What is Origin.exe?

Origin.exe is part of Origin and developed by Electronic Arts according to the Origin.exe version information.

Origin.exe's description is "Origin"

Origin.exe is digitally signed by Electronic Arts, Inc..

Origin.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Origin.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameOrigin
Company nameElectronic Arts
File descriptionOrigin
Internal nameOrigin
Original filenameOrigin.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2012
Legal trademark(c) Electronic Arts 2012. All rights reserved.
Product version10,5,87,45080
File version10,5,87,45080

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

Product nameOrigin
Company nameElectronic Arts
File descriptionOrigin
Internal nameOrigin
Original filenameOrigin.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2012
Legal trademark(c) Electronic Arts 2012. All right..
Product version10,5,87,45080
File version10,5,87,45080

Digital signatures [?]

Origin.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameElectronic Arts, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number4034f5c0880036de88fd5def726bf594

VirusTotal report

1 of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Origin.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Jiangmin Trojan.Agent.ccuj
1 of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the Origin.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": 1605570787.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\jenkins\\workspace\\Client\\build_release_win\\origin\\products\\client\\10.5.87\\originClient\\dev\\runtime\\Origin.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".gfids",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "LANGUAGE",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "XML",
                "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": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.217495918273926,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5442,
            "time": 6.163785934448242,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5770,
            "time": 4.1581950187683105,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6098,
            "time": 6.173475980758667,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6426,
            "time": 4.669256925582886,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6754,
            "time": 3.0500869750976562,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 7082,
            "time": 4.671165943145752,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 18028,
            "time": 4.177267074584961,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 26412,
            "time": 6.247600078582764,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "b7b29207d24456b5d3d8a3163b297274e7028dcd046d8d796e01befbd3d69886",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "bb111a3bbbe809f501aa524f726eb35a9842cccfb3b3a616dee14861bdd2c5ee",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e7910a47603473d0029ffd7a018a6d45
SHA256e1421d30061a51517cededb6561ad96cc810ac8a9a97c0e72535ec870adac4e0

Error Messages

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

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

origin.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.

Origin has stopped working.

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

origin.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

origin.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?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Origin.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

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Comments

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