What is NETGEARGenie.exe?

NETGEARGenie.exe is part of NETGEAR Genie and developed by NETGEAR Inc. according to the NETGEARGenie.exe version information.

NETGEARGenie.exe's description is "NETGEAR Genie"

NETGEARGenie.exe is digitally signed by NETGEAR TAIWAN CO., LTD.

NETGEARGenie.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\NETGEAR Genie\bin\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on NETGEARGenie.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameNETGEAR Genie
Company nameNETGEAR Inc.
File descriptionNETGEAR Genie
Internal nameNETGEAR Genie
Original filenameNETGEAR Genie.exe
Legal copyright(C) NETGEAR Inc. All rights reserved
Product versionv2.4.44
File versionv2.4.44

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

Product nameNETGEAR Genie
Company nameNETGEAR Inc.
File descriptionNETGEAR Genie
Internal nameNETGEAR Genie
Original filenameNETGEAR Genie.exe
Legal copyright(C) NETGEAR Inc. All rights reserved
Product versionv2.4.44
File versionv2.4.44

Digital signatures [?]

NETGEARGenie.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameNETGEAR TAIWAN CO., LTD
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number6ab94bbfad612fa39131b69174e6342d

VirusTotal report

None of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the NETGEARGenie.exe file.

None of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the NETGEARGenie.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": 1567209185.3281,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[]

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": 6.1956579685211,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3462,
            "time": 6.1563410758972,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3790,
            "time": 4.1480720043182,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4118,
            "time": 6.1696560382843,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4446,
            "time": 4.6515009403229,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4774,
            "time": 3.0445399284363,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 5102,
            "time": 4.2166669368744,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 13840,
            "time": 4.1819620132446,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 18032,
            "time": 6.2424430847168,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "95b850b053cc7bc07567d63a47b9e94da203a7b8aa45147c10edcd84690a512b",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "bd010d797a00c2d42d9d656e50c8f066f9a48b25032cd14311486d937ffe55a8",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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TCP/UDP Listening Ports [?]

NETGEARGenie.exe has been reported to listen on the following TCP/UDP ports.

PortProtocol# Occurrences
5001TCP v42
49895TCP v41
56913TCP v41
64285TCP v41

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD55ab771719d2cd18c0c5cf7a99618792c
SHA256c1838cf8fa688ecfc3eab2b9f7e0d5b04070be6f765f279f606fea02109fd38b

Error Messages

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

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

netgeargenie.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.

NETGEAR Genie has stopped working.

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

netgeargenie.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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