What is ipoint.exe?

ipoint.exe is part of Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the ipoint.exe version information.

ipoint.exe's description is "IPoint.exe"

ipoint.exe is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

ipoint.exe is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files\Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ipoint.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft Mouse and Keyboard Center
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionIPoint.exe
Internal nameIPoint.exe
Original filenameIPoint.exe
Legal copyright(C) 2019 Microsoft. All rights reserved.
Product version12.181.137.0
File version12.181.137.0
Special buildx64

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

Product nameMicrosoft Mouse and Keyboard Center
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionIPoint.exe
Internal nameIPoint.exe
Original filenameIPoint.exe
Legal copyright(C) 2019 Microsoft. All rights reser..
Product version12.181.137.0
File version12.181.137.0
Special buildx64

Digital signatures [?]

ipoint.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Corporation
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Code Signing PCA 2011
Certificate serial number33000001519e8d8f4071a30e41000000000151

VirusTotal report

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

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the ipoint.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1604929988.375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\Build\\_work\\1\\b\\Release\\x64\\ipoint\\ipoint.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.913395900162101,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x0007d200",
                    "virtual_address": "0x0020e000",
                    "entropy": 7.913395900162101,
                    "name": ".rsrc",
                    "virtual_size": "0x0007d160"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            }
        ],
        "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": 3.078235149383545,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5074,
            "time": 3.0311481952667236,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5402,
            "time": 1.0180721282958984,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5730,
            "time": 3.0428411960601807,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6058,
            "time": 1.6185810565948486,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6386,
            "time": -0.09316301345825195,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6714,
            "time": 1.5785961151123047,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16512,
            "time": 1.0461680889129639,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 24896,
            "time": 3.1246631145477295,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "23fe5ae0d8c6722310adcb7205917a88a768393a04ac0d2c0a2faae6ca09771f",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "e6ddcf5dd259b4f8b647e569ac13d6a62e3a9570642c80ee2a5c470ab0fd6be2",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD59478751fcde99cf15498d9ae91998813
SHA256ed8e9647a15ff5aacd2eaec1e92a5a0d9242758b17a0855dc02b6772ee084a29

Error Messages

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

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

ipoint.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.

IPoint.exe has stopped working.

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

ipoint.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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