What is smc.exe?

smc.exe is part of Sygate® Security Agent and Personal Firewall and developed by Sygate Technologies, Inc. according to the smc.exe version information.

smc.exe's description is "Sygate Agent Firewall"

smc.exe is digitally signed by Sygate Technologies, Inc..

smc.exe is usually located in the 'C:\PROGRA~1\Sygate\SPF\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

1 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the smc.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Bkav	W32.AIDetectVM.malware1

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": 1576554785.359375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable uses a known packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "packer",
                "ioc": "Armadillo v1.71",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "peid_packer"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "None",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    }
]

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": 6.19775915145874,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5190,
            "time": 6.136790037155151,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5518,
            "time": 4.17270302772522,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5846,
            "time": 6.146035194396973,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6174,
            "time": 4.754820108413696,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6502,
            "time": 3.029405117034912,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6830,
            "time": 4.7289299964904785,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16628,
            "time": 4.19310998916626,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 25012,
            "time": 6.245328187942505,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "d83797636236654aaf59ef95eaa5cf229b11f409bb5be665493715de773abfaa",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "c6fe74bb0cd0f9a41892ce5df898a0bed3c45c57f5d1db089730101abbb83d38",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Folder name variants

smc.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\PROGRA~1\Sygate\SPF\. The most common variants are listed below:

• C:\Program Files\Sygate\SPF\
• C:\ARCHIV~1\Sygate\SPF\
• C:\Arquivos de programas\Sygate\SPF\
• C:\Program\Sygate\SPF\
• E:\Sygate\SPF\

Error Messages

Malware or legitimate?

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