What is StartMenu.exe?

StartMenu.exe is part of Open-Shell and developed by Open-Shell according to the StartMenu.exe version information.

StartMenu.exe's description is "Open-Shell Menu"

StartMenu.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Open-Shell\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on StartMenu.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameOpen-Shell
Company nameOpen-Shell
File descriptionOpen-Shell Menu
Internal nameMenu
Original filenameStartMenu.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2017-2018, The Open-Shell Team
Product version4.4.131
File version4.4.131

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

Product nameOpen-Shell
Company nameOpen-Shell
File descriptionOpen-Shell Menu
Internal nameMenu
Original filenameStartMenu.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2017-2018, The Open-Sh..
Product version4.4.131
File version4.4.131

Digital signatures [?]

StartMenu.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

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

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

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1571399587.3438,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\projects\\open-shell-menu\\Src\\StartMenu\\Setup64\\StartMenu.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": 6.2031519412994,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3462,
            "time": 6.1398499011993,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3790,
            "time": 4.1598460674286,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4118,
            "time": 6.1486489772797,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4446,
            "time": 4.6587090492249,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4774,
            "time": 3.0541899204254,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 5102,
            "time": 4.6873579025269,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 11572,
            "time": 4.1942088603973,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 15764,
            "time": 6.2656960487366,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "9e12934f675ffcae5c63e6d2891ceed20c19350b0f1a31c6570d73cc2effcd13",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "8a3241fa2b675d26a479099a12c7e7b81e82c08b915831fd93a5955572bc9d99",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD53c0ccc6dde13826d4fa6ce6a3b5f0187
SHA256bf86fc2f3c00549a02f53addc5d2313df2260dfd36b2410f0b1988b8a7c01f6f

Error Messages

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

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

startmenu.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.

Open-Shell Menu has stopped working.

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

startmenu.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with StartMenu.exe. 0% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.

Votes
Keep100 %
2
Remove0 %
0

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

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