Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    46s
  • max time network
    47s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/06/2026, 16:06

General

  • Target
    Steam Account Generator/SteamAccCreator.exe
  • Size 182KB
  • Sample260603-tj5bkabv21
  • SHA256 af8391284e328f9637a8ae6ff5a47fb41e7999ee326afc34377c9e4f5a348f78
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Themida packer 7 IoCs

    Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • SmartAssembly .NET packer 2 IoCs

    Detects SmartAssembly .NET packer.

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 9 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Steam Account Generator\SteamAccCreator.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Steam Account Generator\SteamAccCreator.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:6044
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Steam Account Generator\data\Launcher.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Steam Account Generator\data\Launcher.exe"
      2⤵
      • Drops startup file
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5164
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" add-mppreference -exclusionpath C:\Windows\IMF\
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:6040
      • C:\Windows\IMF\Windows Services.exe
        "C:\Windows\IMF\Windows Services.exe" {Arguments If Needed}
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1548
        • C:\Windows\IMF\Secure System Shell.exe
          "C:\Windows\IMF\Secure System Shell.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3824
        • C:\Windows\IMF\Runtime Explorer.exe
          "C:\Windows\IMF\Runtime Explorer.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:5924
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Steam Account Generator\data\softSteam.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Steam Account Generator\data\softSteam.exe"
      2⤵
      • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
      • Checks BIOS information in registry
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5868
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5868 -s 2296
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:1872
  • C:\Windows\IMF\Windows Services.exe
    C:\Windows\IMF\WINDOW~1.EXE
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3452
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 412 -p 5868 -ip 5868
    1⤵
      PID:1092

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_wqja0sxy.ifj.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_wqja0sxy.ifj.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          CaptchaHelper.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d1faf11e-8bcb-489a-b1b3-d360a3b149bb\CaptchaHelper.dll
          • Size 2.1MB
          • SHA256 5b4f5e6cc52df647673b94249e5392e6f00cc5ffb7e1fc7c4219351762618cdd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Runtime Explorer.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\IMF\Runtime Explorer.exe
          • Size 144KB
          • SHA256 276f1bfc6256f4c1ddd544d5a556d299ebddcf200a64ee7c9c3edef686df727d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Secure System Shell.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\IMF\Secure System Shell.exe
          • Size 45KB
          • SHA256 f1abd5ab03189e82971513e6ca04bd372fcf234d670079888f01cf4addd49809
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Windows Services.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\IMF\Windows Services.exe
          • Size 46KB
          • SHA256 2c339b52b82e73b4698a0110cdfe310c00c5c69078e9e1bd6fa1308652bf82a3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1548-89-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000B32000-memory.dmp

          memory/3824-99-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BF2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-10-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000D70000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-63-0x0000000005D60000-0x0000000005D7E000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-9-0x0000000006600000-0x000000000667E000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-8-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000D70000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-7-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000224000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-62-0x0000000005DC0000-0x0000000005E36000-memory.dmp

          memory/5868-110-0x000000006F560000-0x000000006FB22000-memory.dmp

          memory/5868-36-0x000000006F560000-0x000000006FB22000-memory.dmp

          memory/5868-40-0x0000000008E70000-0x0000000008EB8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5868-112-0x000000006F560000-0x000000006FB22000-memory.dmp

          memory/5868-39-0x00000000056B0000-0x0000000005712000-memory.dmp

          memory/5868-25-0x0000000000200000-0x000000000094C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5868-114-0x000000006F560000-0x000000006FB22000-memory.dmp

          memory/5868-34-0x000000006F560000-0x000000006FB22000-memory.dmp

          memory/5868-38-0x00000000739A0000-0x0000000073A29000-memory.dmp

          memory/5868-37-0x000000006F560000-0x000000006FB22000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-12-0x0000000004EC0000-0x00000000054E8000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-97-0x00000000070B0000-0x00000000070C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-35-0x0000000005C10000-0x0000000005C5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-23-0x0000000005560000-0x00000000058B4000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-15-0x00000000054F0000-0x0000000005556000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-14-0x0000000004D70000-0x0000000004DD6000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-13-0x0000000004CA0000-0x0000000004CC2000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-106-0x00000000071D0000-0x00000000071D8000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-11-0x0000000002230000-0x0000000002266000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-105-0x00000000071F0000-0x000000000720A000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-65-0x000000006F510000-0x000000006F55C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-64-0x0000000006130000-0x0000000006162000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-73-0x0000000004910000-0x000000000492E000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-84-0x0000000006B30000-0x0000000006BD3000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-103-0x00000000070F0000-0x0000000007104000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-90-0x0000000007500000-0x0000000007B7A000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-91-0x0000000006EB0000-0x0000000006ECA000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-92-0x0000000006F20000-0x0000000006F2A000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-93-0x0000000007130000-0x00000000071C6000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-33-0x0000000005B60000-0x0000000005B7E000-memory.dmp

          memory/6040-102-0x00000000070E0000-0x00000000070EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/6044-4-0x0000000005740000-0x0000000005750000-memory.dmp

          memory/6044-5-0x0000000005790000-0x000000000579A000-memory.dmp

          memory/6044-6-0x00000000059A0000-0x00000000059F6000-memory.dmp

          memory/6044-0-0x0000000000CB0000-0x0000000000CE4000-memory.dmp

          memory/6044-3-0x0000000005810000-0x00000000058A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/6044-2-0x0000000005D20000-0x00000000062C4000-memory.dmp

          memory/6044-1-0x0000000005650000-0x00000000056EC000-memory.dmp