What is msfeedssync.exe?

msfeedssync.exe is part of Windows® Internet Explorer and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the msfeedssync.exe version information.

msfeedssync.exe's description is "Microsoft Feeds Synchronization"

msfeedssync.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\system32\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

2 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the msfeedssync.exe file. That's a 3% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
APEX	Malicious
Cylance	Unsafe

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": 1594417986.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\08d2ec99a04a40717a92fd3d87d8fb7591d0fb63242dbeba1aafa53cb735d706.bin",
        "process_name": "08d2ec99a04a40717a92fd3d87d8fb7591d0fb63242dbeba1aafa53cb735d706.bin",
        "pid": 2436,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1594417986.578125,
        "ppid": 2732
    }
]

Signatures

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    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "msfeedssync.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "One or more processes crashed",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "__notification__",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "raw": [
                        "stacktrace"
                    ],
                    "api": "__exception__",
                    "return_value": 0,
                    "arguments": {
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                        "registers": {
                            "esp": 2751976,
                            "edi": 0,
                            "eax": 4283354893,
                            "ebp": 2751996,
                            "edx": 0,
                            "ebx": 2130567168,
                            "esi": 0,
                            "ecx": 1965436425
                        },
                        "exception": {
                            "instruction_r": "cc cc cc d2 cb cc fb 3f 71 3d 0a d7 a3 70 3d 0a",
                            "symbol": "08d2ec99a04a40717a92fd3d87d8fb7591d0fb63242dbeba1aafa53cb735d706+0x20c4",
                            "instruction": "int3",
                            "module": "08d2ec99a04a40717a92fd3d87d8fb7591d0fb63242dbeba1aafa53cb735d706.bin",
                            "exception_code": "0x80000003",
                            "offset": 8388,
                            "address": "0x620c4"
                        }
                    },
                    "time": 1594417986.703125,
                    "tid": 2124,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2436,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 1
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "raises_exception"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.088869996029849,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x00002000",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00001000",
                    "entropy": 7.088869996029849,
                    "name": ".text",
                    "virtual_size": "0x00001ed0"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            },
            {
                "entropy": 0.6956521739130435,
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "Overall entropy of this PE file is high"
            }
        ],
        "references": [
            "http:\/\/www.forensickb.com\/2013\/03\/file-entropy-explained.html",
            "http:\/\/virii.es\/U\/Using%20Entropy%20Analysis%20to%20Find%20Encrypted%20and%20Packed%20Malware.pdf"
        ],
        "name": "packer_entropy"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

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    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.197690963745117,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
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            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2134,
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
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        {
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        {
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            "dport": 1900,
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "471095b88d7d81beab2ec7d95d3910d5306bad70c6b3eb4788aa591ac5c8298a",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "346f22995a726a1ee867c95150e3558a8ca8dfb89f91b6d331c74b0d1948f60e",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

msfeedssync.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove msfeedssync.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the msfeedssync.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that msfeedssync.exe 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 msfeedssync.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the msfeedssync.exe 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 msfeedssync.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\Windows\system32\msfeedssync.exe

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

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

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