What is epic.exe?

epic.exe is part of Epic Privacy Browser and developed by Hidden Reflex Authors according to the epic.exe version information.

epic.exe's description is "Epic Privacy Browser"

epic.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\epic privacy browser\application\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on epic.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameEpic Privacy Browser
Company nameHidden Reflex Authors
File descriptionEpic Privacy Browser
Internal namechrome_exe
Original filenamechrome.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2017 The Hidden Reflex Authors. All rights reserved.
Product version79.0.3945.130
File version79.0.3945.130

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

Product nameEpic Privacy Browser
Company nameHidden Reflex Authors
File descriptionEpic Privacy Browser
Internal namechrome_exe
Original filenamechrome.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2017 The Hidden Reflex Aut..
Product version79.0.3945.130
File version79.0.3945.130

Digital signatures [?]

epic.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

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

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

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": 1580802786.4375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\Epic69\\src\\out\\Release\\initialexe\\chrome.exe.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".00cfg",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "CPADinfo",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "prot",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "GOOGLEUPDATEAPPLICATIONCOMMANDS",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    }
]

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": 4.131102800369263,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1310,
            "time": 4.7454798221588135,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1638,
            "time": 3.024258852005005,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1966,
            "time": 4.207046985626221,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6338,
            "time": 4.152195930480957,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "e8ebc618ed273c33ab5fb146205801fd259aef2c1f1791b4d2ef56504e1d5500",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "1031bcb27dbf5d1aa5c986e0f7224f0eb8ec8804f2b822652232bc759ca85495",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD56a10180cb756cf2e14c09703b0f8e5f4
SHA256ab582ab5b5effb21299cf31287ecc983d1021fa7baa5d9611d29ddcaaf948fd4

Error Messages

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

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

epic.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.

Epic Privacy Browser has stopped working.

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

epic.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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