What is Passport.dll?

Passport.dll is part of Passport and developed by APN LLC. according to the Passport.dll version information.

Passport.dll's description is "Passport"

Passport.dll is digitally signed by APN LLC.

Passport.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\AskPartnerNetwork\Toolbar\ORJ-SPE\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Passport.dll.

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VirusTotal report

6 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Passport.dll file. That's a 9% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Bkav	W32.HfsAdware.FEF6
Comodo	Malware@#3hv99c6c44pp
Endgame	malicious (moderate confidence)
Invincea	heuristic
Malwarebytes	PUP.Optional.ASK.Generic
Zillya	Adware.Asparnet.Win32.32

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\d9e38520d5123c3fc4513cfa94919f7f0442c114861758a792dbdff60bbe002c.bin.dll.manifest",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\d9e38520d5123c3fc4513cfa94919f7f0442c114861758a792dbdff60bbe002c.bin.dll"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32.dll",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\d9e38520d5123c3fc4513cfa94919f7f0442c114861758a792dbdff60bbe002c.bin.dll",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Toolbar.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1601610786.359375,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2436,
        "summary": {
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\d9e38520d5123c3fc4513cfa94919f7f0442c114861758a792dbdff60bbe002c.bin.dll.manifest",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\d9e38520d5123c3fc4513cfa94919f7f0442c114861758a792dbdff60bbe002c.bin.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\d9e38520d5123c3fc4513cfa94919f7f0442c114861758a792dbdff60bbe002c.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Toolbar.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1601610786.6875,
        "ppid": 2736
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\Jenkins\\workspace\\TOOLBAR_PACKAGE_DEV\\IE_CORE_SRC\\Release\\Passport.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Allocates read-write-execute memory (usually to unpack itself)",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "process",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "NtProtectVirtualMemory",
                    "return_value": 0,
                    "arguments": {
                        "process_identifier": 2436,
                        "stack_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "stack_pivoted": 0,
                        "heap_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "length": 4096,
                        "protection": 64,
                        "process_handle": "0xffffffff",
                        "base_address": "0x75092000"
                    },
                    "time": 1601610786.7815,
                    "tid": 2124,
                    "flags": {
                        "protection": "PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE"
                    }
                },
                "pid": 2436,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 10
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "allocates_rwx"
    }
]

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": 6.211910963058472,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3462,
            "time": 6.1724159717559814,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3790,
            "time": 4.169417858123779,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4118,
            "time": 6.184013843536377,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4446,
            "time": 4.66908597946167,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4774,
            "time": 3.0584378242492676,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 5102,
            "time": 4.679943799972534,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 11572,
            "time": 4.187819004058838,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 15764,
            "time": 6.258359909057617,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "cd0b330e37258d508d0a660a06140fcc31a537fdf15103b02b60eb71fe91d249",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "b71b35d409c16b975a864923a00e7cfaa892221cac8e2534a26a199f521484b5",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Passport.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Passport.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Passport.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Passport.dll 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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate Passport.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Passport.dll 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 Passport.dll in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\Program Files (x86)\AskPartnerNetwork\Toolbar\ORJ-SPE\Passport.dll

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Passport.dll file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Passport.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Passport.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If Passport.dll 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 Passport.dll no longer appear in the scan result.

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