What is gammarue.exe?

gammarue.exe is part of Modulate Maligners and developed by BonSoft according to the gammarue.exe version information.

gammarue.exe's description is "Prober"

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on gammarue.exe:

Property	Value
Product name	Modulate Maligners
Company name	BonSoft
File description	Prober
Internal name	Moscow
Legal copyright	Copyright © 2017
Product version	25, 188, 187, 103
File version	157, 71, 28, 245

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

Product name	Modulate Maligners
Company name	BonSoft
File description	Prober
Internal name	Moscow
Legal copyright	Copyright © 2017
Product version	25, 188, 187, 103
File version	157, 71, 28, 245

Digital signatures [?]

gammarue.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

54 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the gammarue.exe file. That's a 82% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Acronis	suspicious
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Zusy.188827
AegisLab	Trojan.Win32.Waldek.4!c
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Gamarue.C1485454
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Zusy.188827
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Waldek
Arcabit	Trojan.Zusy.D2E19B
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	TR/Crypt.XPACK.bbfc
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.Kryptik.acm
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Zusy.188827
CAT-QuickHeal	Ransom.TesCrypt.V4
Comodo	Malware@#poxp9rj7q1wk
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cybereason	malicious.4522b0
Cyren	W32/Trojan.CRYI-3130
DrWeb	Trojan.DownLoader20.41411
eGambit	Generic.Malware
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Zusy.188827 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/TrojanDownloader.Wauchos.BD
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Crypt.XPACK.bbfc
FireEye	Generic.mg.38abdb74522b0750
Fortinet	W32/Waldek.DAJ!tr
GData	Win32.Trojan.Agent.HPJ9SO
Ikarus	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Wauchos
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	Trojan.Waldek.dbf
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 004e66441 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 004e66441 )
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Waldek.lcz
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
McAfee	Generic.ys
McAfee-GW-Edition	Generic.ys
Microsoft	Worm:Win32/Gamarue
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Zusy.188827
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Dwn.ebrojx
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/WLT.B
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM07.1.Malware.Gen
Rising	Worm.Gamarue!8.13B (CLOUD)
SentinelOne	DFI - Malicious PE
Sophos	Troj/Ransom-CYD
TACHYON	Trojan/W32.Agent.139372.D
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Inject.Auto
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0DCL19
VBA32	BScope.Trojan.Inject
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.R.Agent.139372.A
Yandex	Trojan.Waldek!
Zillya	Trojan.Waldek.Win32.1310
ZoneAlarm	Trojan.Win32.Waldek.lcz
Zoner	Trojan.Win32.42219

54 of the 66 anti-virus programs detected the gammarue.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": [
        "\\\\?\\C:\\Windows\\system32\\crypt32.dll",
        "\\\\?\\C:\\Windows\\system32\\dnsapi.dll",
        "RedeployMystics",
        "\\\\?\\C:\\Windows\\system32\\winhttp.dll",
        "PertinentRestores",
        "\\\\?\\C:\\Windows\\system32\\ws2_32.dll",
        "\\\\?\\C:\\Windows\\system32\\ole32.dll",
        "LinimentsPlumber",
        "\\\\?\\C:\\Windows\\system32\\shell32.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\42aaa493f3f12782a30bf7f3b8e4ff57f840b6f3aa5e40d1ef52e36f631de5a3.bin",
        "C:\\"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\software\\policies",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\OLE\\Tracing",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\crypt32"
    ],
    "file_read": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\42aaa493f3f12782a30bf7f3b8e4ff57f840b6f3aa5e40d1ef52e36f631de5a3.bin"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\crypt32\\DebugHeapFlags",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorUseSystemHeap",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\is_not_vm",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorSystemHeapIsPrivate"
    ],
    "directory_enumerated": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\*"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\42aaa493f3f12782a30bf7f3b8e4ff57f840b6f3aa5e40d1ef52e36f631de5a3.bin",
        "process_name": "42aaa493f3f12782a30bf7f3b8e4ff57f840b6f3aa5e40d1ef52e36f631de5a3.bin",
        "pid": 2740,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "\\\\?\\C:\\Windows\\system32\\crypt32.dll",
                "\\\\?\\C:\\Windows\\system32\\dnsapi.dll",
                "RedeployMystics",
                "\\\\?\\C:\\Windows\\system32\\winhttp.dll",
                "PertinentRestores",
                "\\\\?\\C:\\Windows\\system32\\ws2_32.dll",
                "\\\\?\\C:\\Windows\\system32\\ole32.dll",
                "LinimentsPlumber",
                "\\\\?\\C:\\Windows\\system32\\shell32.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\42aaa493f3f12782a30bf7f3b8e4ff57f840b6f3aa5e40d1ef52e36f631de5a3.bin",
                "C:\\"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\software\\policies",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\OLE\\Tracing",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\crypt32"
            ],
            "file_read": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\42aaa493f3f12782a30bf7f3b8e4ff57f840b6f3aa5e40d1ef52e36f631de5a3.bin"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\crypt32\\DebugHeapFlags",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorUseSystemHeap",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\is_not_vm",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorSystemHeapIsPrivate"
            ],
            "directory_enumerated": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\*"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1589104385.578125,
        "ppid": 1664
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1589104385.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
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        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable uses a known packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "packer",
                "ioc": "Armadillo v1.71",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "peid_packer"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 0,
        "families": [],
        "description": "One or more potentially interesting buffers were extracted, these generally contain injected code, configuration data, etc.",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [],
        "references": [],
        "name": "dumped_buffer"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 5,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Allocates read-write-execute memory (usually to unpack itself)",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
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                    "api": "NtAllocateVirtualMemory",
                    "return_value": 0,
                    "arguments": {
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                        "region_size": 32768,
                        "stack_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "stack_pivoted": 0,
                        "heap_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "protection": 64,
                        "process_handle": "0xffffffff",
                        "allocation_type": 4096,
                        "base_address": "0x003a0000"
                    },
                    "time": 1589104385.656125,
                    "tid": 2436,
                    "flags": {
                        "protection": "PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE",
                        "allocation_type": "MEM_COMMIT"
                    }
                },
                "pid": 2740,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 0
            },
            {
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                    "status": 1,
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                    "api": "NtAllocateVirtualMemory",
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                        "stack_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "stack_pivoted": 0,
                        "heap_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "protection": 64,
                        "process_handle": "0xffffffff",
                        "allocation_type": 8192,
                        "base_address": "0x01ee0000"
                    },
                    "time": 1589104389.687125,
                    "tid": 3016,
                    "flags": {
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                        "allocation_type": "MEM_RESERVE"
                    }
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                "pid": 2740,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 20198
            },
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                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "NtAllocateVirtualMemory",
                    "return_value": 0,
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                        "region_size": 4096,
                        "stack_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "stack_pivoted": 0,
                        "heap_dep_bypass": 1,
                        "protection": 64,
                        "process_handle": "0xffffffff",
                        "allocation_type": 4096,
                        "base_address": "0x01fc0000"
                    },
                    "time": 1589104389.687125,
                    "tid": 3016,
                    "flags": {
                        "protection": "PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE",
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                "pid": 2740,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 20200
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                    "status": 1,
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                        "stack_pivoted": 0,
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                        "protection": 64,
                        "process_handle": "0xffffffff",
                        "allocation_type": 4096,
                        "base_address": "0x01fc1000"
                    },
                    "time": 1589104389.687125,
                    "tid": 3016,
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                "pid": 2740,
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                "cid": 20201
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                        "process_handle": "0xffffffff",
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                        "base_address": "0x01fc5000"
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                    "time": 1589104389.703125,
                    "tid": 3016,
                    "flags": {
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                "pid": 2740,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 20202
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        "references": [],
        "name": "allocates_rwx"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
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                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x00016000",
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                    "name": ".text",
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                "type": "generic",
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                "description": "Overall entropy of this PE file is high"
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        ],
        "name": "packer_entropy"
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        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "One or more of the buffers contains an embedded PE file",
        "severity": 3,
        "marks": [
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                "category": "buffer",
                "ioc": "Buffer with sha1: 4a8645df4f230aa4ec0ebb928a9bf619a63de7f6",
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    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Expresses interest in specific running processes",
        "severity": 3,
        "marks": [
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                "category": "process: potential cuckoo sandbox detection",
                "ioc": "python.exe",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "process_interest"
    }
]

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": 3.122598171234131,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "offset": 5226,
            "time": 9.168812036514282,
            "dport": 138,
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        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7070,
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            "dport": 5355,
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        {
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            "dport": 1900,
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        },
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            "dport": 1900,
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    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "898f8768431bc53805659433033e9bc148264e30bbc49d9d3070f49b2825a16c",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "174901435425e9817533dda6777ac99f4beeb63e006c94e97bc5cb597c8f4291",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

gammarue.exe removal instructions

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

Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
When the scan is finished, locate gammarue.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the gammarue.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 gammarue.exe in the scan result.

c:\downloads\gammarue.exe
Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the gammarue.exe file.
Restart your computer.
Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If gammarue.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If gammarue.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
If gammarue.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
Restart your computer.
Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that gammarue.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

Free Questionnaires

Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	38abdb74522b0750a557e092d7504bcf
SHA256	42aaa493f3f12782a30bf7f3b8e4ff57f840b6f3aa5e40d1ef52e36f631de5a3

Error Messages

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

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

gammarue.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.

Prober has stopped working.

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

gammarue.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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Digital signatures [?]

VirusTotal report

Sandbox Report

Summary

Summary

Generic

Signatures

Yara

Network

Screenshots

gammarue.exe removal instructions

Hashes [?]

Error Messages

What will you do with gammarue.exe?

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