What is imj.exe?

imj.exe is part of Microsoft Corporation and developed by Microsoft Office 2016 according to the imj.exe version information.

imj.exe's description is " "

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on imj.exe:

Property	Value
Product name	Microsoft Corporation
Company name	Microsoft Office 2016
File description
Internal name	imj.exe
Original filename	imj.exe
Comments	Security Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011262) 32-Bit Edition
Legal copyright	© 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version	16.0.4615.1001
File version	16.0.4615.1001

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

Product name	Microsoft Corporation
Company name	Microsoft Office 2016
File description
Internal name	imj.exe
Original filename	imj.exe
Comments	Security Update for Microsoft Office..
Legal copyright	© 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All ..
Product version	16.0.4615.1001
File version	16.0.4615.1001

VirusTotal report

44 of the 65 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the imj.exe file. That's a 68% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Acronis	suspicious
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.31779271
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Upadter.C3089678
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.31779271
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/MSIL.Crypt
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D1E4E9C7
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
AVG	Win32:Trojan-gen
Avira	TR/Dropper.MSIL.Gen
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.31779271
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.MSIL
Comodo	Malware@#2620mlz3qvngc
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cybereason	malicious.92c17e
Cyren	W32/Trojan.RLEG-6811
DrWeb	Trojan.DownLoader19.57204
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.31779271 (B)
Endgame	malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Injector.MEA
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Dropper.MSIL.Gen
Fortinet	MSIL/Injector.MEA!tr
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.31779271
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.Injector
Invincea	heuristic
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 004d38de1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 004d38de1 )
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Crypt.gen
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Injector.MSIL
McAfee	RDN/Generic.dx
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Trojan.hc
Microsoft	Trojan:MSIL/Upadter.A
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.31779271
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Crypt.focnuf
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/RnkBend.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.21a
Rising	Trojan.Upadter!8.E307 (CLOUD)
SentinelOne	DFI - Malicious PE
Sophos	Troj/Bladabi-OB
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Inject.Auto
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Backdoor.MSIL.SHADESRAT.AG
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Z.Injector.556032.AD
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Crypt.gen

44 of the 65 anti-virus programs detected the imj.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\\b22da39e055075b79bbd702671e5ff3a1ee3a559b22ea0f8dff3f9ef979fd6d9.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\\b22da39e055075b79bbd702671e5ff3a1ee3a559b22ea0f8dff3f9ef979fd6d9.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:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1597279986.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b22da39e055075b79bbd702671e5ff3a1ee3a559b22ea0f8dff3f9ef979fd6d9.bin",
        "process_name": "b22da39e055075b79bbd702671e5ff3a1ee3a559b22ea0f8dff3f9ef979fd6d9.bin",
        "pid": 2460,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "ADVAPI32.dll",
                "SHLWAPI.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
                "gdi32.dll"
            ],
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b22da39e055075b79bbd702671e5ff3a1ee3a559b22ea0f8dff3f9ef979fd6d9.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\\b22da39e055075b79bbd702671e5ff3a1ee3a559b22ea0f8dff3f9ef979fd6d9.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": 1597279986.71875,
        "ppid": 2740
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.9672972434294485,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x00086c00",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00002000",
                    "entropy": 7.9672972434294485,
                    "name": ".text",
                    "virtual_size": "0x00086a24"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            },
            {
                "entropy": 0.9935483870967742,
                "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": 3.078249216079712,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2234,
            "time": 3.0398290157318115,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2562,
            "time": 1.0195941925048828,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2890,
            "time": 3.0518691539764404,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3218,
            "time": 1.519496202468872,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3546,
            "time": -0.08801698684692383,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3874,
            "time": 1.5472660064697266,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8350,
            "time": 1.0485291481018066,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12542,
            "time": 3.0940911769866943,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "da477ca68bc09a9c009adfdfcfa79edc40f9593ac29920d86a21aca696d4c5ea",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "3d9203db305af5bdfd06de532bc401b2bb44fd41b9f3e7e84fb1e0b86bc84e43",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

imj.exe removal instructions

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

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

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Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	2389573551c0a7ab1aa5a9ff9893eb4f
SHA256	b22da39e055075b79bbd702671e5ff3a1ee3a559b22ea0f8dff3f9ef979fd6d9

Error Messages

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

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

imj.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.

has stopped working.

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

imj.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What is imj.exe?

Vendor and version information [?]

VirusTotal report

Sandbox Report

Summary

Summary

Generic

Signatures

Yara

Network

Screenshots

imj.exe removal instructions

Hashes [?]

Error Messages

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