
Product version3.0.0.0
File version3.0.0.0

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

Product nameASUS Motherboard Fan Control Service
Company nameASUSTeK Computer Inc.
File descriptionASUS Motherboard Fan Control Service
Internal nameAsusFanControlService.exe
Original filenameAsusFanControlService.exe
Legal copyrightASUSTeK Computer Inc. All rights re..
Product version3.0.0.0
File version3.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

asusfancontrolservice.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number081666295845159f57ae88f441bf237e

VirusTotal report

None of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the asusfancontrolservice.exe file.

None of the 73 anti-virus programs detected the asusfancontrolservice.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\\Classes\\AppID\\{BEBCB884-9C21-4117-B30B-CED03A72B50F}",
        "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\AppID",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\COM3",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\atkexCom.axdata"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\COM3\\Com+Enabled"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "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",
        "CLBCatQ.DLL",
        "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1576907585.515625,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\60ab0eb5b84ff16a63941036058265602e2e9d00e9ac327cc68a9e7083bc8788.bin",
        "process_name": "60ab0eb5b84ff16a63941036058265602e2e9d00e9ac327cc68a9e7083bc8788.bin",
        "pid": 2436,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\AppID\\{BEBCB884-9C21-4117-B30B-CED03A72B50F}",
                "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\AppID",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\COM3",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\atkexCom.axdata"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\COM3\\Com+Enabled"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "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",
                "CLBCatQ.DLL",
                "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1576907585.78125,
        "ppid": 2736
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\2017\\201711\\AsusFanControlService\\AsusFanControlService\\Release\\AsusFanControlService.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": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "REGISTRY",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "TYPELIB",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "REGISTRY",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0013a1d0",
                "filetype": "ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000002c2"
            },
            {
                "name": "REGISTRY",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0013a1d0",
                "filetype": "ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000002c2"
            }
        ],
        "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": 6.215462923049927,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2490,
            "time": 6.147946119308472,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
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            "dport": 5355,
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        },
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            "dport": 5355,
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        },
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            "dport": 1900,
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "offset": 11588,
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            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "time": 6.245800018310547,
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            "sport": 53598
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    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "4e682a8e18075f37c9a329224eaac447ab508946eb47ef9d8bbf34f57b06bcd5",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "1828d3c17229aad4a84e9f6b1bd7fa240dc3ee0b260216c27d8ea11c757ef02b",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5cbcc1f386c6272f41834cf8aee7de949
SHA25660ab0eb5b84ff16a63941036058265602e2e9d00e9ac327cc68a9e7083bc8788

Error Messages

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

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

asusfancontrolservice.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.

ASUS Motherboard Fan Control Service has stopped working.

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

asusfancontrolservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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