What is freeu.exe?

freeu.exe is part of FreeU and developed by Dilane Limited according to the freeu.exe version information.

freeu.exe's description is "FreeU"

freeu.exe is digitally signed by Dilane Limited.

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on freeu.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameFreeU
Company nameDilane Limited
File descriptionFreeU
Internal namechrome_exe
Original filenamechrome.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2018 The FreeU Authors. All rights reserved.
Product version61.0.3163.69
File version61.0.3163.69

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

Product nameFreeU
Company nameDilane Limited
File descriptionFreeU
Internal namechrome_exe
Original filenamechrome.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2018 The FreeU Authors. Al..
Product version61.0.3163.69
File version61.0.3163.69

Digital signatures [?]

freeu.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameDilane Limited
Certificate issuer nameCOMODO RSA Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number00f26dae895d527b4259a48062944d5eb1

VirusTotal report

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

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the freeu.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": 1580399586.546875,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "E:\\amigo_buildbot\\workers\\instances\\freeu_3_0\\build\\src\\out\\Release\\initialexe\\freeu.exe.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".didat",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "CPADinfo",
                "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": 4.143176078796387,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1310,
            "time": 4.762411117553711,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1638,
            "time": 3.036004066467285,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1966,
            "time": 4.700330972671509,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3058,
            "time": 4.165594100952148,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "d4944ce818cb277a262235d1852a2cd03396b9609c902fc8b5e51c6fe2b1c4a9",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "b66f1461992a7eab61060fa24708564896f3474acf3fd64ffb549966217558d9",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD50c30f160f21a55309ef05256b97c2033
SHA2568316c3f43fa3d24d628b1ca09c3317c15055c2e5d92c3f6f43305e4849c40ab4

Error Messages

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

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

freeu.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.

FreeU has stopped working.

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

freeu.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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