What is vivaldi.exe?

vivaldi.exe is part of Vivaldi and developed by Vivaldi Technologies AS according to the vivaldi.exe version information.

vivaldi.exe's description is "Vivaldi"

vivaldi.exe is digitally signed by Vivaldi Technologies AS.

vivaldi.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\desktop\browsers & chat\application\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on vivaldi.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameVivaldi
Company nameVivaldi Technologies AS
File descriptionVivaldi
Internal namechrome_exe
Original filenamevivaldi.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2019 Vivaldi Technologies AS. All rights reserved.
Product version3.0.1874.38
File version3.0.1874.38

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

Product nameVivaldi
Company nameVivaldi Technologies AS
File descriptionVivaldi
Internal namechrome_exe
Original filenamevivaldi.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2019 Vivaldi Technologies ..
Product version3.0.1874.38
File version3.0.1874.38

Digital signatures [?]

vivaldi.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameVivaldi Technologies AS
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2)
Certificate serial number039f5c6e32e8efc888125782b16bed8b

VirusTotal report

None of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the vivaldi.exe file.

None of the 73 anti-virus programs detected the vivaldi.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1593175988.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "vivaldi.exe.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".00cfg",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".retplne",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "CPADinfo",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "GOOGLEUPDATEAPPLICATIONCOMMANDS",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1098,
            "time": 4.166592121124268,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1426,
            "time": 4.772446155548096,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1754,
            "time": 3.0107150077819824,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 2082,
            "time": 4.735844135284424,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3174,
            "time": 4.190047979354858,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "cc7f9840b1b121bcac5d84d7b6e67cdd12fc0d2be4ff7cde986495369fd46403",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "dd14e03ffa6b4289137c3b818bb68c1058d9e342e156653ed8eb7d07d8aa07c4",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD516efb9383fb7346b855f6977761aa04a
SHA25669500c419a3f6e29b01c08a72d5a96b8d79048fb2ed6111f866b1e5d0924a748

Error Messages

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

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

vivaldi.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.

Vivaldi has stopped working.

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

vivaldi.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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