What is LOIC.exe?

LOIC.exe is part of Low Orbit Ion Cannon according to the LOIC.exe version information.

LOIC.exe's description is "Low Orbit Ion Cannon"

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

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

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on LOIC.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameLow Orbit Ion Cannon
File descriptionLow Orbit Ion Cannon
Internal nameLOIC.exe
Original filenameLOIC.exe
CommentsTCP/IP stress-test tool
Legal copyrightPublic domain
Product version1.0.8.0
File version1.0.8.0

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

Product nameLow Orbit Ion Cannon
File descriptionLow Orbit Ion Cannon
Internal nameLOIC.exe
Original filenameLOIC.exe
CommentsTCP/IP stress-test tool
Legal copyrightPublic domain
Product version1.0.8.0
File version1.0.8.0

Digital signatures [?]

LOIC.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

39 of the 64 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the LOIC.exe file. That's a 61% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Application.Hacktool.US
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Loic.R131592
ALYac Misc.HackTool.Loic
Antiy-AVL HackTool/MSIL.Flooder
Arcabit Application.Hacktool.US
Avast Win32:Loic-A [Trj]
AVG Win32:Loic-A [Trj]
BitDefender Application.Hacktool.US
CAT-QuickHeal Hacktool.Oylecann
ClamAV Win.Tool.Loic-11
Comodo Malware@#2bq2788hhdirm
Cybereason malicious.8cd033
Cyren W32/Application.EQUT-6520
DrWeb Tool.Flooder.81
Emsisoft Application.Hacktool.US (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/HackTool.LOIC.AF potentially unsafe
GData Application.Hacktool.US
Ikarus HackTool.Loic
Jiangmin HackTool.MSIL.aet
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 700000121 )
K7GW Trojan ( 700000121 )
Kaspersky HEUR:HackTool.MSIL.Flooder.gen
Malwarebytes HackTool.LOIC
MAX malware (ai score=100)
McAfee HTool-Loic
McAfee-GW-Edition HTool-Loic
Microsoft HackTool:MSIL/Uflooder.C!bit
MicroWorld-eScan Application.Hacktool.US
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Mlw.eswpzj
Paloalto generic.ml
Sophos Troj/Loic-A
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-MSIL Flooder
Symantec Hacktool
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Keygen.136192
Webroot Hacktool:Oylecann.A
Yandex Riskware.HackTool!DpVvoA+VCnM
ZoneAlarm HEUR:HackTool.MSIL.Flooder.gen
39 of the 64 anti-virus programs detected the LOIC.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "dll_loaded": [
        "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\\f60a52512773b52def9ba9ce8aad61144d2cf351f6bc04d1c5a13abef8f3b89b.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:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\f60a52512773b52def9ba9ce8aad61144d2cf351f6bc04d1c5a13abef8f3b89b.bin.config",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v4.0.30319\\"
    ],
    "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

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\f60a52512773b52def9ba9ce8aad61144d2cf351f6bc04d1c5a13abef8f3b89b.bin",
        "process_name": "f60a52512773b52def9ba9ce8aad61144d2cf351f6bc04d1c5a13abef8f3b89b.bin",
        "pid": 1268,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "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\\f60a52512773b52def9ba9ce8aad61144d2cf351f6bc04d1c5a13abef8f3b89b.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:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\f60a52512773b52def9ba9ce8aad61144d2cf351f6bc04d1c5a13abef8f3b89b.bin.config",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v4.0.30319\\"
            ],
            "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"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1603738386.59375,
        "ppid": 2308
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1603738386.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "d:\\Projects\\My\\loic\\loic\\obj\\Release\\LOIC.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.576787648284371,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x0001c400",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00002000",
                    "entropy": 7.576787648284371,
                    "name": ".text",
                    "virtual_size": "0x0001c234"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            },
            {
                "entropy": 0.8528301886792453,
                "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": 662,
            "time": 6.219609022140503,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2350,
            "time": 6.179610967636108,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2678,
            "time": 4.189809799194336,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3006,
            "time": 6.190858840942383,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3334,
            "time": 4.690809011459351,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3662,
            "time": 3.0534398555755615,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3990,
            "time": 4.705770969390869,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8466,
            "time": 4.2122509479522705,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12658,
            "time": 6.235448837280273,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "e0bce20cf6ac71bf32d246197a2f6786f0327cd8e1246f2beb11dc4f63f82107",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "6528a34d0bce6aa0dd0ca38dc837d6b69a1fa3beba098bba45243c28e2a0ba3a",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

LOIC.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove LOIC.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the LOIC.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that LOIC.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 LOIC.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the LOIC.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 LOIC.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\LOIC.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the LOIC.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If LOIC.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If LOIC.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If LOIC.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 LOIC.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
MD5e6fa3028cd03318496852718143d256f
SHA256f60a52512773b52def9ba9ce8aad61144d2cf351f6bc04d1c5a13abef8f3b89b

Error Messages

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

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

loic.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.

Low Orbit Ion Cannon has stopped working.

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

loic.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with LOIC.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with LOIC.exe. 10% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 10 users.

User vote results: There were 1 vote to remove and 9 votes to keep

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.

Anon writes

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This is a legit program used in specific fields of work, not malware.

# 1 Jul 2022, 3:04

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