hnetmon.dll
Home Networking Monitor DLL file version info
Library on Windows 2 known copies with hashes 1 Sigma rule names it
Is it the real hnetmon.dll?
Installed in
C:\Windows\system32\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Signed byMicrosoft Windows
ProductMicrosoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft Corporation
DescriptionHome Networking Monitor DLL
2 known copies
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\system32\hnetmon.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows
9bd2e6214afd90348dcdf2742d0e868a5acd5b0d3371a8f2a379eb073f9784f010.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hnetmon.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows
9db52ec2e62c504283654074702724937e23169f04b0e87740f630f2ebf1edfaFrom the file’s version info and the copies recorded by xCyclopedia (MIT). A copy in another folder, signed by someone else or with another hash is not necessarily malicious, but it is worth a closer look. In Ceplin, "<sha256>".whatis() says which known copy a hash is.
What detects it
Sigma names hnetmon.dll in 1 rule, for every kind of event; none is a process creation rule CmdID evaluates, so none is listed.