What is tolnix.exe?

tolnix.exe is part of TODO: <Product name> and developed by TODO: <Company name> according to the tolnix.exe version information.

tolnix.exe's description is "TODO: <File description>"

tolnix.exe is usually located in the 'c:\programdata\tolnix\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected tolnix.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on tolnix.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameTODO: <Product name>
Company nameTODO: <Company name>
File descriptionTODO: <File description>
Internal nametest_mys.exe
Original filenametest_mys.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2017
Product version1.0.0.1
File version1.0.0.1

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

Product nameTODO: <Product name>
Company nameTODO: <Company name>
File descriptionTODO: <File description>
Internal nametest_mys.exe
Original filenametest_mys.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2017
Product version1.0.0.1
File version1.0.0.1

Digital signatures [?]

tolnix.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

50 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the tolnix.exe file. That's a 71% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Acronis suspicious
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Ulise.38160
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Linkury.R272332
ALYac Gen:Variant.Ulise.38160
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Linkury
APEX Malicious
Arcabit Trojan.Ulise.D9510
Avast Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Baidu Win32.Trojan.Kryptik.acj
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Ulise.38160
Bkav W32.CsrssjaNAB.Trojan
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.LinkuryPMF.S5088633
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cybereason malicious.4b8a6a
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/S-c04a2415!Eldorado
DrWeb Trojan.Siggen7.63815
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Ulise.38160 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/TrojanDropper.Addrop.CL
F-Prot W32/S-c04a2415!Eldorado
FireEye Generic.mg.9b098a74b8a6acb0
Fortinet W32/Generic.AC.455F8A!tr
GData Gen:Variant.Ulise.38160
Ikarus Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Addrop
Invincea heuristic
Jiangmin AdWare.Linkury.cbje
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0054594a1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 0054594a1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Linkury.gen
Malwarebytes Adware.Linkury
MAX malware (ai score=84)
McAfee PUP-XHT-ES
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareLinkury.th
Microsoft PUA:Win32/Linkury
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Ulise.38160
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.Linkury.fmblao
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM10.1.0C61.Malware.Gen
Rising Dropper.Addrop!8.11F (RDM+:cmRtazorZUyeHYMTjfAjsXo6Sv5P)
SentinelOne DFI - Malicious PE
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.Linkury/Variant
Symantec Trojan Horse
Trapmine malicious.moderate.ml.score
VBA32 BScope.Adware.Linkury
Webroot W32.Adware.Installcore
Yandex PUA.Linkury!
Zillya Adware.Linkury.Win32.89182
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Linkury.gen
50 of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the tolnix.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_created": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\InstallationConfiguration.xml",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\installer.dat"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "ADVAPI32.dll",
        "SHELL32.dll",
        "KERNEL32.dll",
        "SHLWAPI.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db"
    ],
    "file_written": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\InstallationConfiguration.xml",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\installer.dat"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db-wal",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db-journal"
    ],
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\InstallationConfiguration.xml",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\installer.dat"
    ],
    "file_read": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Dropped

[
    {
        "yara": [],
        "sha1": "95355dc207a4a4265d2a2c9d54584a92324a57b7",
        "name": "4d1825d649a62f52_installationconfiguration.xml",
        "filepath": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\InstallationConfiguration.xml",
        "type": "ASCII text, with very long lines, with no line terminators",
        "sha256": "4d1825d649a62f523246fa0d0230f4918d18123c610e9835d420a8dd5bb6fb0b",
        "urls": [],
        "crc32": "A9B1C77C",
        "path": "\/home\/hpuser\/.cuckoo\/storage\/analyses\/530\/files\/4d1825d649a62f52_installationconfiguration.xml",
        "ssdeep": null,
        "size": 11568,
        "sha512": "c811c63dd7350436fcaba9e706120001e38bf33fc3994f04d116348f72ea6f3a24933d7fcd0e7f741d2b858fcaa8feb3a7c8b0344daa13fcd367a95ee44156d1",
        "pids": [
            2448
        ],
        "md5": "4cb661021fc39191634c167a099515ce"
    },
    {
        "yara": [],
        "sha1": "21049121dd50e1cc9353696a072d828ed45141a9",
        "name": "e2d9f600e8d10034_installer.dat",
        "filepath": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\installer.dat",
        "type": "data",
        "sha256": "e2d9f600e8d100341a763ed4891021b435ed436609a11b7b1b54e9b6e55ec6df",
        "urls": [],
        "crc32": "D5D3FA85",
        "path": "\/home\/hpuser\/.cuckoo\/storage\/analyses\/530\/files\/e2d9f600e8d10034_installer.dat",
        "ssdeep": null,
        "size": 140800,
        "sha512": "73c5bb8852b2a70d1d0d486447ade52f44cd13bfd6216b7defac82d09473ef5e6483351195109a2c1c79b001baf10a22e86340814b04c359583ba97275d68ebd",
        "pids": [
            2448
        ],
        "md5": "0b6475e0fa2b17046f962802ad91b248"
    },
    {
        "yara": [
            {
                "meta": {
                    "description": "Contains an embedded PE32 file",
                    "author": "nex"
                },
                "name": "embedded_pe",
                "offsets": {
                    "b": [
                        [
                            1948,
                            0
                        ]
                    ]
                },
                "strings": [
                    "VGhpcyBwcm9ncmFt"
                ]
            },
            {
                "meta": {
                    "description": "A non-Windows executable contains win32 API functions names",
                    "author": "nex"
                },
                "name": "embedded_win_api",
                "offsets": {
                    "api6": [
                        [
                            405678,
                            3
                        ]
                    ],
                    "api12": [
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                            2
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                    ],
                    "api2": [
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                            405932,
                            0
                        ]
                    ],
                    "api3": [
                        [
                            406022,
                            1
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                    ]
                },
                "strings": [
                    "R2V0UHJvY0FkZHJlc3M=",
                    "TG9hZExpYnJhcnlB",
                    "U2V0RmlsZVBvaW50ZXI=",
                    "V3JpdGVGaWxl"
                ]
            },
            {
                "meta": {
                    "description": "Matched shellcode byte patterns",
                    "author": "nex"
                },
                "name": "shellcode",
                "offsets": {
                    "shell5": [
                        [
                            288854,
                            1
                        ],
                        [
                            288877,
                            1
                        ],
                        [
                            325503,
                            1
                        ]
                    ],
                    "shell6": [
                        [
                            5076,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            8863,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            81712,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            81889,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            118928,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            119368,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            172023,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            172467,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            173774,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            174218,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            191012,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            191633,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            212015,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            242648,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            245621,
                            2
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                        [
                            253035,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            256113,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            257685,
                            2
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                        [
                            258338,
                            2
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                        [
                            260197,
                            2
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                        [
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                        [
                            269490,
                            2
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                            277283,
                            2
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                        [
                            277550,
                            2
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                            2
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                        [
                            302591,
                            2
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                            302952,
                            2
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                        [
                            303500,
                            2
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                        [
                            304360,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            304856,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            305361,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            307441,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            317114,
                            2
                        ],
                        [
                            319082,
                            2
                        ]
                    ],
                    "shell7": [
                        [
                            216301,
                            0
                        ],
                        [
                            222002,
                            0
                        ],
                        [
                            222097,
                            0
                        ],
                        [
                            259405,
                            0
                        ]
                    ]
                },
                "strings": [
                    "VYvs6A==",
                    "VYvsg8Q=",
                    "VYvsgew="
                ]
            }
        ],
        "sha1": "34fc2b87b8070dbdb714924af9a3db67a8269e09",
        "name": "27cb2756d59d072e_sha.db",
        "filepath": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db",
        "type": "SQLite 3.x database",
        "sha256": "27cb2756d59d072ee294b839891a0bda2e8436579085f8ddd13f5268ba945d62",
        "urls": [],
        "crc32": "013F1BC4",
        "path": "\/home\/hpuser\/.cuckoo\/storage\/analyses\/530\/files\/27cb2756d59d072e_sha.db",
        "ssdeep": null,
        "size": 722944,
        "sha512": "aea030299ecbd46036ee32374e729c38edcf8a279b6e35f31e263e3cd41e91026779771c3616bfe3bde244a0ad3d99a859145e455f15a8bb04a782b0450552f9",
        "pids": [
            2448
        ],
        "md5": "78805b7c4f2c09b74e829a64b002e06e"
    }
]

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\0781cacf1f7d6638220f06f3d340e419a7f8dc8cf170d11e0af70926980e43b3.bin",
        "process_name": "0781cacf1f7d6638220f06f3d340e419a7f8dc8cf170d11e0af70926980e43b3.bin",
        "pid": 2448,
        "summary": {
            "file_created": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\InstallationConfiguration.xml",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\installer.dat"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "ADVAPI32.dll",
                "SHELL32.dll",
                "KERNEL32.dll",
                "SHLWAPI.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db"
            ],
            "file_written": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\InstallationConfiguration.xml",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\installer.dat"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db-wal",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db-journal"
            ],
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\InstallationConfiguration.xml",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\installer.dat"
            ],
            "file_read": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\sha.db"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1561301585.6875,
        "ppid": 1092
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1561301585.3281,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "76D577B4-E1AE-4EFA-A3CE-423C19E78670",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    },
    {
        "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": 2448,
                        "stack_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "stack_pivoted": 0,
                        "heap_dep_bypass": 1,
                        "length": 581632,
                        "protection": 64,
                        "process_handle": "0xffffffff",
                        "base_address": "0x00511000"
                    },
                    "time": 1561301585.8285,
                    "tid": 2456,
                    "flags": {
                        "protection": "PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE"
                    }
                },
                "pid": 2448,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 953
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "allocates_rwx"
    }
]

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": 6.2104988098145,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3246,
            "time": 6.1439168453217,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3574,
            "time": 4.1720719337463,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3902,
            "time": 6.1512069702148,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4230,
            "time": 4.683287858963,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4558,
            "time": 3.029923915863,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 4886,
            "time": 4.6792418956757,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 11356,
            "time": 4.1951580047607,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 15548,
            "time": 6.3158488273621,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "6470b76cc659e3f25a0e1b446a4c0a5defe0912f1a007b509af3011988fc0b36",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "d89f50ff559fb4d8dc089adb1f5cbaee0ced7d7d256b13300253c0405de0941b",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

tolnix.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove tolnix.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the tolnix.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that tolnix.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate tolnix.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the tolnix.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 tolnix.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\programdata\tolnix\tolnix.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the tolnix.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If tolnix.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If tolnix.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If tolnix.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that tolnix.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








Free Questionnaires

Filename variants

tolnix.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

tolnix.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\programdata\tolnix\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD59b098a74b8a6acb0ee052d2070fa2647
SHA2560781cacf1f7d6638220f06f3d340e419a7f8dc8cf170d11e0af70926980e43b3

Error Messages

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

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

tolnix.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.

TODO: has stopped working.

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

tolnix.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

tolnix.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?

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Votes
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1

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