MSHTA.exe
Windows Internet Explorer by Microsoft
| Version: | 8.00.6001.18702 (longhorn_ie8_rtm(wmbla).090308-0339) |
| MD5: | 7df35f5ea89e8f11063a19168dfbffab |
| SHA1: | 8c3978f605031cc73ab48c7414ba8a7337e3cb03 |
| SHA256: | d345b3f830cf2a8d864b3072cb1fef1c1ac7d2ee99bc723152dd1f8d34900ece |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
mshta.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. .
Details
| File name: | mshta.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows® Internet Explorer |
| Description: | Microsoft (R) HTML Application host |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\mshta.exe |
| File version: | 8.00.6001.18702 (longhorn_ie8_rtm(wmbla).090308-0339) |
| Product version: | 8.00.6001.18702 |
| Size: | 102 KB (104,448 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 5.990163 |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Shell open commands
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'At9' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At9.job'
- The task 'At8' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At8.job'
- The job 'At7' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At7.job'
- The task 'At6' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At6.job'
- The job 'At5' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At5.job'
- The task 'At4' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At4.job'
- The job 'At3' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At3.job'
- The task 'At24' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At24.job'
- The job 'At23' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At23.job'
- The task 'At22' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At22.job'
- The job 'At21' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At21.job'
- The task 'At20' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At20.job'
- The job 'At2' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At2.job'
- The task 'At19' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At19.job'
- The job 'At18' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At18.job'
- The task 'At17' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At17.job'
- The job 'At16' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At16.job'
- The task 'At15' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At15.job'
- The job 'At14' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At14.job'
- The task 'At13' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At13.job'
- The job 'At12' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At12.job'
- The task 'At11' runs in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\At11.job'
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\mshta.exe'
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
42.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
28.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
18.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
6.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Developer Preview |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 41.62% of Windows® Internet Explorer.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
24.37% |
|
| ASUS |
15.05% |
|
| Toshiba |
10.75% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
10.04% |
|
| Acer |
9.32% |
|
| Compaq |
5.02% |
|
| Lenovo |
5.02% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
4.30% |
|
| Intel |
3.58% |
|
| Sony |
2.87% |
|
| American Megatrends |
2.51% |
|
| Samsung |
2.15% |
|
| Sahara |
1.43% |
|
| MSI |
1.43% |
|
| Alienware |
0.72% |
|
| NEC |
0.72% |
|
| Medion |
0.72% |
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