What is updatewin2.exe?

updatewin2.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected updatewin2.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on updatewin2.exe:

PropertyValue
Internal namegigifaw.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2018, guvaxiz
File version5.3.7.82

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

Internal namegigifaw.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2018, guvaxiz
File version5.3.7.82

Digital signatures [?]

updatewin2.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

43 of the 62 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the updatewin2.exe file. That's a 69% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Acronis suspicious
Ad-Aware DeepScan:Generic.Zamg.8.B9502EF1
AhnLab-V3 Win-Trojan/Gandcrab10.Exp
ALYac Trojan.Ransom.Stop
Antiy-AVL Trojan[Ransom]/Win32.Chapak.a
Arcabit DeepScan:Generic.Zamg.8.B9502EF1
Avast Win32:Trojan-gen
AVG Win32:Trojan-gen
Avira TR/Crypt.Agent.tbytt
BitDefender DeepScan:Generic.Zamg.8.B9502EF1
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Hosts
Comodo Malware@#336x40kplzrai
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cyren W32/Trojan.KIAG-5029
DrWeb Trojan.Encoder.26667
Emsisoft DeepScan:Generic.Zamg.8.B9502EF1 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Kryptik.GOQN
Fortinet W32/Kryptik.GPMP!tr
GData DeepScan:Generic.Zamg.8.B9502EF1
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 00545a541 )
K7GW Trojan ( 00545a541 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Malwarebytes Trojan.MalPack.GS
MAX malware (ai score=100)
McAfee Packed-FQR!996BA35165BB
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.dh
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Occamy.C
MicroWorld-eScan DeepScan:Generic.Zamg.8.B9502EF1
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Encoder.fmcefj
Paloalto generic.ml
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.96d
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-Dropper
Symantec Packed.Generic.525
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Generic.Hufr
Trapmine malicious.high.ml.score
VBA32 BScope.Trojan.Chapak
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Mikey.281088
Webroot W32.Adware.Installcore
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
43 of the 62 anti-virus programs detected the updatewin2.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.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\5caffdc76a562e098c471feaede5693f9ead92d5c6c10fb3951dd1fa6c12d21d.bin",
        "process_name": "5caffdc76a562e098c471feaede5693f9ead92d5c6c10fb3951dd1fa6c12d21d.bin",
        "pid": 1664,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1602514386.578125,
        "ppid": 2448
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1602514386.3125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

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        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "NUTAVECEHENUBEPUHUGUWUJEJIXA",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "SOJEVILOHAMOCUGOROZOTAHUJAMIJU",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "WADUTO",
                "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": 1664,
                        "stack_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "stack_pivoted": 0,
                        "heap_dep_bypass": 1,
                        "length": 69632,
                        "protection": 64,
                        "process_handle": "0xffffffff",
                        "base_address": "0x002c5000"
                    },
                    "time": 1602514392.391125,
                    "tid": 2736,
                    "flags": {
                        "protection": "PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE"
                    }
                },
                "pid": 1664,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 405843
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "allocates_rwx"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 11,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "NUTAVECEHENUBEPUHUGUWUJEJIXA",
                "language": "LANG_SERBIAN",
                "offset": "0x000403c8",
                "filetype": "ASCII text, with no line terminators",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000100"
            },
            {
                "name": "SOJEVILOHAMOCUGOROZOTAHUJAMIJU",
                "language": "LANG_SERBIAN",
                "offset": "0x000404c8",
                "filetype": "ASCII text, with very long lines, with no line terminators",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000002d4"
            },
            {
                "name": "WADUTO",
                "language": "LANG_SERBIAN",
                "offset": "0x0004079c",
                "filetype": "ASCII text, with no line terminators",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000070"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_BITMAP",
                "language": "LANG_SERBIAN",
                "offset": "0x0004637c",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00002c08"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_BITMAP",
                "language": "LANG_SERBIAN",
                "offset": "0x0004637c",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00002c08"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_BITMAP",
                "language": "LANG_SERBIAN",
                "offset": "0x0004637c",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00002c08"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_SERBIAN",
                "offset": "0x00048f84",
                "filetype": "dBase IV DBT of @.DBF, block length 4096, next free block index 40, next free block 234027254, next used block 0",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000010a8"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_DIALOG",
                "language": "LANG_SERBIAN",
                "offset": "0x0004a02c",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000004c"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_STRING",
                "language": "LANG_SERBIAN",
                "offset": "0x0004a078",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000036a"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_GROUP_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_SERBIAN",
                "offset": "0x0004a3e4",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 1 icon, 32x32",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000014"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_VERSION",
                "language": "LANG_SERBIAN",
                "offset": "0x0004a3f8",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000001a4"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "origin_langid"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 6.8837235619312915,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x0000a800",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00040000",
                    "entropy": 6.8837235619312915,
                    "name": ".rsrc",
                    "virtual_size": "0x0000a724"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            }
        ],
        "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": 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": 1602514386.844125,
                    "tid": 2736,
                    "flags": {
                        "information_class": "SystemProcessorPerformanceInformation"
                    }
                },
                "pid": 1664,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 39
            }
        ],
        "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": 6.320646047592163,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 5342,
            "time": 12.46285605430603,
            "dport": 138,
            "sport": 138
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7186,
            "time": 6.325420141220093,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7514,
            "time": 4.16503119468689,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7842,
            "time": 6.347222089767456,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8170,
            "time": 4.673290014266968,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8498,
            "time": 3.062868118286133,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8826,
            "time": 4.237305164337158,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 28236,
            "time": 4.183351993560791,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 36620,
            "time": 6.463288068771362,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "5e28462956dea48a8f83c9c026cd17ac27db01c6cab0ada1fe8ad5bac0d65880",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "bf697aa009b1a49042bc41beb7864414c9e0155cf91d36e3cb0c05cc780e85af",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

updatewin2.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove updatewin2.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the updatewin2.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that updatewin2.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 updatewin2.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the updatewin2.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 updatewin2.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\updatewin2.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the updatewin2.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If updatewin2.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If updatewin2.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If updatewin2.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 updatewin2.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5996ba35165bb62473d2a6743a5200d45
SHA2565caffdc76a562e098c471feaede5693f9ead92d5c6c10fb3951dd1fa6c12d21d

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to updatewin2.exe:

updatewin2.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

updatewin2.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.

updatewin2.exe has stopped working.

End Program - updatewin2.exe. This program is not responding.

updatewin2.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

updatewin2.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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