What is mbamswissarmy.sys?

mbamswissarmy.sys is part of Malwarebytes SwissArmy and developed by Malwarebytes according to the mbamswissarmy.sys version information.

mbamswissarmy.sys's description is "Malwarebytes SwissArmy"

mbamswissarmy.sys is digitally signed by Malwarebytes Inc.

mbamswissarmy.sys is usually located in the 'c:\Windows\System32\drivers\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about mbamswissarmy.sys.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on mbamswissarmy.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameMalwarebytes SwissArmy
Company nameMalwarebytes
File descriptionMalwarebytes SwissArmy
Internal namembamswissarmy.sys
Original filenamembamswissarmy.sys
Legal copyright(C) Malwarebytes. All rights reserved.
Product version4.3.0.178
File version4.3.0.178

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

Product nameMalwarebytes SwissArmy
Company nameMalwarebytes
File descriptionMalwarebytes SwissArmy
Internal namembamswissarmy.sys
Original filenamembamswissarmy.sys
Legal copyright(C) Malwarebytes. All rights reserved.
Product version4.3.0.178
File version4.3.0.178

Digital signatures [?]

mbamswissarmy.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMalwarebytes Inc
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number08a2ec4e78a09e174b192e5535984b59

VirusTotal report

None of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mbamswissarmy.sys file.

None of the 73 anti-virus programs detected the mbamswissarmy.sys file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1580637184.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "e:\\jenkins\\workspace\\N_Swissarmy_Kernel\\bin\\x64\\Win7_Release\\mbamswissarmy.pdb",
                "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": "PAGE",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "INIT",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 710,
            "time": 1.0231051445007324,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1038,
            "time": -0.10528898239135742,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1366,
            "time": 1.045685052871704,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "27ce290f3868c0918742804cfc601c507b27d0156dda29f4ae0ddecc1605fc3f",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "db9820c0dca018a942783d751ea61ab017e69b058404348b48fdf45b1755b177",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Folder name variants

mbamswissarmy.sys may also be located in other folders than c:\Windows\System32\drivers\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named mbamswissarmy.sys

mbamswissarmy.sys (34 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5a1cb214cad55efe911245fd79ad01cd3
SHA2560a05f9ff66b0829769075f6ebc1668003913f2a08a78322e70464bda95f7edc9

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Votes
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0
Remove100 %
1

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