What is kntd.exe?

kntd.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\d0e2b561fe\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

20 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the kntd.exe file. That's a 28% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Acronis	suspicious
APEX	Malicious
AVG	FileRepMalware
ClamAV	Win.Malware.Generickdz-6907156-0
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_60% (D)
Cybereason	malicious.c62c33
Cylance	Unsafe
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_58%
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
FireEye	Generic.mg.55bf8f1176a2dd71
Invincea	heuristic
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.fh
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Gandcrab.AF
Paloalto	generic.ml
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM10.1.6F9F.Malware.Gen
Rising	Malware.Obscure/Heur!1.9E03 (CLASSIC)
SentinelOne	DFI - Suspicious PE
SUPERAntiSpyware	Trojan.Agent/Gen-Dropper
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ZoneAlarm	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b696c7a8ff95a9df6c1a90a0c454a0c3c9ba9c61efb7b17a2d364db6eb7ed399.bin",
        "process_name": "b696c7a8ff95a9df6c1a90a0c454a0c3c9ba9c61efb7b17a2d364db6eb7ed399.bin",
        "pid": 2888,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1562914384.6094,
        "ppid": 2436
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1562914384.3281,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\sikeziyas4_yafalirumuvocajoco\\zojixojok\\f.pdb\u00001506\\bin\\rupazok.pdb\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u00c1\u0000\u0000\u0000\u00c1",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".kolasej",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".coz",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Allocates read-write-execute memory (usually to unpack itself)",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "process",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "NtProtectVirtualMemory",
                    "return_value": 0,
                    "arguments": {
                        "process_identifier": 2888,
                        "stack_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "stack_pivoted": 0,
                        "heap_dep_bypass": 1,
                        "length": 28672,
                        "protection": 64,
                        "process_handle": "0xffffffff",
                        "base_address": "0x0027e000"
                    },
                    "time": 1562914403.2504,
                    "tid": 2392,
                    "flags": {
                        "protection": "PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE"
                    }
                },
                "pid": 2888,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 416580
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "allocates_rwx"
    }
]

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": 3.0795369148254,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 5226,
            "time": 9.0848889350891,
            "dport": 138,
            "sport": 138
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7070,
            "time": 3.0117700099945,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7398,
            "time": 1.0305759906769,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7726,
            "time": 3.0189349651337,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8054,
            "time": 1.5362160205841,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8382,
            "time": -0.091421127319336,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8710,
            "time": 1.563866853714,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 28120,
            "time": 1.0792059898376,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 36504,
            "time": 3.1253609657288,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "8f40ad90cebe1cef92fe6de09d48fd4e196e6ab590280030d0d0c584d39034d8",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "40a18bca05023ab8ca9ff948ef6ba82339829ba3d9b2a7d851e1bd332a055d3b",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

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kntd.exe removal instructions

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

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate kntd.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the kntd.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 kntd.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\ProgramData\d0e2b561fe\kntd.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the kntd.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If kntd.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If kntd.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If kntd.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 kntd.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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