What is msiregisterservice.exe?

msiregisterservice.exe is part of MSI Register Service and developed by Micro-Star INT'L CO., LTD. according to the msiregisterservice.exe version information.

msiregisterservice.exe's description is "MSI Register Service"

msiregisterservice.exe is digitally signed by MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD..

msiregisterservice.exe is usually located in the 'c:\msi\msiregister\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on msiregisterservice.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMSI Register Service
Company nameMicro-Star INT'L CO., LTD.
File descriptionMSI Register Service
Internal nameMSI Register Service
Original filenameMSIRegisterService.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2015 Micro-Star INT'L CO., LTD.
Product version1.0.0.8
File version1.0.0.8

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

Product nameMSI Register Service
Company nameMicro-Star INT'L CO., LTD.
File descriptionMSI Register Service
Internal nameMSI Register Service
Original filenameMSIRegisterService.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2015 Micro-Star INT'L ..
Product version1.0.0.8
File version1.0.0.8

Digital signatures [?]

msiregisterservice.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Certificate issuer nameGlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3
Certificate serial number1be0505b24b2bc3940e30634

VirusTotal report

1 of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the msiregisterservice.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Bkav W32.AIDetectVM.malware1
1 of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the msiregisterservice.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Rpc",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\Rpc"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\DragMinDist",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\DragDelay",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "rpcrt4.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\65c66af43c0fa12cc0f55c36d611f390f4ae218edd8cf76114a22000237f8084.bin",
        "process_name": "65c66af43c0fa12cc0f55c36d611f390f4ae218edd8cf76114a22000237f8084.bin",
        "pid": 2456,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Rpc",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\Rpc"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\DragMinDist",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\DragDelay",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "rpcrt4.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1576853586.609375,
        "ppid": 2780
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1576853586.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\Users\\Johnny\\Desktop\\Projects\\MSI Register\\MSIRegister\\Release\\MSIRegisterService.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Checks amount of memory in system, this can be used to detect virtual machines that have a low amount of memory available",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "system",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "GlobalMemoryStatusEx",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {},
                    "time": 1576853586.687375,
                    "tid": 2676,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2456,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 79
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "antivm_memory_available"
    }
]

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": 662,
            "time": 6.167035818099976,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3246,
            "time": 6.101989030838013,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3574,
            "time": 4.160719871520996,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3902,
            "time": 6.109651803970337,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4230,
            "time": 4.777029991149902,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4558,
            "time": 2.9898319244384766,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 4886,
            "time": 4.728403806686401,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 9362,
            "time": 4.181811809539795,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 13554,
            "time": 6.198576927185059,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "c1e399a08932f710cda2f2b5161d2afe094783173ba26a0cbec72016e616fb16",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "68135b49ff81d885b4074af57a093ed8d0d0f7b708add934291c919a03cb5bf4",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD51b9714ffec3d78eacb034ddeb756fec3
SHA25665c66af43c0fa12cc0f55c36d611f390f4ae218edd8cf76114a22000237f8084

Error Messages

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

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

msiregisterservice.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.

MSI Register Service has stopped working.

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

msiregisterservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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