Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    18s
  • max time network
    24s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/04/2026, 18:01

General

  • Target
    https://archive.org/download/animate-installer-high-resolution-logo/setup%20%285%29.exe
  • Sample260420-wmc3labv8m

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs
  • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    When files are downloaded from the Internet, they are tagged with a hidden NTFS Alternate Data Stream (ADS) named Zone.Identifier with a specific value known as the MOTW.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 18 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 39 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -osint -url "https://archive.org/download/animate-installer-high-resolution-logo/setup%20%285%29.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4412
    • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -osint -url https://archive.org/download/animate-installer-high-resolution-logo/setup%20%285%29.exe
      2⤵
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • NTFS ADS
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:6056
      • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 1932 -prefsLen 27097 -prefMapHandle 1960 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 2044 -initialChannelId {e604c434-0fb9-45e1-9ca3-c60ebf381c97} -parentPid 6056 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.6056" -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 1 gpu
        3⤵
          PID:4476
        • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
          "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 2420 -prefsLen 27133 -prefMapHandle 2424 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 2440 -initialChannelId {77a96e25-9b9e-47f6-aaf7-b208e2280929} -parentPid 6056 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.6056" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 2 socket
          3⤵
            PID:1172
          • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 3860 -prefsLen 25164 -prefMapHandle 3864 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 3868 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 3876 -initialChannelId {b640e18a-10e5-459e-a6f8-13dad2c93b9c} -parentPid 6056 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.6056" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 3 tab
            3⤵
            • Checks processor information in registry
            PID:5992
          • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 4028 -prefsLen 27274 -prefMapHandle 4032 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 4124 -initialChannelId {e6403004-4007-4737-a52d-a788f8814f64} -parentPid 6056 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.6056" -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 4 rdd
            3⤵
              PID:4196
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 4468 -prefsLen 34773 -prefMapHandle 4472 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 4476 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 2612 -initialChannelId {c8dfba0c-6d37-4f06-b00e-23f09c7dc35b} -parentPid 6056 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.6056" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 5 tab
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:5868
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -sandboxingKind 0 -prefsHandle 5092 -prefsLen 35010 -prefMapHandle 5116 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 5128 -initialChannelId {69264e11-a489-4c5a-b766-7383be50f793} -parentPid 6056 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.6056" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 6 utility
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:4388
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 4524 -prefsLen 32952 -prefMapHandle 5304 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 5556 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 5064 -initialChannelId {f2e2a28e-91a7-43f0-a524-322bd29957d5} -parentPid 6056 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.6056" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 7 tab
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:5832
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5588 -prefsLen 32952 -prefMapHandle 5592 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 5596 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 5600 -initialChannelId {40de6b34-5882-41af-84da-aa8c0f74e1a4} -parentPid 6056 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.6056" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 8 tab
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:5520
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5772 -prefsLen 32952 -prefMapHandle 5776 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 5780 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 5788 -initialChannelId {a65e2554-710a-4854-b4cf-a9fa466ed023} -parentPid 6056 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.6056" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 9 tab
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:3076
            • C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\setup (5).exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\setup (5).exe"
              3⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:3312
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pft5A71~tmp\Setup.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pft5A71~tmp\Setup.exe"
                4⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Drops file in Program Files directory
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:5844
                • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\engine\6\Intel 32\IKernel.exe
                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\engine\6\Intel 32\IKernel.exe" -RegServer
                  5⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Modifies registry class
                  PID:3412
        • C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\engine\6\INTEL3~1\IKernel.exe
          C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\engine\6\INTEL3~1\IKernel.exe -Embedding
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1752
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\engine\6\Intel 32\iKernel.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\engine\6\Intel 32\iKernel.exe" /REGSERVER
            2⤵
              PID:3972

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                corecomp.ini

                • Path C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\engine\6\INTEL3~1\corecomp.ini
                • Size 27KB
                • SHA256 5214789c08ee573e904990dcd29e9e03aaf5cf12e86fae368005fd8f4e371bd5
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                IScript.dll

                • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\IScript\IScript.dll
                • Size 212KB
                • SHA256 381fda810cd074793a60d98f74890d99a940ac6ffc1b09b2e108f1b5efb2dd26
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                IKernel.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\engine\6\Intel 32\IKernel.exe
                • Size 584KB
                • SHA256 8bbb0caa6320a2a892d465859b6ab4b30eb49adc6316f3f12aef06948f40025d
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                ctor.dll

                • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\engine\6\Intel 32\ctor.dll
                • Size 76KB
                • SHA256 9339a6166821155e883c393327efaf918dd2cbe705eff2691b2c1de23770c6ce
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                iuser.dll

                • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\engine\6\Intel 32\iuser.dll
                • Size 212KB
                • SHA256 b9257e288ba16bb6cea1d6b92a8b2bfc6bf406e570f6efb4978454adbff0c3aa
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                objectps.dll

                • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\engine\6\Intel 32\objectps.dll
                • Size 32KB
                • SHA256 769075b02300d38a727f96dfe0dcbe136814126077bd8299c4315ae7c22069c8
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                IKernel.ex_

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PFT5A7~1\IKernel.ex_
                • Size 327KB
                • SHA256 6d40f43b89c06a15ad193ea06a4810669a3b3be773e6e3556c064c12e34c4db5
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                Setup.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pft5A71~tmp\Setup.exe
                • Size 40KB
                • SHA256 03cacf9199912dba9ef3cd85349b21f9494518b4370c2979f5a98cf79605fa85
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                data1.cab

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pft5A71~tmp\data1.cab
                • Size 437KB
                • SHA256 6778ac49312d924e3be11ad7ec165b446b3109ae84acb6c2b811582cc2a126e5
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                layout.bin

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pft5A71~tmp\layout.bin
                • Size 462B
                • SHA256 ba3897731bbc4cef424f533db6078ba21cf04a37465a2bb4d3e58ca662a1d297
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                pftw1.pkg

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pft5A71~tmp\pftw1.pkg
                • Size 40.6MB
                • SHA256 a1cabd7973a163f082ad1d20ca3ef856d31923afc267a5d1542869ad8954efff
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                setup.bmp

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pft5A71~tmp\setup.bmp
                • Size 157KB
                • SHA256 5d66b9cd2616cacbae6d0b25800e490e317a5f6a035fc0fccb86dad211d45e03
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                setup.ini

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pft5A71~tmp\setup.ini
                • Size 94B
                • SHA256 859b8d314d6e15416d8fdb823424d0a48acb9d7b56a66640887592d0f2c1fca0
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                setup.inx

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pft5A71~tmp\setup.inx
                • Size 160KB
                • SHA256 0c04fdda19f6369f809184aa553bbcfb7d8e1f7da8b66fecf2d98710a402beca
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                plf59E3.tmp

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\plf59E3.tmp
                • Size 4KB
                • SHA256 f9efb3e6fe099c649fb4cc20ac6f9b7e90d3f60b8d98f48fb5d167f1a0b1b7f2
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                _IsRes.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{4c93c363-414e-11d4-9756-00c04f8eeb39}\_IsRes.dll
                • Size 212KB
                • SHA256 0888d2a696ca222ebc35641502548e5b79b55c9f7c094466a1a52d9d4d429a64
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                isrt.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{4c93c363-414e-11d4-9756-00c04f8eeb39}\isrt.dll
                • Size 312KB
                • SHA256 d71dc33bed67eec58af8148b8e529c4bc0364a86a5dbed66741a9d8802e3f2c3
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                value.shl

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{4c93c363-414e-11d4-9756-00c04f8eeb39}\value.shl
                • Size 2KB
                • SHA256 1ae88584647237e4c23081e29d1582cfa24dccb9ad22cc8382ee8b84f409db4a
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                data.safe.tmp

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ljuooy03.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
                • Size 6KB
                • SHA256 ab5a3daeaecc435b17d0562a20f992198445925a20d3d55fe4f6c20a03acdfd2
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                data.safe.tmp

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ljuooy03.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
                • Size 7KB
                • SHA256 541bdab3bf7fae4e426235864252a759af256866e91677033e48952e6cdfe7a6
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                events

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ljuooy03.default-release\datareporting\glean\events\events
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 14b9a5b7d28eb1d51db3283b3b3646faa7bba6a26f5dde0457c4c0cf62c2ce4e
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                00045562-3249-408f-9efc-d1661a1dbe26

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ljuooy03.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\00045562-3249-408f-9efc-d1661a1dbe26
                • Size 883B
                • SHA256 1254ec4cc62a9d445c44da20c56138dff3ff1c368d55e6f1b8fd4ab59556fdbf
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                0f3d5363-407b-4287-b52a-02a301aa6a52

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ljuooy03.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\0f3d5363-407b-4287-b52a-02a301aa6a52
                • Size 2KB
                • SHA256 630412a8333d273ca64c6da5102444c58746d4ff119f0ebd2a2279bee2b1cadf
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                4576f4d8-8d45-46a6-bec4-b2f1d74f4d9b

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ljuooy03.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\4576f4d8-8d45-46a6-bec4-b2f1d74f4d9b
                • Size 886B
                • SHA256 c5965ca87b6e22a301680e7d6fc40ec993d487e69668ea414078da50ca0974d1
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                490ace89-491b-4411-b9c9-50c6f28c228e

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ljuooy03.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\490ace89-491b-4411-b9c9-50c6f28c228e
                • Size 235B
                • SHA256 bd8a4874326b91e61066cbb07a60698c89b50413eb63757890438abe99a77a12
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                4e3961dc-a6be-4b0d-8545-85a01e0d19e0

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ljuooy03.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\4e3961dc-a6be-4b0d-8545-85a01e0d19e0
                • Size 16KB
                • SHA256 8e1a6472c7e8742bfdae680518dc9ce53cb62802a6e0ed94744a59e9ffbb5e20
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                adeb9a45-f1fc-4cc1-8c5c-647792ca5828

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ljuooy03.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\adeb9a45-f1fc-4cc1-8c5c-647792ca5828
                • Size 235B
                • SHA256 d2d95a7d434f9b749145a4106762406379e8f67aa7d382ed1ec33d208cbe9eb4
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                prefs-1.js

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ljuooy03.default-release\prefs-1.js
                • Size 6KB
                • SHA256 a7ef9bd0539028f8222ecb3d5afe6f7edf629dc5d18654ec01db94322a187b3e
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                prefs.js

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ljuooy03.default-release\prefs.js
                • Size 6KB
                • SHA256 5a3471d59be3737fd7fa359e9fd6ad08811cf87673cbb6831d60fa026cd0aaa7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.sqlite

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ljuooy03.default-release\storage\permanent\chrome\idb\3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.sqlite
                • Size 3.2MB
                • SHA256 52bc4f7f0ca621e9235bfde8199be5c80be0fc11a5bc439cb9f75c9c4f64669c
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                setup (5).exe:Zone.Identifier

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\setup (5).exe:Zone.Identifier
                • Size 134B
                • SHA256 cc0131efb811eb6184239aad3d7f2886e2442c064540db310c9932218d8bb46d
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                setup (5).yEyY6bio.exe.part

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\setup (5).yEyY6bio.exe.part
                • Size 40.8MB
                • SHA256 341e216ff5c5d89efca6b66b6e3e89be164a31ba9e034de0cd70cc1c55c9b0d6
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                data1.hdr

                • Path \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\pft5a71~tmp\data1.hdr
                • Size 160KB
                • SHA256 70a33ee61eac3913c017fc5303f067038fab12a0c28bbc0340d3370983b07002
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                memory/1752-538-0x0000000003340000-0x0000000003353000-memory.dmp

                memory/1752-544-0x0000000003360000-0x0000000003395000-memory.dmp

                memory/1752-558-0x0000000003AC0000-0x0000000003AF6000-memory.dmp

                memory/1752-552-0x00000000035E0000-0x0000000003631000-memory.dmp

                memory/3412-451-0x0000000000680000-0x00000000006E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3972-493-0x00000000006E0000-0x0000000000744000-memory.dmp