What is ProductAgentService.exe?

ProductAgentService.exe is part of Bitdefender ConnectAgent and developed by Bitdefender according to the ProductAgentService.exe version information.

ProductAgentService.exe's description is "Bitdefender Agent"

ProductAgentService.exe is digitally signed by Bitdefender SRL.

ProductAgentService.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Bitdefender Agent\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ProductAgentService.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameBitdefender ConnectAgent
Company nameBitdefender
File descriptionBitdefender Agent
Internal nameProductAgent.exe
Original filenameProductAgent.exe
Legal copyright©1997-2018 Bitdefender
Product version23.0.8.130
File version23.0.8.130

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

Product nameBitdefender ConnectAgent
Company nameBitdefender
File descriptionBitdefender Agent
Internal nameProductAgent.exe
Original filenameProductAgent.exe
Legal copyright©1997-2018 Bitdefender
Product version23.0.8.130
File version23.0.8.130

Digital signatures [?]

ProductAgentService.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameBitdefender SRL
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number0b577bea47f0ae695ca7674f64314d66

VirusTotal report

1 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ProductAgentService.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.Fuery
1 of the 67 anti-virus programs detected the ProductAgentService.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\settings\\ProductAgent.json"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Bitdefender Agent\\Install"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Windows Error Reporting\\WMR\\Disable"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\log.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\89e48dfe4cedfa1becacf0ac82338ecc43b8700c0dd14875d9b9b1d52366e5fb.bin",
        "process_name": "89e48dfe4cedfa1becacf0ac82338ecc43b8700c0dd14875d9b9b1d52366e5fb.bin",
        "pid": 2420,
        "summary": {
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\settings\\ProductAgent.json"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Bitdefender Agent\\Install"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Windows Error Reporting\\WMR\\Disable"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\log.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1595753585.875,
        "ppid": 1268
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1595753585.515625,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\bamboo\\home\\xml-data\\build-dir\\CODRU-BA-SOURCES\\bin\\Win32\\Release\\ProductAgentService.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Attempts to identify installed AV products by registry key",
        "severity": 3,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "registry",
                "ioc": "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Bitdefender Agent\\Install",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "antiav_detectreg"
    }
]

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": 6.335556983947754,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 5342,
            "time": 12.36605191230774,
            "dport": 138,
            "sport": 138
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7186,
            "time": 6.181597948074341,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7514,
            "time": 4.1518518924713135,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7842,
            "time": 6.2888031005859375,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8170,
            "time": 4.79156494140625,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8498,
            "time": 3.032480001449585,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8826,
            "time": 4.711276054382324,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 28236,
            "time": 4.1851279735565186,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 36620,
            "time": 6.291023015975952,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "2c607dd008e09383eb30b434bb5bab3bdb2dabe271ee8c25471cefae757adf1a",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "23cf10e1082d70a0c15cb28ebc9a57505e15ba0a5d9a5606d687d847cad02a05",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c8a03715dbe271aa23295ecd1e240359
SHA25689e48dfe4cedfa1becacf0ac82338ecc43b8700c0dd14875d9b9b1d52366e5fb

Error Messages

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

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

productagentservice.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.

Bitdefender Agent has stopped working.

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

productagentservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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