Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/07/2026, 03:51

General

  • Target
    2026-07-06_515378b8e731db63319b2b1d5192c1d7_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
  • Size 16.0MB
  • Sample260707-eesdwahs81
  • SHA256 8b4dc91c141922995673c68a3fbf862162ae5a75da3f0a2ea5971db46936b510
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Loads dropped DLL 14 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 15 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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 SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 23 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_515378b8e731db63319b2b1d5192c1d7_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_515378b8e731db63319b2b1d5192c1d7_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4092
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_515378b8e731db63319b2b1d5192c1d7_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_515378b8e731db63319b2b1d5192c1d7_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_stop.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\setup.msi" EXECUTEACTION="INSTALL" SECONDSEQUENCE="1" CLIENTPROCESSID="4092" ADDLOCAL="MainFeature" ACTION="INSTALL" CLIENTUILEVEL="0" PRIMARYFOLDER="APPDIR" ROOTDRIVE="C:\" EXE_CMD_LINE="/exenoupdates /exelang 0 /noprereqs " AI_SETUPEXEPATH="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_515378b8e731db63319b2b1d5192c1d7_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_stop.exe" SETUPEXEDIR="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\" AI_DOTNET40_SEARCH="#1" AI_DOTNET35_SEARCH="#1" AI_DOTNET40_CLIENTPROFILE_SEARCH="#1" TARGETDIR="C:\" APPDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter\" SHORTCUTDIR="C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Free AVI Converter"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2248
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2156
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding B33CF15A63F3DA1C5E361D819617D5B7 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2896
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:4164
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 33A2EFF9162AA3DCB982AB0883813127
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1948
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1892

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e58cfb0.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58cfb0.rbs
          • Size 25KB
          • SHA256 ade14ddd932338f4c1ff8235d6e986700b10ac778360b1f6d68dffdc32694425
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          background

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AI_EXTUI_BIN_4092\background
          • Size 33KB
          • SHA256 0d0baa1c1731010d89186cf62d5e6c9f374912b8cc557664449ca2ab169ba691
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          exitbackground

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AI_EXTUI_BIN_4092\exitbackground
          • Size 33KB
          • SHA256 ed21a4706e9774b1e6d41659ce19f948b52b598fde3b5c4c97b09240726a43b3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI43F9.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI43F9.tmp
          • Size 69KB
          • SHA256 5d3b2f3f1b00855aac7b95a585fa12ee532f59e06bb035efc8a20f30bfbf047d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI45EF.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI45EF.tmp
          • Size 266KB
          • SHA256 a0ff99c90d262e4f242b680b377dc93c6ee4fa7dd9041e7865709f3aaa1e1017
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ActiveButtons.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\ActiveButtons.dll
          • Size 25KB
          • SHA256 6389f3c36b59af7d5070da74d31bd7b1d01559d11d2290280bf821254fdbd151
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ColorSlider.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\ColorSlider.dll
          • Size 23KB
          • SHA256 a3cc8bf1d3ef5c929cb0a0a84e98f437a0311444f4e2445fec9d6aa45c18fda8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          avcodec-54.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\avcodec-54.dll
          • Size 14.6MB
          • SHA256 08537087440c3bf0a94609c4d38935197de4cf45e5cc870d815dd6edc11a87b6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          avdevice-54.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\avdevice-54.dll
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 4a993dad44c4fb3839e28dc8ca4d9ceab51a8f9ed6a824924a375681eab98900
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          avfilter-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\avfilter-3.dll
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 6763f8bc1f2098ec623611e9cfe1ea93694288dc93496217ad60181ea6dd3670
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          avformat-54.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\avformat-54.dll
          • Size 2.9MB
          • SHA256 1c10706bbf6eb6bc04dc9cfb8e691d80c2cee59c3853d58448ca7d4bb381bcc3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          avutil-52.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\avutil-52.dll
          • Size 221KB
          • SHA256 a995498749d592de98dbe84997dd96079b327b4f45215639a0853767ebfff682
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          dsnative.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\dsnative.dll
          • Size 140KB
          • SHA256 6c04afffb483d7eda62bcd6428d907aa547089b42431c883ffb590d17c90c08f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ffmpeg.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\ffmpeg.exe
          • Size 278KB
          • SHA256 200e85bf6e60e36a151cc2197ca908ab08e74f4e9638f144e7eb49d1cec2f475
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ffplay.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\ffplay.exe
          • Size 444KB
          • SHA256 e01a8711eadbdf5c6abbea979e38391690e64534993dcb8d9fdb05c5b5c5a238
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ffprobe.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\ffprobe.exe
          • Size 125KB
          • SHA256 46125d845dd3025eecee22a33a22820cd38a259c7116ec3f809d3617da8c101d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          10-autohint.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\10-autohint.conf
          • Size 481B
          • SHA256 19dea93ac433aefad111ca41b8738b0582d2ac7bfef87aa50cca3a4b62f6101a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          10-no-sub-pixel.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\10-no-sub-pixel.conf
          • Size 487B
          • SHA256 96c654b40e3042eb6671e3f5339e12e16bad333d1a76aa37ddee6f22dac8f410
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf
          • Size 486B
          • SHA256 d4c9a01425afae0d6a253e4e8e8b8a6b1259c1ec06fcbf51990311743ee47ea8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf
          • Size 486B
          • SHA256 54a906c40d96632fade4f1395fd9bd1714f8f15a8f3ae44d6ddda7413b63fb31
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf
          • Size 487B
          • SHA256 aacfcaed75a98d60aacb6c2e80857d0098788507c6158a570b903b2d8095bb25
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf
          • Size 487B
          • SHA256 b104fd6554d0f21f2a28d096e39e6d044c2c9f5105dad85c3e83876ce3f35f2f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          10-unhinted.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\10-unhinted.conf
          • Size 478B
          • SHA256 f549ae5560a6406afc8a9efed2879bf5628ab9d5ef88cf81d225c5f474e24a4a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          20-unhint-small-vera.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\20-unhint-small-vera.conf
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 855e1f86a70170982cda0e796e407173c81e4033537ccb6fa899f638a324ef60
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          25-unhint-nonlatin.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\25-unhint-nonlatin.conf
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 d074be03d0613eb6aa4037c97fc48234e8340a36262f528e09583e65031cc1fc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          30-metric-aliases.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\30-metric-aliases.conf
          • Size 4KB
          • SHA256 a6af6e184140d23783cdadede8d78baa33c86c6ec6bab98ba520c375bfaac45d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          30-urw-aliases.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\30-urw-aliases.conf
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ff6c975fd9716d7671f8f71bab93ae35a42f848c67b76b0b5044d1dd615b288f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          40-nonlatin.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\40-nonlatin.conf
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 96883a4ec25fe27cc7e608e34a2b0928c6572263c60fdd1a4d10c7cac4a04683
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          45-latin.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\45-latin.conf
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 c7970d3799402973885b070c97bc91efa9e3680eb26390fff557dcfd37cb2fcc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          49-sansserif.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\49-sansserif.conf
          • Size 545B
          • SHA256 ac32c6de350ff1c7945c31bf55eb89aa00c2198f65c92f89479f552dbce82090
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          50-user.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\50-user.conf
          • Size 490B
          • SHA256 7e21dcaef7dda19f210158fffdfe1a1c6c8f5d314213fd218bfa0bb0e1967d28
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          51-local.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\51-local.conf
          • Size 189B
          • SHA256 cff7fa2a5fec9dc6e4b96df901a5763b02f7da3bd1636f62b261f71ec06dcc71
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          60-latin.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\60-latin.conf
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 cb242889a0453f2e1082222157653fe06b9609a00173b5439c6833468a7e48f2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          65-fonts-persian.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\65-fonts-persian.conf
          • Size 9KB
          • SHA256 e02d797787df6b54e81d77aa8e8a75bcd59b866802fb43b06105d66376efd30d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          65-khmer.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\65-khmer.conf
          • Size 289B
          • SHA256 5ae948cfe76dd9c08002f86cbfabb6adcf9ceeeb0b2e0082857558614b77ec8b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          65-nonlatin.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\65-nonlatin.conf
          • Size 7KB
          • SHA256 cfc9c510f9192c76532bf9016e105ede9dc183b9d88b1e8d78ca5842968cddb0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          69-unifont.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\69-unifont.conf
          • Size 672B
          • SHA256 7d001e8289d1af7a0f095b3c5646347a68c6586b989312ffa3059f92213678e5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          70-no-bitmaps.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\70-no-bitmaps.conf
          • Size 263B
          • SHA256 b1d755a293433dd7d15120eb8aa79ac89db3ee91c0aa674dff53768802a35aa8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          70-yes-bitmaps.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\70-yes-bitmaps.conf
          • Size 263B
          • SHA256 56735ceefd2ef4eb359ff0f21df9ae25fd1542b73ac51cd0dbedce694430732f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          80-delicious.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\80-delicious.conf
          • Size 422B
          • SHA256 046da4371f65c236aafc73ed33a924c61e55ff49dad9d9a51e79f519882d7fbd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          90-synthetic.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\90-synthetic.conf
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 bbea65e32cef73fcb80efa1b32fc54e31c31477d808a8b206682f1ab06baa523
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          README

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.avail\README
          • Size 959B
          • SHA256 f2793bb885213c0db99d23958645323631186b9a4ee8f4abcb6ac81baf88dd7b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\fonts\conf.d\10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 9e8e338453028b8b6ad97a9103e799a1e338b51e8231c73d28b82a4c530927a0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          setup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\723CFE4\setup.msi
          • Size 850KB
          • SHA256 a7c9fbdec2c0d5d581f9e682700c46f4b0f8ff722047dce9a85f6917c47ac01d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          decoder.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\convertaudiofree\Free AVI Converter 1.0.0\install\decoder.dll
          • Size 120KB
          • SHA256 9f3a6b5eb8785436618c153cdce216e2bd80c54f23c45b2a7e48db2c0b01c685
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 24.1MB
          • SHA256 40281a5c3afa1bfa957311ad21545950dd17c53a4526c25d131aaacaf253e0e9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {e2ded45c-f983-4518-be03-a606479fe04c}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{d78106ee-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{e2ded45c-f983-4518-be03-a606479fe04c}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 4803b05f0616c13c4dca20d22bca2f756a16984ee5ea1c4e48d7064ae395bb19
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/4092-0-0x0000000002D10000-0x0000000002D11000-memory.dmp

          memory/4092-72-0x0000000002D10000-0x0000000002D11000-memory.dmp