What is em000_32.dll?

em000_32.dll is part of Chrome Protector and developed by ESET according to the em000_32.dll version information.

em000_32.dll's description is "Loader module"

em000_32.dll is digitally signed by ESET, spol. s r.o..

em000_32.dll is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\google\chrome\user data\swreporter\44.214.200.3\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about em000_32.dll.

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VirusTotal report

None of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the em000_32.dll file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\8fa2ecd70a9f4b957edbe0ff737a2b6ca7ce0e25eaae6e4798cd78caa908c8b8.bin.dll",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\8fa2ecd70a9f4b957edbe0ff737a2b6ca7ce0e25eaae6e4798cd78caa908c8b8.bin.dll.manifest"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\8fa2ecd70a9f4b957edbe0ff737a2b6ca7ce0e25eaae6e4798cd78caa908c8b8.bin.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1566859984.3438,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2460,
        "summary": {
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\8fa2ecd70a9f4b957edbe0ff737a2b6ca7ce0e25eaae6e4798cd78caa908c8b8.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\8fa2ecd70a9f4b957edbe0ff737a2b6ca7ce0e25eaae6e4798cd78caa908c8b8.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\8fa2ecd70a9f4b957edbe0ff737a2b6ca7ce0e25eaae6e4798cd78caa908c8b8.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1566859984.6562,
        "ppid": 2740
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "em000_32.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": 2460,
                        "stack_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "stack_pivoted": 0,
                        "heap_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "length": 4096,
                        "protection": 64,
                        "process_handle": "0xffffffff",
                        "base_address": "0x75095000"
                    },
                    "time": 1566859984.7973,
                    "tid": 2888,
                    "flags": {
                        "protection": "PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE"
                    }
                },
                "pid": 2460,
                "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": 6.1990029811859,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5190,
            "time": 6.1600968837738,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5518,
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            "dport": 5355,
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        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5846,
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6174,
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "offset": 6502,
            "time": 3.0468678474426,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6830,
            "time": 4.2291398048401,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 18678,
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            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
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            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
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    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "42c4fa0f381ca35ab1012fd3d259c21302be090b48b7dd4ffa124d447c686e3d",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "8e0b80080bfefd53579e6a30f60b82e134693d870c4827c4e554b5670d9acd1c",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Folder name variants

em000_32.dll may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\google\chrome\user data\swreporter\44.214.200.3\. The most common variants are listed below:

• c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\google\chrome\user data\swreporter\83.238.200\

Malware or legitimate?

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