What is ccc1.exe?

ccc1.exe is part of KEbEmEeAIEcYcTFSebbEM according to the ccc1.exe version information.

ccc1.exe's description is "ExpectEmma"

ccc1.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected ccc1.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ccc1.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameKEbEmEeAIEcYcTFSebbEM
File descriptionExpectEmma
Internal nameKEbEmEeAIEcYcTFSebbEM.exe
Original filenameKEbEmEeAIEcYcTFSebbEM.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2018
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

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

Product nameKEbEmEeAIEcYcTFSebbEM
File descriptionExpectEmma
Internal nameKEbEmEeAIEcYcTFSebbEM.exe
Original filenameKEbEmEeAIEcYcTFSebbEM.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2018
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

ccc1.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

27 of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ccc1.exe file. That's a 37% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.41236737
AegisLab Trojan.Multi.Generic.4!c
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.41236737
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D2753901
AVG FileRepMalware
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.41236737
Cyren W32/Trojan.GXCD-7671
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.41236737 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Generik.DBKYJXG
FireEye Trojan.GenericKD.41236737
Fortinet PossibleThreat
GData Trojan.GenericKD.41236737
Ikarus Trojan.SuspectCRC
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0054cd161 )
K7GW Trojan ( 0054cd161 )
Kaspersky UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
Malwarebytes Trojan.Crypt.MSIL
McAfee Artemis!AC27FDC9029C
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.tc
Microsoft VirTool:MSIL/Injector.DS!bit
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.41236737
Rising Malware.Undefined!8.C (CLOUD)
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Trapmine malicious.moderate.ml.score
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R002H0CDR19
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
27 of the 73 anti-virus programs detected the ccc1.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "dll_loaded": [
        "ADVAPI32.dll",
        "SHLWAPI.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
        "gdi32.dll"
    ],
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\95726c5443d8801883bfa24a67b3c11868838604a8f1a28cb59f1e47b8cbf8d4.bin.config"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards\\v4.0.30319",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\95726c5443d8801883bfa24a67b3c11868838604a8f1a28cb59f1e47b8cbf8d4.bin"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR"
    ],
    "directory_enumerated": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\mscorwks.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\95726c5443d8801883bfa24a67b3c11868838604a8f1a28cb59f1e47b8cbf8d4.bin",
        "process_name": "95726c5443d8801883bfa24a67b3c11868838604a8f1a28cb59f1e47b8cbf8d4.bin",
        "pid": 2420,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "ADVAPI32.dll",
                "SHLWAPI.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
                "gdi32.dll"
            ],
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\95726c5443d8801883bfa24a67b3c11868838604a8f1a28cb59f1e47b8cbf8d4.bin.config"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards\\v4.0.30319",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\95726c5443d8801883bfa24a67b3c11868838604a8f1a28cb59f1e47b8cbf8d4.bin"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR"
            ],
            "directory_enumerated": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\mscorwks.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1575103984.952374,
        "ppid": 1624
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1575103984.421125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.86069508814986,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x00167400",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00002000",
                    "entropy": 7.86069508814986,
                    "name": ".text",
                    "virtual_size": "0x00167294"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            },
            {
                "entropy": 0.9986101459346769,
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "Overall entropy of this PE file is high"
            }
        ],
        "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": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 982,
            "time": 1.0211200714111328,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1310,
            "time": 1.5368640422821045,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1638,
            "time": -0.09764385223388672,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1966,
            "time": 1.534965991973877,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 4178,
            "time": 1.044801950454712,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "88bd23d79eea3f78fa84eebd519e41fd5b97afdefa83b70856448a13e9d13868",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "77007db8e2239bc6efb1bbfe1ff56db9bfb2ae361c6ff29506d285f6ee249e13",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

ccc1.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove ccc1.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the ccc1.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that ccc1.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate ccc1.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the ccc1.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 ccc1.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\ccc1.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the ccc1.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If ccc1.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If ccc1.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If ccc1.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that ccc1.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5ac27fdc9029cb735881df85733d0c449
SHA25695726c5443d8801883bfa24a67b3c11868838604a8f1a28cb59f1e47b8cbf8d4

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to ccc1.exe:

ccc1.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

ccc1.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.

ExpectEmma has stopped working.

End Program - ccc1.exe. This program is not responding.

ccc1.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

ccc1.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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