What is remove_incompatible_applications.exe?

remove_incompatible_applications.exe is part of Kaspersky Anti-Virus and developed by AO Kaspersky Lab according to the remove_incompatible_applications.exe version information.

remove_incompatible_applications.exe's description is "Remove incompatible applications"

remove_incompatible_applications.exe is digitally signed by Kaspersky Lab.

remove_incompatible_applications.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Free 19.0.0\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on remove_incompatible_applications.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameKaspersky Anti-Virus
Company nameAO Kaspersky Lab
File descriptionRemove incompatible applications
Internal nameremove_incompatible_applications
Original filenameremove_incompatible_applications.exe
Legal copyright© 2018 AO Kaspersky Lab. All Rights Reserved.
Legal trademarkRegistered trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners
Product version19.0.0.1310
File version19.0.0.1310

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

Product nameKaspersky Anti-Virus
Company nameAO Kaspersky Lab
File descriptionRemove incompatible applications
Internal nameremove_incompatible_applications
Original filenameremove_incompatible_applications.exe
Legal copyright© 2018 AO Kaspersky Lab. All Rights..
Legal trademarkRegistered trademarks and service ma..
Product version19.0.0.1310
File version19.0.0.1310

Digital signatures [?]

remove_incompatible_applications.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameKaspersky Lab
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number0f9d91c6aba86f4e54cbb9ef57e68346

VirusTotal report

None of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the remove_incompatible_applications.exe file.

None of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the remove_incompatible_applications.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"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32",
        "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
        "api-ms-win-appmodel-runtime-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0",
        "ext-ms-win-kernel32-package-current-l1-1-0"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1571295185.3281,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\8d43672c67177d7cdb02c5c026ee2383bba8074ea95f97468091e994c9890264.bin",
        "process_name": "8d43672c67177d7cdb02c5c026ee2383bba8074ea95f97468091e994c9890264.bin",
        "pid": 2436,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
                "api-ms-win-appmodel-runtime-l1-1-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0",
                "ext-ms-win-kernel32-package-current-l1-1-0"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1571295185.7031,
        "ppid": 2660
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\bs\\main\\15746\\Out\\Win32\\Release\\remove_incompatible_applications.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".gfids",
                "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": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.2334702014923,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2134,
            "time": 6.172101020813,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2462,
            "time": 4.1688821315765,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2790,
            "time": 6.1831560134888,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3118,
            "time": 4.6711311340332,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3446,
            "time": 3.0656931400299,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3774,
            "time": 4.6870720386505,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8250,
            "time": 4.2008821964264,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12442,
            "time": 6.2786061763763,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "55605fd75049c779d61605e8333f9c81ff2b4e468e0c56a371b7186c8468ccd4",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "ebe6ae810ce608ee70bd6b395fbea0e18001c17a88fa3211e0eb49a70e235bde",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5331a65c6a3ea44f2e710aba07cc32fd6
SHA2568d43672c67177d7cdb02c5c026ee2383bba8074ea95f97468091e994c9890264

Error Messages

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

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

remove_incompatible_applications.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.

Remove incompatible applications has stopped working.

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

remove_incompatible_applications.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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