Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    31s
  • max time network
    34s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    21/04/2026, 21:26

General

  • Target
    Spotify 1.0.8.exe
  • Size 60.7MB
  • Sample260421-1an2jsb16m
  • SHA256 5afd8bd60ba9311696fe939e0c280ac5aa28fab8554fda14a4366cddf7d0e6b8
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 5 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 10 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

  • Loads dropped DLL 13 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 13 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 15 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Spotify 1.0.8.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Spotify 1.0.8.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4344
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
      Spotify.exe
      2⤵
      • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
      • Checks BIOS information in registry
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Identifies Wine through registry keys
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3188
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe --type=crashpad-handler /prefetch:7 --max-uploads=5 --max-db-size=20 --max-db-age=5 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\User Data\Crashpad" "--metrics-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\User Data" --url=https://crashdump.spotify.com:443/ --annotation=platform=win32 --annotation=product=spotify --annotation=version=1.0.80.474 --initial-client-data=0x588,0x58c,0x590,0x584,0x594,0x747b8718,0x747b8728,0x747b8734
        3⤵
        • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
        • Checks BIOS information in registry
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Identifies Wine through registry keys
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5068
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-d3d11 --log-file="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version=Spotify/1.0.80.474 --lang=en-US --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAAAABwAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAQAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAACgAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACwAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAoAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEAAAALAAAA --gpu-vendor-id=0x1234 --gpu-device-id=0x1111 --gpu-driver-vendor=Microsoft --gpu-driver-version=10.0.19041.868 --gpu-driver-date=6-21-2006 --log-file="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version=Spotify/1.0.80.474 --lang=en-US --service-request-channel-token=75DA35827C03A2F920CB597CCEFA2689 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1992 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2
        3⤵
        • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
        • Checks BIOS information in registry
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Identifies Wine through registry keys
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5196
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\SpotifyWebHelper.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\SpotifyWebHelper.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5880
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe" --type=renderer --service-pipe-token=689B9991B0485EF8FFBAEE30044EFBF0 --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version=Spotify/1.0.80.474 --disable-spell-checking --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=689B9991B0485EF8FFBAEE30044EFBF0 --renderer-client-id=3 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3092 /prefetch:1
        3⤵
        • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
        • Checks BIOS information in registry
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Identifies Wine through registry keys
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4268
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe"
    1⤵
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Identifies Wine through registry keys
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2208
  • C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:456

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          CURRENT

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\CURRENT
          • Size 16B
          • SHA256 0f1bad70c7bd1e0a69562853ec529355462fcd0423263a3d39d6d0d70b780443
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          MANIFEST-000001

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\MANIFEST-000001
          • Size 41B
          • SHA256 f9d31b278e215eb0d0e9cd709edfa037e828f36214ab7906f612160fead4b2b4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          settings.dat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\User Data\Crashpad\settings.dat
          • Size 56B
          • SHA256 a8ab397671c1e2880dac65b9d2f9165ed4741c1923c1f0cd248f9a4cda373abb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          glue-resources.spa

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\glue-resources.spa
          • Size 764KB
          • SHA256 a0598c1fa8461b962b93cf91c71053bf40179f85fd4f3fcfdb5025c261bfbc58
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          login.spa

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\login.spa
          • Size 272KB
          • SHA256 ff5bf4117e0fb241643ad12cb3f9080e0b04923fe85e09059f384478571a766e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          D3DCompiler_47.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\D3DCompiler_47.dll
          • Size 3.5MB
          • SHA256 174a713068a155c74823057ea413231ee1aaf584045db0ab3f9b7c4ce1771263
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Spotify.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
          • Size 22.1MB
          • SHA256 c79d17b22f347e44cac27081d2540b45d668a3d7ed3c23481e4ae99af6b6ee7d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          SpotifyWebHelper.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\SpotifyWebHelper.exe
          • Size 764KB
          • SHA256 ca0a19f2fbfb34fcdf2d744ad81af57e25bee88b00422181279e2e3116f044ed
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          cef.pak

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\cef.pak
          • Size 3.7MB
          • SHA256 6dbad9ccdd753112dcf9b7ab7fab653f3e3b7df4e1e38747657581c37c5b646b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          cef_100_percent.pak

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\cef_100_percent.pak
          • Size 639KB
          • SHA256 e05c3fc057f70b986bc4013308cf9f84a2d2b6358c3a78506ef1958ce70a3b37
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          cef_200_percent.pak

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\cef_200_percent.pak
          • Size 743KB
          • SHA256 abcb4c77d2dfcbf1a3170025b08d90ef499b19222e0cb81d1a026b7c2ec241c8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          cef_extensions.pak

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\cef_extensions.pak
          • Size 1.8MB
          • SHA256 38826127060894fd3dac9f200dba2d6c0d252f4f14d31f85df2b752cd281a483
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          chrome_elf.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\chrome_elf.dll
          • Size 496KB
          • SHA256 376e81af629e0f742df33f0638a5ffba65d19f19e0725d0da68f2a0f3d7379cf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          crash_reporter.cfg

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\crash_reporter.cfg
          • Size 547B
          • SHA256 4275d22bb7e8273edf0bae16cf3a81d4d55324abe3379d0a9ab0813a03b978d8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          devtools_resources.pak

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\devtools_resources.pak
          • Size 5.2MB
          • SHA256 82ddbabd12bfc5b9752e8caab1228ef41e69786ee3ff38db528e1f3257418573
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          icudtl.dat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\icudtl.dat
          • Size 9.7MB
          • SHA256 83b3d8cecab6eea5b73263af8a4d475231f6fe4145644aa230a223e89378ab88
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          en-US.pak

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\en-US.pak
          • Size 166KB
          • SHA256 639a224049ff333d3eb74406e8861de7051851571051dbaaebf6f5d49d1e751a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          en.mo

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\en.mo
          • Size 12KB
          • SHA256 f854cac6dd65de2719e2ad9badcbcce3358018dfaca5bd0b3b831e1da6852cf2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          natives_blob.bin

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\natives_blob.bin
          • Size 200KB
          • SHA256 47a86495fbc403ade14d7e451c33edb1baa810402d8d192446a7767bc563dd47
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          prefs

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\prefs
          • Size 30B
          • SHA256 97cf1c3078084f1de0c12af9339944b03992dce29e0fdbc605ab50ce03312f6e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          snapshot_blob.bin

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\snapshot_blob.bin
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 1b7836d23f3a0bedc78b6f0605baa9243821ab3115a5c6c1b50e624d3f191974
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libEGL.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\swiftshader\libEGL.dll
          • Size 109KB
          • SHA256 319926f860f6d16ee9e8181e88f787883ed4b66ce2b29d2803bc8dfcfcdeee90
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libGLESv2.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\swiftshader\libGLESv2.dll
          • Size 2.2MB
          • SHA256 4a9eaa5e4068ea634d51169876208ab9c2c40928601e3968daa685f86fba8b73
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          v8_context_snapshot.bin

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\v8_context_snapshot.bin
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 7588a1409bcb56eaa92ed92d6f8663aabf7782f950d3fc1923649407603e12a1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2208-238-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-211-0x0000000005680000-0x0000000005681000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-210-0x0000000005740000-0x0000000005741000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-209-0x0000000005780000-0x0000000005782000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-155-0x0000000005660000-0x0000000005661000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-147-0x0000000005690000-0x0000000005691000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-180-0x00000000055C0000-0x00000000055C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-179-0x00000000056C0000-0x00000000056C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-184-0x0000000005640000-0x0000000005641000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-183-0x00000000056D0000-0x00000000056D1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-182-0x00000000056F0000-0x00000000056F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-275-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-138-0x00000000055D0000-0x00000000055D2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-139-0x00000000055F0000-0x00000000055F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-188-0x00000000056A0000-0x00000000056A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-193-0x0000000005730000-0x0000000005731000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-195-0x0000000005720000-0x0000000005721000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-264-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-140-0x0000000005670000-0x0000000005671000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-137-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-212-0x0000000005750000-0x0000000005751000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-154-0x00000000055E0000-0x00000000055E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-143-0x0000000005610000-0x0000000005611000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-156-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-213-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-141-0x0000000005620000-0x0000000005621000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-144-0x0000000005630000-0x0000000005631000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-145-0x00000000056B0000-0x00000000056B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-168-0x0000000005650000-0x0000000005651000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-142-0x0000000005590000-0x0000000005591000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-169-0x00000000055A0000-0x00000000055A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4268-208-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4268-263-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4268-265-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4268-266-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-250-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-157-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-194-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-276-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5196-260-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5196-261-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5196-273-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5196-181-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A1B000-memory.dmp