What is emb-0000.exe?

emb-0000.exe is usually located in the 'c:\Windows\Temp\twstmp\220cbc3\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected emb-0000.exe.

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VirusTotal report

4 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the emb-0000.exe file. That's a 6% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.Agent.C1743297
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_70% (D)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1576137185.421875,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "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": ".itext",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

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": 4.130595922470093,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1310,
            "time": 4.740264892578125,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1638,
            "time": 3.0036590099334717,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1966,
            "time": 4.218868970870972,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6338,
            "time": 4.163874864578247,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "b798b8e0ecbd562d6ff6114d4261162f6192907e3b13235ce7bad1c02c1bb6e5",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "609a168477d14fc7ab8a76ededfc203f231c6cdaf3ba1d6a82e51c7281ca9ae9",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

emb-0000.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove emb-0000.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the emb-0000.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that emb-0000.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate emb-0000.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the emb-0000.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 emb-0000.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\Windows\Temp\twstmp\220cbc3\emb-0000.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the emb-0000.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If emb-0000.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If emb-0000.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If emb-0000.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 emb-0000.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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