What is regsvr32.exe?

regsvr32.exe is part of InstallMate and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the regsvr32.exe version information.

regsvr32.exe's description is "Out-of-process DLL registration helper"

regsvr32.exe is digitally signed by Tarma Software Research Ltd.

regsvr32.exe is usually located in the 'c:\ProgramData\InstallMate\{6A206A04-6BC1-411B-AA04-4E52EDEEADF2}\x64\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about regsvr32.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on regsvr32.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameInstallMate
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionOut-of-process DLL registration helper
Internal nameREGSVR32
Original filenameREGSVR32.EXE
CommentsWin64 (x64) Unicode Lib Rel
Legal copyright© 1990-2016 Tarma Software Research Ltd
Legal trademarkTarma® and InstallMate® are registered trademarks of Tarma Software Research Ltd
Product version9.63.1.6144
File version2016.10.26.1534U

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

Product nameInstallMate
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionOut-of-process DLL registration helper
Internal nameREGSVR32
Original filenameREGSVR32.EXE
CommentsWin64 (x64) Unicode Lib Rel
Legal copyright© 1990-2016 Tarma Software Research..
Legal trademarkTarma® and InstallMate® are regist..
Product version9.63.1.6144
File version2016.10.26.1534U

Digital signatures [?]

regsvr32.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameTarma Software Research Ltd
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2)
Certificate serial number02f1131ff1f41a8447b50ac087387ab3

VirusTotal report

None of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the regsvr32.exe file.

None of the 69 anti-virus programs detected the regsvr32.exe file.

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"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1564876384.3438,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b598b7e85632059f8137663c8d38e50a62d672b7ee1edd1d184f3bf69dda2b93.bin",
        "process_name": "b598b7e85632059f8137663c8d38e50a62d672b7ee1edd1d184f3bf69dda2b93.bin",
        "pid": 2460,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1564876384.5781,
        "ppid": 2676
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\Dev\\Tin9\\InstallDir\\vc80-x64u\\_TinReg.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": 6.2181901931763,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2134,
            "time": 6.1798419952393,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2462,
            "time": 4.1587390899658,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2790,
            "time": 6.1915600299835,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3118,
            "time": 4.6579570770264,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3446,
            "time": 3.0517289638519,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3774,
            "time": 4.6709320545197,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 7102,
            "time": 4.1801080703735,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 11294,
            "time": 6.2647521495819,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "4382b7bbc200fae11d2d4c2110645ea43a15181145fd5636e1ac96fb6046ea24",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "f57213cf6201ce2f5cc8b7ee784a7588d81003e9ba9fa253c9955b6cb88d7dea",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5a232dd01569b89d7390c5ce036bd6637
SHA256b598b7e85632059f8137663c8d38e50a62d672b7ee1edd1d184f3bf69dda2b93

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to regsvr32.exe:

regsvr32.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

regsvr32.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.

Out-of-process DLL registration helper has stopped working.

End Program - regsvr32.exe. This program is not responding.

regsvr32.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

regsvr32.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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