What is taskhs.exe?
taskhs.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected taskhs.exe.
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Digital signatures [?]
taskhs.exe is not signed.
VirusTotal report
24 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the taskhs.exe file. That's a 34% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| AegisLab | Trojan.Multi.Generic.4!c |
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win32.MalPacked.C3142702 |
| Avast | Win32:Malware-gen |
| AVG | Win32:Malware-gen |
| Avira | TR/AD.MoksSteal.lwxiy |
| Bkav | HW32.Packed. |
| eGambit | Unsafe.AI_Score_92% |
| Endgame | malicious (moderate confidence) |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Kryptik.GRVF |
| F-Secure | Trojan.TR/AD.MoksSteal.lwxiy |
| Fortinet | W32/Kryptik.GRUH!tr |
| GData | Win32.Packed.Kryptik.P8S3LD |
| Ikarus | Trojan.Win32.Crypt |
| Kaspersky | Trojan-PSW.Win32.Azorult.mrf |
| McAfee | Artemis!2EDF9EFC780F |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.dc |
| Microsoft | Trojan:Win32/Fuerboos.C!cl |
| Paloalto | generic.ml |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM11.1.6031.Malware.Gen |
| Rising | Trojan.Kryptik!8.8 (CLOUD) |
| SentinelOne | DFI - Malicious PE |
| Symantec | ML.Attribute.HighConfidence |
| Webroot | W32.Trojan.Gen |
| ZoneAlarm | Trojan-PSW.Win32.Azorult.mrf |
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.dll",
"GDI32.dll",
"SHELL32.dll",
"KERNEL32.DLL",
"ADVAPI32.dll",
"ole32.dll",
"USER32.dll"
]
}Generic
[
{
"process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\90b4e814c99564e8f0d6ce2b8f1dcd53959b52d5e84edf1f7b0e84f0dd0dc505.bin",
"process_name": "90b4e814c99564e8f0d6ce2b8f1dcd53959b52d5e84edf1f7b0e84f0dd0dc505.bin",
"pid": 1268,
"summary": {
"regkey_read": [
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
],
"dll_loaded": [
"kernel32.dll",
"GDI32.dll",
"SHELL32.dll",
"KERNEL32.DLL",
"ADVAPI32.dll",
"ole32.dll",
"USER32.dll"
]
},
"first_seen": 1583355185.59375,
"ppid": 2308
},
{
"process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
"process_name": "lsass.exe",
"pid": 476,
"summary": {},
"first_seen": 1583355185.328125,
"ppid": 376
}
]Signatures
[
{
"markcount": 1,
"families": [],
"description": "Allocates read-write-execute memory (usually to unpack itself)",
"severity": 2,
"marks": [
{
"call": {
"category": "process",
"status": 1,
"stacktrace": [],
"api": "NtProtectVirtualMemory",
"return_value": 0,
"arguments": {
"process_identifier": 1268,
"stack_dep_bypass": 0,
"stack_pivoted": 0,
"heap_dep_bypass": 1,
"length": 69632,
"protection": 64,
"process_handle": "0xffffffff",
"base_address": "0x058cc000"
},
"time": 1583355233.84375,
"tid": 2740,
"flags": {
"protection": "PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE"
}
},
"pid": 1268,
"type": "call",
"cid": 1047819
}
],
"references": [],
"name": "allocates_rwx"
},
{
"markcount": 8,
"families": [],
"description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
"severity": 2,
"marks": [
{
"name": "RT_ICON",
"language": "LANG_ARABIC",
"offset": "0x053c8ad0",
"filetype": "dBase IV DBT of @.DBF, block length 4096, next free block index 40, next free block 16777215, next used block 16777215",
"sublanguage": "SUBLANG_ARABIC_MOROCCO",
"type": "generic",
"size": "0x000010a8"
},
{
"name": "RT_ICON",
"language": "LANG_ARABIC",
"offset": "0x053c8ad0",
"filetype": "dBase IV DBT of @.DBF, block length 4096, next free block index 40, next free block 16777215, next used block 16777215",
"sublanguage": "SUBLANG_ARABIC_MOROCCO",
"type": "generic",
"size": "0x000010a8"
},
{
"name": "RT_STRING",
"language": "LANG_MONGOLIAN",
"offset": "0x053b4868",
"filetype": "data",
"sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
"type": "generic",
"size": "0x000001ec"
},
{
"name": "RT_STRING",
"language": "LANG_MONGOLIAN",
"offset": "0x053b4868",
"filetype": "data",
"sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
"type": "generic",
"size": "0x000001ec"
},
{
"name": "RT_STRING",
"language": "LANG_MONGOLIAN",
"offset": "0x053b4868",
"filetype": "data",
"sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
"type": "generic",
"size": "0x000001ec"
},
{
"name": "RT_STRING",
"language": "LANG_MONGOLIAN",
"offset": "0x053b4868",
"filetype": "data",
"sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
"type": "generic",
"size": "0x000001ec"
},
{
"name": "RT_STRING",
"language": "LANG_MONGOLIAN",
"offset": "0x053b4868",
"filetype": "data",
"sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
"type": "generic",
"size": "0x000001ec"
},
{
"name": "RT_GROUP_ICON",
"language": "LANG_ARABIC",
"offset": "0x053c9b7c",
"filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 2 icons, 32x32",
"sublanguage": "SUBLANG_ARABIC_MOROCCO",
"type": "generic",
"size": "0x00000022"
}
],
"references": [],
"name": "origin_langid"
},
{
"markcount": 2,
"families": [],
"description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
"severity": 2,
"marks": [
{
"entropy": 7.704500002679308,
"section": {
"size_of_data": "0x0003b200",
"virtual_address": "0x0538c000",
"entropy": 7.704500002679308,
"name": "UPX1",
"virtual_size": "0x0003c000"
},
"type": "generic",
"description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
},
{
"entropy": 0.9692622950819673,
"type": "generic",
"description": "Overall entropy of this PE file is high"
}
],
"references": [
"http:\/\/www.forensickb.com\/2013\/03\/file-entropy-explained.html",
"http:\/\/virii.es\/U\/Using%20Entropy%20Analysis%20to%20Find%20Encrypted%20and%20Packed%20Malware.pdf"
],
"name": "packer_entropy"
},
{
"markcount": 2,
"families": [],
"description": "The executable is compressed using UPX",
"severity": 2,
"marks": [
{
"section": "UPX0",
"type": "generic",
"description": "Section name indicates UPX"
},
{
"section": "UPX1",
"type": "generic",
"description": "Section name indicates UPX"
}
],
"references": [],
"name": "packer_upx"
},
{
"markcount": 1,
"families": [],
"description": "Looks for the Windows Idle Time to determine the uptime",
"severity": 3,
"marks": [
{
"call": {
"category": "system",
"status": 1,
"stacktrace": [],
"api": "NtQuerySystemInformation",
"return_value": 0,
"arguments": {
"information_class": 8
},
"time": 1583355185.74975,
"tid": 2740,
"flags": {
"information_class": "SystemProcessorPerformanceInformation"
}
},
"pid": 1268,
"type": "call",
"cid": 298
}
],
"references": [],
"name": "antisandbox_idletime"
}
]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": 6.202727794647217,
"dport": 137,
"sport": 137
},
{
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"dst": "192.168.56.255",
"offset": 5342,
"time": 12.206798791885376,
"dport": 138,
"sport": 138
},
{
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"dst": "224.0.0.252",
"offset": 7186,
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"dport": 5355,
"sport": 51001
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"dst": "239.255.255.250",
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"dport": 1900,
"sport": 1900
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"dport": 3702,
"sport": 49152
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"offset": 36620,
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"dport": 1900,
"sport": 53598
}
],
"dns_servers": [],
"http": [],
"icmp": [],
"smtp": [],
"tcp": [],
"smtp_ex": [],
"mitm": [],
"hosts": [],
"pcap_sha256": "acd648861d9540b1cb04f8203602c8450f1b2d5f2fd55b8ac02ff6f18893ce8c",
"dns": [],
"http_ex": [],
"domains": [],
"dead_hosts": [],
"sorted_pcap_sha256": "ab929e0b55203667d47e396496e86364945b1589c31f9a2b4cb9bafa47333cf6",
"irc": [],
"https_ex": []
}Screenshots
taskhs.exe removal instructions
The instructions below shows how to remove taskhs.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the taskhs.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that taskhs.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
- Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
- Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
- When the scan is finished, locate taskhs.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the taskhs.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 taskhs.exe in the scan result.
c:\downloads\taskhs.exe 
- Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the taskhs.exe file.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If taskhs.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If taskhs.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
- If taskhs.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that taskhs.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 2edf9efc780f10ca8f174a0af04dc0b2 |
| SHA256 | 90b4e814c99564e8f0d6ce2b8f1dcd53959b52d5e84edf1f7b0e84f0dd0dc505 |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to taskhs.exe:
taskhs.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
taskhs.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.
taskhs.exe has stopped working.
End Program - taskhs.exe. This program is not responding.
taskhs.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
taskhs.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
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