What is hd.exe?

hd.exe is part of Same as in FIleDescription and developed by Company name according to the hd.exe version information.

hd.exe's description is "How is seen in task manager"

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on hd.exe:

Property	Value
Product name	Same as in FIleDescription
Company name	Company name
File description	How is seen in task manager
Internal name	hhaaad.exe
Original filename	hhaaad.exe
Comments	Random comments
Legal copyright	Copyright © 2008 - 2018. All rights reserved.
Product version	1.0.0.0
File version	1.0.0.0

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

Product name	Same as in FIleDescription
Company name	Company name
File description	How is seen in task manager
Internal name	hhaaad.exe
Original filename	hhaaad.exe
Comments	Random comments
Legal copyright	Copyright © 2008 - 2018. All rights..
Product version	1.0.0.0
File version	1.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

hd.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

43 of the 63 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the hd.exe file. That's a 68% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Acronis	suspicious
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.31726051
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Limitail.R166063
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.31726051
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/MSIL.Gorgon
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D1E419E3
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
AVG	Win32:Trojan-gen
Avira	TR/Kryptik.feyib
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.31726051
Comodo	Malware@#8umckxmxayfg
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cybereason	malicious.72cb66
Cyren	W32/Trojan.BEJ.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.Stealer.19347
Emsisoft	Trojan.Crypt (A)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.QWZ
F-Prot	W32/Trojan.BEJ.gen!Eldorado
Fortinet	MSIL/Kryptik.QRG!tr
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.31726051
Invincea	heuristic
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 005488651 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 005488651 )
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Gorgon.gen
Malwarebytes	Spyware.PasswordStealer
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
McAfee	GenericRXHA-YM!B916CFA27555
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.hc
Microsoft	Backdoor:Win32/AgentTesla.B!MTB
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.31726051
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Gorgon.fnmrue
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.8ed
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Inject.Auto
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Z.Kryptik.566784.T
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Gorgon.gen

43 of the 63 anti-virus programs detected the hd.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": [
        "ADVAPI32.dll",
        "SHLWAPI.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
        "gdi32.dll"
    ],
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\285b091b0dc88a452aefd5dd17aead5732f731621b1c711592069f49d0877586.bin.config"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards\\v4.0.30319",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\285b091b0dc88a452aefd5dd17aead5732f731621b1c711592069f49d0877586.bin"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR"
    ],
    "directory_enumerated": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\mscorwks.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\285b091b0dc88a452aefd5dd17aead5732f731621b1c711592069f49d0877586.bin",
        "process_name": "285b091b0dc88a452aefd5dd17aead5732f731621b1c711592069f49d0877586.bin",
        "pid": 2740,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "ADVAPI32.dll",
                "SHLWAPI.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
                "gdi32.dll"
            ],
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\285b091b0dc88a452aefd5dd17aead5732f731621b1c711592069f49d0877586.bin.config"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards\\v4.0.30319",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\285b091b0dc88a452aefd5dd17aead5732f731621b1c711592069f49d0877586.bin"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR"
            ],
            "directory_enumerated": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\mscorwks.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1603853586.625,
        "ppid": 1664
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1603853586.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.8863807910263,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x00079200",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00002000",
                    "entropy": 7.8863807910263,
                    "name": ".text",
                    "virtual_size": "0x000791f4"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            },
            {
                "entropy": 0.8761301989150091,
                "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": 3.0790388584136963,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2018,
            "time": 3.0406899452209473,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2346,
            "time": 1.0131030082702637,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2674,
            "time": 3.0533089637756348,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3002,
            "time": 1.518786907196045,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3330,
            "time": -0.09111618995666504,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3658,
            "time": 1.5315778255462646,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8134,
            "time": 1.0442838668823242,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12326,
            "time": 3.0945708751678467,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "f751e38c7066af8f15e1cc61374a1f2b127ddcb45bbd80c976e575f8fea65e6e",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "46b5b5998a137f4825e2f5663d4776ed0f62d39df5edec0d989c11871b0906b3",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

hd.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove hd.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the hd.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that hd.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 hd.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the hd.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 hd.exe in the scan result.

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

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Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	b916cfa275552aeeb5fdef8f0a6e2156
SHA256	285b091b0dc88a452aefd5dd17aead5732f731621b1c711592069f49d0877586

Error Messages

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

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

hd.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.

How is seen in task manager has stopped working.

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

hd.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What is hd.exe?

Vendor and version information [?]

Digital signatures [?]

VirusTotal report

Sandbox Report

Summary

Summary

Generic

Signatures

Yara

Network

Screenshots

hd.exe removal instructions

Hashes [?]

Error Messages

What will you do with hd.exe?

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