What is BackgroundDownload.exe?

BackgroundDownload.exe is part of Visual Studio and developed by Microsoft according to the BackgroundDownload.exe version information.

BackgroundDownload.exe's description is "Visual Studio Background Download"

BackgroundDownload.exe is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

BackgroundDownload.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\ServiceHub\Services\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Service\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on BackgroundDownload.exe:

Property	Value
Product name	Visual Studio
Company name	Microsoft
File description	Visual Studio Background Download
Internal name	BackgroundDownload.exe
Original filename	BackgroundDownload.exe
Comments	Downloads available updates
Legal copyright	? Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version	2.3.2283
File version	2.3.2283.19382

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

Product name	Visual Studio
Company name	Microsoft
File description	Visual Studio Background Download
Internal name	BackgroundDownload.exe
Original filename	BackgroundDownload.exe
Comments	Downloads available updates
Legal copyright	? Microsoft Corporation. All rights ..
Product version	2.3.2283
File version	2.3.2283.19382

Digital signatures [?]

BackgroundDownload.exe has a valid digital signature.

Property	Value
Signer name	Microsoft Corporation
Certificate issuer name	Microsoft Code Signing PCA 2010
Certificate serial number	33000002cf6d2cc57caa65a6d80000000002cf

VirusTotal report

None of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the BackgroundDownload.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

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        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
        "gdi32.dll"
    ],
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        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v2.0.50727\\",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\81329fa099e08f28e618f464aceccb50470731f3452d6c84a6eaa77d60c629da.bin"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards\\v4.0.30319",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
    ],
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v4.0.30319\\",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\81329fa099e08f28e618f464aceccb50470731f3452d6c84a6eaa77d60c629da.bin.config"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Generic

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        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\81329fa099e08f28e618f464aceccb50470731f3452d6c84a6eaa77d60c629da.bin",
        "process_name": "81329fa099e08f28e618f464aceccb50470731f3452d6c84a6eaa77d60c629da.bin",
        "pid": 1512,
        "summary": {
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                "ADVAPI32.dll",
                "SHLWAPI.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
                "gdi32.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v2.0.50727\\",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\81329fa099e08f28e618f464aceccb50470731f3452d6c84a6eaa77d60c629da.bin"
            ],
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                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards\\v4.0.30319",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
            ],
            "file_failed": [
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                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v4.0.30319\\",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\81329fa099e08f28e618f464aceccb50470731f3452d6c84a6eaa77d60c629da.bin.config"
            ],
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                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1575676384.53125,
        "ppid": 2892
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1575676384.3125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

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    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "E:\\A\\_work\\366\\s\\src\\BackgroundDownload\\obj\\Release\\net45\\BackgroundDownload.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.213245868682861,
            "dport": 137,
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        },
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    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "edb19b2bf1add53414f0339fbf2aa05faea33b21a2400e5d3714564aed6d0f73",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "e168529b059b8e6e4a9ded2c48885b67456dad5b76dec047bd0f9ea53bc625f8",
    "irc": [],
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}

Screenshots

Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	81f7d2e66e16add4e72237a339dc131e
SHA256	81329fa099e08f28e618f464aceccb50470731f3452d6c84a6eaa77d60c629da

Error Messages

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

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

backgrounddownload.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.

Visual Studio Background Download has stopped working.

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

backgrounddownload.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

backgrounddownload.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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User vote results: There were 25 votes to remove and 5 votes to keep

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Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

qacc writes

1 thumb

Not malware.

# 5 Jun 2021, 4:29

What is BackgroundDownload.exe?

Vendor and version information [?]

Digital signatures [?]

VirusTotal report

Sandbox Report

Summary

Summary

Generic

Signatures

Yara

Network

Screenshots

Hashes [?]

Error Messages

What will you do with the file?

What did other users do?

Malware or legitimate?

And now some shameless self promotion ;)

Comments

qacc writes

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