What is g1.exe?

g1.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected g1.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

g1.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

g1.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

20 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the g1.exe file. That's a 30% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Acronis suspicious
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Mikey.95231
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Mikey.95231
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_80% (W)
Cybereason malicious.f5f41f
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Mikey.95231 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Kryptik.GRHQ
FireEye Generic.mg.24e0bb6b5ef3fbf4
GData Win32.Trojan.Agent.JYIQF1
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.Crypt
Invincea heuristic
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.fc
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Fuery.B!cl
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Mikey.95231
Paloalto generic.ml
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM10.1.1BC9.Malware.Gen
Rising Trojan.Kryptik!8.8 (CLOUD)
SentinelOne DFI - Malicious PE
Trapmine malicious.high.ml.score
20 of the 67 anti-virus programs detected the g1.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "dwmapi.dll",
        "kernel32.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\uxtheme.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\c839c8526b4f6683ce3566888659a66273dbdf06c18f2e12466e27f9314ecfe5.bin",
        "process_name": "c839c8526b4f6683ce3566888659a66273dbdf06c18f2e12466e27f9314ecfe5.bin",
        "pid": 2124,
        "summary": {
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "dwmapi.dll",
                "kernel32.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\uxtheme.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1586721186.78125,
        "ppid": 1624
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1586721186.3125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Checks if process is being debugged by a debugger",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "system",
                    "status": 0,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "last_error": 0,
                    "nt_status": -1073741515,
                    "api": "IsDebuggerPresent",
                    "return_value": 0,
                    "arguments": {},
                    "time": 1586721186.89125,
                    "tid": 2800,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2124,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 29
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "checks_debugger"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.887688357781548,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x0003b800",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00001000",
                    "entropy": 7.887688357781548,
                    "name": ".text",
                    "virtual_size": "0x0003b614"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            },
            {
                "entropy": 0.7115097159940209,
                "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": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.1685521602630615,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 5226,
            "time": 9.246057987213135,
            "dport": 138,
            "sport": 138
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7070,
            "time": 3.0771851539611816,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7398,
            "time": 1.0996479988098145,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7726,
            "time": 3.2626659870147705,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8054,
            "time": 1.7476661205291748,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8382,
            "time": -0.04692792892456055,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8710,
            "time": 1.6533610820770264,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 28120,
            "time": 1.1136271953582764,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 36504,
            "time": 3.2163519859313965,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "f82a677bd558550724b5a136fceb96ffca8a4efc15c262e901bd2c970b1219d5",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "70ec901d9b0efe0e3bf68061eaf1a864bab9aded9d649e8eb5a5da1094ad0205",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

g1.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove g1.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the g1.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that g1.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 g1.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the g1.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 g1.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\g1.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the g1.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If g1.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If g1.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If g1.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 g1.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
MD524e0bb6b5ef3fbf4afb118b9d68cd3b6
SHA256c839c8526b4f6683ce3566888659a66273dbdf06c18f2e12466e27f9314ecfe5

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to g1.exe:

g1.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

g1.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.

g1.exe has stopped working.

End Program - g1.exe. This program is not responding.

g1.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

g1.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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