What is ss_privoxy.exe?

ss_privoxy.exe is part of Privoxy and developed by The Privoxy team - www.privoxy.org according to the ss_privoxy.exe version information.

ss_privoxy.exe's description is "Privoxy"

ss_privoxy.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\desktop\shadowsocks-4.1.10.0\ss_win_temp\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ss_privoxy.exe:

PropertyValue
Product namePrivoxy
Company nameThe Privoxy team - www.privoxy.org
File descriptionPrivoxy
Internal namePrivoxy
Original filenameprivoxy.exe
Legal copyrightDistributed under the GNU GPL
Product version3.0.28
File version3.0.28

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

Product namePrivoxy
Company nameThe Privoxy team - www.privoxy.org
File descriptionPrivoxy
Internal namePrivoxy
Original filenameprivoxy.exe
Legal copyrightDistributed under the GNU GPL
Product version3.0.28
File version3.0.28

Digital signatures [?]

ss_privoxy.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ss_privoxy.exe file.

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the ss_privoxy.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": [
        "C:\\Windows\\syswow64\\MSCTF.dll",
        "RICHED20.DLL",
        "kernel32.dll",
        "UxTheme.dll",
        "OLEAUT32.DLL",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\ole32.dll",
        "dwmapi.dll",
        "comctl32",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\uxtheme.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\win.ini",
        "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{8613E14C-D0C0-4161-AC0F-1DD2563286BC}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\OLE\\Tracing",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{0000897b-83df-4b96-be07-0fb58b01c4a4}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{0000897b-83df-4b96-be07-0fb58b01c4a4}\\LanguageProfile\\0x00000000\\{0001bea3-ed56-483d-a2e2-aeae25577436}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{C1EE01F2-B3B6-4A6A-9DDD-E988C088EC82}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{F25E9F57-2FC8-4EB3-A41A-CCE5F08541E6}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{07EB03D6-B001-41DF-9192-BF9B841EE71F}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\KnownClasses",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{AE6BE008-07FB-400D-8BEB-337A64F7051F}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{E429B25A-E5D3-4D1F-9BE3-0C608477E3A1}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\CTF\\DirectSwitchHotkeys",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{F89E9E58-BD2F-4008-9AC2-0F816C09F4EE}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{DCBD6FA8-032F-11D3-B5B1-00C04FC324A1}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLEAUT",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{3697C5FA-60DD-4B56-92D4-74A569205C16}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\Compatibility\\07dc90ae5530e49c4f2d340b56be4942f906f2265c2fdf6559e8b31c9416da95.bin",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{531FDEBF-9B4C-4A43-A2AA-960E8FCDC732}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{A028AE76-01B1-46C2-99C4-ACD9858AE02F}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{81D4E9C9-1D3B-41BC-9E6C-4B40BF79E35E}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{03B5835F-F03C-411B-9CE2-AA23E1171E36}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{78CB5B0E-26ED-4FCC-854C-77E8F3D1AA80}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}"
    ],
    "file_read": [
        "C:\\Windows\\win.ini"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle\\Language Hotkey",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\CTF\\EnableAnchorContext",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\ScrollInset",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\ScrollInterval",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\ScrollDelay",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorUseSystemHeap",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{0000897b-83df-4b96-be07-0fb58b01c4a4}\\LanguageProfile\\0x00000000\\{0001bea3-ed56-483d-a2e2-aeae25577436}\\Enable",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\DragMinDist",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\DragDelay",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle\\Hotkey",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorSystemHeapIsPrivate",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle\\Layout Hotkey"
    ],
    "directory_enumerated": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\config.txt"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\07dc90ae5530e49c4f2d340b56be4942f906f2265c2fdf6559e8b31c9416da95.bin",
        "process_name": "07dc90ae5530e49c4f2d340b56be4942f906f2265c2fdf6559e8b31c9416da95.bin",
        "pid": 2816,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Windows\\syswow64\\MSCTF.dll",
                "RICHED20.DLL",
                "kernel32.dll",
                "UxTheme.dll",
                "OLEAUT32.DLL",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\ole32.dll",
                "dwmapi.dll",
                "comctl32",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\uxtheme.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\win.ini",
                "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{8613E14C-D0C0-4161-AC0F-1DD2563286BC}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\OLE\\Tracing",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{0000897b-83df-4b96-be07-0fb58b01c4a4}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{0000897b-83df-4b96-be07-0fb58b01c4a4}\\LanguageProfile\\0x00000000\\{0001bea3-ed56-483d-a2e2-aeae25577436}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{C1EE01F2-B3B6-4A6A-9DDD-E988C088EC82}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{F25E9F57-2FC8-4EB3-A41A-CCE5F08541E6}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{07EB03D6-B001-41DF-9192-BF9B841EE71F}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\KnownClasses",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{AE6BE008-07FB-400D-8BEB-337A64F7051F}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{E429B25A-E5D3-4D1F-9BE3-0C608477E3A1}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\CTF\\DirectSwitchHotkeys",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{F89E9E58-BD2F-4008-9AC2-0F816C09F4EE}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{DCBD6FA8-032F-11D3-B5B1-00C04FC324A1}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLEAUT",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{3697C5FA-60DD-4B56-92D4-74A569205C16}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\Compatibility\\07dc90ae5530e49c4f2d340b56be4942f906f2265c2fdf6559e8b31c9416da95.bin",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{531FDEBF-9B4C-4A43-A2AA-960E8FCDC732}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{A028AE76-01B1-46C2-99C4-ACD9858AE02F}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{81D4E9C9-1D3B-41BC-9E6C-4B40BF79E35E}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{03B5835F-F03C-411B-9CE2-AA23E1171E36}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{78CB5B0E-26ED-4FCC-854C-77E8F3D1AA80}\\Category\\Category\\{534C48C1-0607-4098-A521-4FC899C73E90}"
            ],
            "file_read": [
                "C:\\Windows\\win.ini"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle\\Language Hotkey",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\CTF\\EnableAnchorContext",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\ScrollInset",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\ScrollInterval",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\ScrollDelay",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorUseSystemHeap",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\CTF\\TIP\\{0000897b-83df-4b96-be07-0fb58b01c4a4}\\LanguageProfile\\0x00000000\\{0001bea3-ed56-483d-a2e2-aeae25577436}\\Enable",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\DragMinDist",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\DragDelay",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle\\Hotkey",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorSystemHeapIsPrivate",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Keyboard Layout\\Toggle\\Layout Hotkey"
            ],
            "directory_enumerated": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\config.txt"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1588729986.625,
        "ppid": 2016
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1588729986.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Checks if process is being debugged by a debugger",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "system",
                    "status": 0,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "last_error": 0,
                    "nt_status": -1073741811,
                    "api": "IsDebuggerPresent",
                    "return_value": 0,
                    "arguments": {},
                    "time": 1588729986.734,
                    "tid": 2588,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2816,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 58
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "checks_debugger"
    }
]

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": 6.191120147705078,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4434,
            "time": 6.124356985092163,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4762,
            "time": 4.144405126571655,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5090,
            "time": 6.131859064102173,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5418,
            "time": 4.647078990936279,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5746,
            "time": 3.011204957962036,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6074,
            "time": 4.1653759479522705,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 14624,
            "time": 4.165635108947754,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 18816,
            "time": 6.23821496963501,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "8824e97bc6f480cf413c889609b795df5340911226cb5eca62ef5c241d25adda",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "4f702a73562a183d93f5c0f155d04417289579a9851ebab04e63ec69c95b88e1",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5bc77d427634503f3ee7603bf009d7e32
SHA25607dc90ae5530e49c4f2d340b56be4942f906f2265c2fdf6559e8b31c9416da95

Error Messages

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

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

ss_privoxy.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.

Privoxy has stopped working.

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

ss_privoxy.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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