What is ping64.exe?

ping64.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected ping64.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

ping64.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

ping64.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

51 of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ping64.exe file. That's a 71% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.31855668
AegisLab Trojan.Multi.Generic.4!c
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Petun.C100899
Alibaba Trojan:Win32/Tiggre.82cd359d
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.31855668
Antiy-AVL Trojan/MSIL.NanoBot
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D1E61434
Avast Win32:MalwareX-gen [Trj]
AVG Win32:MalwareX-gen [Trj]
Avira TR/AD.MoksSteal.frzcb
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.31855668
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Multi
Comodo Malware@#11n0qjxp48agg
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cybereason malicious.f5f957
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Trojan.UFTS-0374
DrWeb Trojan.PWS.Stealer.25838
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.31855668 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.RGO
F-Secure Trojan.TR/AD.MoksSteal.frzcb
FireEye Trojan.GenericKD.31855668
Fortinet MSIL/Kryptik.PWJ!tr
GData Trojan.GenericKD.31855668
Ikarus Trojan.MSIL.Crypt
Invincea heuristic
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0054b1561 )
K7GW Trojan ( 0054b1561 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.NanoBot.gen
Malwarebytes Trojan.Crypt.XMP
MAX malware (ai score=99)
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.73688781.susgen
McAfee GenericRXHC-GN!34A4865F5F95
McAfee-GW-Edition GenericRXHC-GN!34A4865F5F95
Microsoft VirTool:MSIL/CryptInject.YK!MTB
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.31855668
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.NanoBot.fovzgx
Paloalto generic.ml
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.BO.573
Rising Trojan.Kryptik!8.8 (CLOUD)
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Msil.Trojan.Nanobot.Lkdw
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R057C0PD419
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R057C0PD419
VBA32 TScope.Trojan.MSIL
Webroot W32.Trojan.GenKD
Yandex Trojan.NanoBot!
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.NanoBot.gen
51 of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the ping64.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "dll_loaded": [
        "ADVAPI32.dll",
        "SHLWAPI.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
        "gdi32.dll"
    ],
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\dc3cab21d4943871a4c0a68a32c6da2060340cee74a44a21991b797f0f135cc2.bin.config"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards\\v4.0.30319",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\dc3cab21d4943871a4c0a68a32c6da2060340cee74a44a21991b797f0f135cc2.bin"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR"
    ],
    "directory_enumerated": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\mscorwks.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\dc3cab21d4943871a4c0a68a32c6da2060340cee74a44a21991b797f0f135cc2.bin",
        "process_name": "dc3cab21d4943871a4c0a68a32c6da2060340cee74a44a21991b797f0f135cc2.bin",
        "pid": 2816,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "ADVAPI32.dll",
                "SHLWAPI.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
                "gdi32.dll"
            ],
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\dc3cab21d4943871a4c0a68a32c6da2060340cee74a44a21991b797f0f135cc2.bin.config"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards\\v4.0.30319",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\dc3cab21d4943871a4c0a68a32c6da2060340cee74a44a21991b797f0f135cc2.bin"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR"
            ],
            "directory_enumerated": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\mscorwks.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1568325190.625,
        "ppid": 2016
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1568325190.3438,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\Aspire\\files\\Aspeedp_ufsZwpcZstbRUHOG\\ufsZwpcZstbRUHOGma.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": 662,
            "time": 6.2286128997803,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2350,
            "time": 6.1696639060974,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2678,
            "time": 4.1656458377838,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3006,
            "time": 6.179417848587,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3334,
            "time": 4.6679229736328,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3662,
            "time": 3.0509338378906,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3990,
            "time": 4.2133820056915,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 9454,
            "time": 4.2137558460236,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 13646,
            "time": 6.2599239349365,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "29e58b35485ece272c8d38da4280a80d93ef5ec3db1268a3cf3d968eead22e8b",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "14ca3dcab1f44d7216738450bf98aed5dc99f702b88f2127ca211ad7301a0693",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

ping64.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove ping64.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the ping64.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that ping64.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 ping64.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the ping64.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 ping64.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\ping64.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the ping64.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If ping64.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If ping64.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If ping64.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 ping64.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
MD534a4865f5f95702cf581ddc99dc53646
SHA256dc3cab21d4943871a4c0a68a32c6da2060340cee74a44a21991b797f0f135cc2

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to ping64.exe:

ping64.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

ping64.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.

ping64.exe has stopped working.

End Program - ping64.exe. This program is not responding.

ping64.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

ping64.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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