


The application listens for or sends data on open ports to a LAN or the Internet. It is a service, and the service name is AnyDesk: AnyDesk support service.ĪnyDesk.exe is not a Windows core file. Known file sizes on Windows 10/8/7/XP are 3,668,944 bytes (9% of all occurrences), 3,743,464 bytes and 52 more variants. AnyDesk.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files (x86)" or sometimes in a subfolder of the user's profile folder or in a subfolder of C:\ or in C:\ or in a subfolder of the user's "Documents" folder-in most cases C:\Program Files (x86)\AnyDesk\.

The process known as AnyDesk belongs to software AnyDesk or philandro Software GmbH by philandro Software GmbH or AnyDesk Software GmbH.ĭescription: AnyDesk.exe is not essential for Windows and will often cause problems. Installing the legitimate remote administration tool AnyDesk and setting it to run in Safe Mode while connected to the network, ensuring continued command and control by the attacker and finally setting up a new account with auto login details and then connecting to the target's domain controller to remotely access and run the ransomware executable, called file information AnyDesk.exe process in Windows Task Manager The command sequence takes approximately five seconds to execute and includes disabling Windows update services and Windows Defender and then attempting to disable the components of commercial security software solutions that can run in Safe Mode. The script issues and implements a series of consecutive commands that prepare the machines for the release of the ransomware and then reboots into Safe Mode. Sophos researchers investigating the ransomware deployment found that the main sequence starts with attackers using PDQ Deploy to run and execute a batch script called "love.bat," "update.bat," or "lock.bat" on targeted machines. The Sophos Rapid Response team has so far seen AvosLocker attacks in the Americas, Middle East and Asia-Pacific, targeting Windows and Linux systems. AvosLocker is a relatively new ransomware-as-a service that first appeared in late June 2021 and is growing in popularity, according to Sophos.
