What is dll_loader.dll?

dll_loader.dll is part of AVG Internet Security System and developed by AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. according to the dll_loader.dll version information.

dll_loader.dll's description is "AVG Internet Security System dll loader"

dll_loader.dll is digitally signed by AVG Technologies USA, Inc..

dll_loader.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\AVG\Antivirus\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about dll_loader.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on dll_loader.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameAVG Internet Security System
Company nameAVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
File descriptionAVG Internet Security System dll loader
Internal namedll_loader.dll
Original filenamedll_loader.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2019 AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
Product version19.8.4793.0
File version19.8.4793.0

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

Product nameAVG Internet Security System
Company nameAVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
File descriptionAVG Internet Security System dll lo..
Internal namedll_loader.dll
Original filenamedll_loader.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2019 AVG Technologies ..
Product version19.8.4793.0
File version19.8.4793.0

Digital signatures [?]

dll_loader.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAVG Technologies USA, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number0918e230578f9f214a0bb1654db444d8

VirusTotal report

None of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the dll_loader.dll file.

None of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the dll_loader.dll file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "dll_loaded": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll"
    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll,DllMain"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll.manifest"
    ],
    "file_read": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Windows Error Reporting\\WMR\\Disable",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2856,
        "summary": {
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Windows Error Reporting\\WMR\\Disable",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1571043185.8906,
        "ppid": 2436
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1571043185.3438,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2436,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll"
            ],
            "command_line": [
                "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll,DllMain"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
            "file_read": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff.bin.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1571043185.6719,
        "ppid": 2736
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\BUILD\\work\\00\\9f900bb44422fce3\\BUILDS\\Release\\x64\\dll_loader.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    }
]

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": 546,
            "time": 3.0753710269928,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5074,
            "time": 3.0373089313507,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5402,
            "time": 1.0145099163055,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5730,
            "time": 3.0490128993988,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6058,
            "time": 1.5192489624023,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6386,
            "time": -0.087985038757324,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6714,
            "time": 1.5468609333038,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 15396,
            "time": 1.0517680644989,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 19588,
            "time": 3.1176509857178,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "43e8e3aba528a2fcef11f04e742339d4b8d68810e17d5e724ede80826b6ad1e9",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "2bdd7b7a254f81056976d6ffa9204df4b10ebb14e4378d44c74161d6100ccac5",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD582e521355036c8ba950df1281ce8e945
SHA256b4b1655516d4e7ffe605b52e183b82dd6c32e8d1fdb49390f0fc9a59888c4eff

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