What is x2plus.exe?

x2plus.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected x2plus.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

x2plus.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

x2plus.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

18 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the x2plus.exe file. That's a 26% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Acronis suspicious
AegisLab Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
Alibaba Malware:Application/Generic.5629f919
Bkav HW32.Packed.
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_80% (W)
Cybereason malicious.3c81d3
Cylance Unsafe
eGambit Generic.Malware
Endgame malicious (moderate confidence)
FireEye Generic.mg.6b1b3c46116b3c68
Invincea heuristic
MAX malware (ai score=77)
McAfee Artemis!6B1B3C46116B
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.vc
Trapmine malicious.moderate.ml.score
TrendMicro Mal_Opet-3
TrendMicro-HouseCall Mal_Opet-3
VIPRE VirTool.Win32.Obfuscator.XZ (v)
18 of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the x2plus.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": 1583985186.359375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 4,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".itext",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".upx0",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".upx1",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".upx2",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 6,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0010705c",
                "filetype": "dBase IV DBT, blocks size 0, block length 2048, next free block index 40, next free block 16777216, next used block 16777216",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00010828"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0010705c",
                "filetype": "dBase IV DBT, blocks size 0, block length 2048, next free block index 40, next free block 16777216, next used block 16777216",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00010828"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0010705c",
                "filetype": "dBase IV DBT, blocks size 0, block length 2048, next free block index 40, next free block 16777216, next used block 16777216",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00010828"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0010705c",
                "filetype": "dBase IV DBT, blocks size 0, block length 2048, next free block index 40, next free block 16777216, next used block 16777216",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00010828"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0010705c",
                "filetype": "dBase IV DBT, blocks size 0, block length 2048, next free block index 40, next free block 16777216, next used block 16777216",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00010828"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_GROUP_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00117884",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 5 icons, 16x16",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000004c"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "origin_langid"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.862898877100734,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x002b0200",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00321000",
                    "entropy": 7.862898877100734,
                    "name": ".upx2",
                    "virtual_size": "0x002b012c"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            },
            {
                "entropy": 0.9634231711585579,
                "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"
    }
]

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": 546,
            "time": 3.0780489444732666,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5074,
            "time": 3.017228126525879,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5402,
            "time": 1.0562281608581543,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5730,
            "time": 3.024250030517578,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6058,
            "time": 1.550610065460205,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6386,
            "time": -0.09384799003601074,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6714,
            "time": 1.58089017868042,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16512,
            "time": 1.0866320133209229,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 24896,
            "time": 3.124744176864624,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "cb15ffe9ab52646485b881853db9ca803ca129fb332fdc091b84516589fc06e6",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "307c8d52d0ef1cd5171cc277b7bd82fd7b18e5bbd5413bd0290fbdc1e95286e2",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

x2plus.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove x2plus.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the x2plus.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that x2plus.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 x2plus.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the x2plus.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 x2plus.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\x2plus.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the x2plus.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If x2plus.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If x2plus.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If x2plus.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 x2plus.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
MD56b1b3c46116b3c68a9593fbc91c28935
SHA256384c0ed57758765e0b1dc5d126d91f078ad9998d51fee515f7c441c8090b2f6c

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to x2plus.exe:

x2plus.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

x2plus.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.

x2plus.exe has stopped working.

End Program - x2plus.exe. This program is not responding.

x2plus.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

x2plus.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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