What is maliciousapp.exe?

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

maliciousapp.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

maliciousapp.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

29 of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the maliciousapp.exe file. That's a 40% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Avira TR/RedCap.mjdqk
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Mauvaise.SL1
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Agent-1343352
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Agent.OFGR@56ts34
Cybereason malicious.28724b
Cylance Unsafe
DrWeb Trojan.Siggen8.27287
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
F-Secure Trojan.TR/RedCap.mjdqk
Fortinet W32/Generic.AC.22E!tr
Ikarus Trojan.Graftor
Invincea heuristic
K7AntiVirus Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.11973.susgen
McAfee GenericRXER-KY!BF18511A2E9E
McAfee-GW-Edition GenericRXER-KY!BF18511A2E9E
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Graftor.ewqqwx
Rising Malware.Undefined!8.C (RDM+:cmRtazpy+UeoHlr1zR/tJaAApmFy)
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-Jorik
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
VBA32 Trojan.Fuerboos
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Yandex Trojan.Graftor!KUP6YpWlJuw
Zillya Trojan.VBKrypt.Win32.250372
29 of the 73 anti-virus programs detected the maliciousapp.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_created": [
        "C:\\i.am.malware.txt"
    ],
    "mutex": [
        "i.am.malware"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ],
    "file_written": [
        "C:\\i.am.malware.txt"
    ]
}

Dropped

[
    {
        "yara": [],
        "sha1": "125a23d55611e431072d8a1f6a91e577ec613015",
        "name": "b1bfdd91f79037b4_i.am.malware.txt",
        "filepath": "C:\\i.am.malware.txt",
        "type": "ASCII text, with no line terminators",
        "sha256": "b1bfdd91f79037b4a5a356cfedee76f8f892457bc46125250aaee1637b9de7df",
        "urls": [],
        "crc32": "8F1691F9",
        "path": "\/home\/hpuser\/.cuckoo\/storage\/analyses\/879\/files\/b1bfdd91f79037b4_i.am.malware.txt",
        "ssdeep": null,
        "size": 12,
        "sha512": "fd811dab762ea4c4b5119cf6b794c69f2349458a76e4c342c1fb251b6d27ddbbe2b98bec74fe1293c86b6ed8b14c21011286d9cba4ff4c264b6255df216a8baf",
        "pids": [
            2420
        ],
        "md5": "535998c049edd7081c991d8719f05dcb"
    }
]

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\237e9609d146cab5469120391afd125aa623be5262fdefd1d763154a8088cfb8.bin",
        "process_name": "237e9609d146cab5469120391afd125aa623be5262fdefd1d763154a8088cfb8.bin",
        "pid": 2420,
        "summary": {
            "file_created": [
                "C:\\i.am.malware.txt"
            ],
            "mutex": [
                "i.am.malware"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "file_written": [
                "C:\\i.am.malware.txt"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1562568784.6094,
        "ppid": 1268
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1562568784.3594,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Command line console output was observed",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "misc",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "WriteConsoleA",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {
                        "buffer": "Creating mutex...\r\n",
                        "console_handle": "0x00000007"
                    },
                    "time": 1562568784.7184,
                    "tid": 2460,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2420,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 37
            },
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "misc",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "WriteConsoleA",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {
                        "buffer": "Writing file...\r\n",
                        "console_handle": "0x00000007"
                    },
                    "time": 1562568784.7184,
                    "tid": 2460,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2420,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 40
            },
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "misc",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "WriteConsoleA",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {
                        "buffer": "Opening message box...\r\n",
                        "console_handle": "0x00000007"
                    },
                    "time": 1562568784.7184,
                    "tid": 2460,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2420,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 47
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "console_output"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "c:\\Temp\\ThreatScope Test\\Release\\ThreatScope Test.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    }
]

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": 3.0689768791199,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5074,
            "time": 3.0148768424988,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5402,
            "time": 1.0332248210907,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5730,
            "time": 3.0359568595886,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6058,
            "time": 1.5342938899994,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6386,
            "time": -0.10197710990906,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6714,
            "time": 1.069317817688,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16384,
            "time": 1.0695738792419,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 20576,
            "time": 3.2040829658508,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "030ab32320f8f60754dc79fd201de0e4b3508bbc31d686f9fd62119cce5b46a3",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "c6a7fb4273275c0bebc8eb8a5e285094a6d08e27e3dab30c4378c183a847bf2f",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

maliciousapp.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove maliciousapp.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the maliciousapp.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that maliciousapp.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.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate maliciousapp.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the maliciousapp.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 maliciousapp.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\maliciousapp.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the maliciousapp.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If maliciousapp.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If maliciousapp.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If maliciousapp.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 maliciousapp.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5bf18511a2e9e599cdc9c1b8c5cff01ae
SHA256237e9609d146cab5469120391afd125aa623be5262fdefd1d763154a8088cfb8

Error Messages

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

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

maliciousapp.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.

maliciousapp.exe has stopped working.

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

maliciousapp.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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