Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/05/2026, 18:43

General

  • Target
    MelonaiumInstaller.exe
  • Size 46KB
  • Sample260509-xc563ab16y
  • SHA256 d794df6633806fbadd683848ebe01cdc92ad706135dcf8ea79318bac7091c8ad
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 22 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 44 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MelonaiumInstaller.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MelonaiumInstaller.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4872
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:552
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2488
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2144
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3048
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3132
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:6048
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1240
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3204
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:512
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5904
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5300
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3096
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4928
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4064
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5640
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5592
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3328
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3868
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2496
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5280
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2008
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MelonaiumPatch'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4488

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 e3274ce8296f2cd20e3189576fbadbfa0f1817cdf313487945c80e968589a495
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 89440c444f61b6caceb23f82de1d90503d5cea7358fc82c5726375657268b453
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 a7724535f25ca0739ca21da128fede3d71a78b89906b74f830851f600e3068b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 aef144c18311831cb0a8e9bb30b42ed6aab30e1017915b4d62ce90be2008ac64
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 a2def077f3ce4be872eedca22e9032b33388c44010de2e22f695ecd04b3ac712
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 10fb4b2d411657b17a63c1095778917c717535add1dd2356a23d66be44732a28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 73baefd883a30dada3769a521d68cb2141e91bf132e48c86b152ece0ab9dc382
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 f15e0c2964ee378ee1da15e06af03f63316771ffc3686c41ac4b60c7b35b2e24
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 24e5825615790cf0ed7350cce8bea63cbf3d47428a6bd26ce54d44bdab42081f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 848b094bd98d9d28ce52890517ffa284ebaf5334e611c66e88be969b55a8a3b5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 6579e2922ad7405bb9c63fdae5cfa7ee58738d9398eb949e4c2cdb5932a59cf2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 ed64894a13a17f3c95a3aba90b450a621a9288406e8d8cb498113008df8ba872
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 6d098da84533177ca03cfe8a94867fcb247d82ea623e68b4dd9ac77f5b1a853b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 c9781e09ed7df3137e905666b15122696c6d1b577da232d2116b917ba68bc2c9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 b2bf7bd39a5ead1579208dcbb6632dc8b126500b622e3ba0a6eaa8a808b005eb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 71eb1bceed4c5de6952e26225ddeafad918161eb1395c29d078a438ef7331e66
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 b172c0aa30fa8a27f05d0582924a0859aad195bc64ca9c7de01aefe9201a7522
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 ad91bcdf4ba195f7138702a873edfb1beada8dffbfda32fc92bb8ecd20110587
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 3841a01c84a1d7d806101afcc6ac885ba7105d850c6d3a576463633feaa86271
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 f481d28eea8073a8426f2bcc78a38312a9deef61956f771317bc261e8a636ef8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_fxscdwgb.5he.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_fxscdwgb.5he.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/512-174-0x0000020337390000-0x000002033739C000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-25-0x0000028D6EAA0000-0x0000028D6EAA8000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-26-0x0000028D6EAD0000-0x0000028D6EAD6000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-23-0x0000028D6EA90000-0x0000028D6EA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-22-0x0000028D6EAB0000-0x0000028D6EACC000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-31-0x0000028D561D0000-0x0000028D561DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-21-0x0000028D6EA80000-0x0000028D6EA8A000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-20-0x0000028D6ED00000-0x0000028D6EDB5000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-24-0x0000028D6EF00000-0x0000028D6EF1A000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-19-0x0000028D6EA60000-0x0000028D6EA7C000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-18-0x0000028D6E830000-0x0000028D6E840000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-10-0x00007FF4F9C60000-0x00007FF4F9C70000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-9-0x0000028D6E790000-0x0000028D6E7B2000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-27-0x0000028D6EAE0000-0x0000028D6EAEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-0-0x0000028D6E830000-0x0000028D6E840000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-1-0x0000028D6E830000-0x0000028D6E840000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-28-0x0000028D6E830000-0x0000028D6E840000-memory.dmp

        memory/1240-140-0x000001ED17310000-0x000001ED1731C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2008-383-0x0000020852160000-0x000002085216C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2144-68-0x000001346B4E0000-0x000001346B595000-memory.dmp

        memory/2144-70-0x00000134515A0000-0x00000134515AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2488-34-0x000001841E1A0000-0x000001841E1B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2488-33-0x000001841E1A0000-0x000001841E1B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2488-52-0x0000018405B70000-0x0000018405B7C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2488-50-0x000001841E630000-0x000001841E6E5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2496-349-0x00000220A2410000-0x00000220A241C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-88-0x0000020442630000-0x000002044263C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-86-0x000002045AD30000-0x000002045ADE5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-226-0x00000204C2480000-0x00000204C248C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-224-0x00000204DAFB0000-0x00000204DB065000-memory.dmp

        memory/3132-104-0x0000017E7CAA0000-0x0000017E7CB55000-memory.dmp

        memory/3132-106-0x0000017E644C0000-0x0000017E644CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3204-157-0x000001F69B330000-0x000001F69B33C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-314-0x0000020D97140000-0x0000020D9714C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3868-330-0x000001CB4B890000-0x000001CB4B945000-memory.dmp

        memory/3868-332-0x000001CB32DC0000-0x000001CB32DCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4064-259-0x0000029172BD0000-0x0000029172C85000-memory.dmp

        memory/4064-261-0x000002915A2B0000-0x000002915A2BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4488-400-0x000001C4E3880000-0x000001C4E388C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4928-243-0x000001AA93DF0000-0x000001AA93DFC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5280-366-0x000001AD84000000-0x000001AD8400C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5300-208-0x0000029434540000-0x000002943454C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5592-297-0x000002CFA71C0000-0x000002CFA71CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5592-295-0x000002CFBFA70000-0x000002CFBFB25000-memory.dmp

        memory/5640-277-0x000001E371000000-0x000001E3710B5000-memory.dmp

        memory/5640-279-0x000001E36ECA0000-0x000001E36ECAC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5904-191-0x00000227153D0000-0x00000227153DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/6048-123-0x0000013FD53E0000-0x0000013FD53EC000-memory.dmp