Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    689s
  • max time network
    547s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/07/2026, 08:53

General

  • Target
    AutoHotkey_2.0.26_setup.exe
  • Size 2.9MB
  • Sample260724-ktedfswdnf
  • SHA256 2bf1b89b1047136490fc321d2fdc988b42dd86f693eea7872746ac6adf722bc3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 8 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

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

  • UPX packed file 6 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

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

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

  • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    A root certificate was added, modified, or removed in the trusted certificate store registry paths.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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 4 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AutoHotkey_2.0.26_setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AutoHotkey_2.0.26_setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4808
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AutoHotkey_2.0.26_setup.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AutoHotkey_2.0.26_setup.exe" /to "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Modifies system certificate store
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4276
      • C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe
        "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe" "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\reset-assoc.ahk" /check
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        PID:4392
  • C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe
    "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe" UX\ui-dash.ahk
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:64
    • C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe
      "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe" "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-editor.ahk" "C:\Users\Admin\Documents\AutoHotkey\fdsfdsfsd.ahk"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:3820
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      explorer /select,"C:\Users\Admin\Documents\AutoHotkey\fsd.ahk"
      2⤵
        PID:3628
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3284
      • C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe
        "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe" "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\launcher.ahk" "C:\Users\Admin\Documents\AutoHotkey\fsd.ahk"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4592
        • C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey64.exe
          "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey64.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Documents\AutoHotkey\fsd.ahk"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
          PID:4100
      • C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe
        "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe" "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\launcher.ahk" "C:\Users\Admin\Documents\AutoHotkey\fsd.ahk"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2908
        • C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey64.exe
          "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey64.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Documents\AutoHotkey\fsd.ahk"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
          PID:4856
      • C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe
        "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe" "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-editor.ahk" "C:\Users\Admin\Documents\AutoHotkey\fsd.ahk"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4020
    • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
      1⤵
        PID:3240

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            AutoHotkey32.exe

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.26_setup.exe\AutoHotkey32.exe
            • Size 960KB
            • SHA256 cfa4775b267c527a2ea10d51b6010c0466d0dd92dc1795732e342ff4cae8a0f2
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Minimal for v2.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\Templates\Minimal for v2.ahk
            • Size 93B
            • SHA256 7f618d3ca343a0739a52a4a3c4f5b963ed98dc077b60c65fdc77d70fb0ec12d3
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            WindowSpy.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\WindowSpy.ahk
            • Size 8KB
            • SHA256 b29f7037876d82deaaf200e79e9f1c139a4fc9d8b883101be1f93c62d3299967
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            CommandLineToArgs.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\CommandLineToArgs.ahk
            • Size 352B
            • SHA256 a6c51e2188e31e3510577263d7b96db147b0df3dfa24c96df8fdd9d73da859ee
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            CreateAppShortcut.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\CreateAppShortcut.ahk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 40a6f0cda5fd1dff324cab288bb453aa60b41b09dacbfbc64f2d871423f33935
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            EnableUIAccess.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\EnableUIAccess.ahk
            • Size 10KB
            • SHA256 a9a824a763195e5810bf904854af7ed41c025527b2b8faa7532c6f24189d69b9
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            GetGitHubReleaseAssetURL.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\GetGitHubReleaseAssetURL.ahk
            • Size 844B
            • SHA256 48a3f822a720b8e9b41165a1d19d56411d1f58036338ebd07ab40f2a14cf0f1b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            HashFile.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\HashFile.ahk
            • Size 2KB
            • SHA256 84032ecac8ed334cf8788a81bea721b0af5cd7ca7dca57b60cdec3556ae33914
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            README.txt

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\README.txt
            • Size 182B
            • SHA256 d65c6e73417e6bba7a619f2e68933b74e6ae6141277b65542aed9b6acdfc83ff
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            ShellRun.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\ShellRun.ahk
            • Size 420B
            • SHA256 ea67340c555fdc1abf8e324ac550ac37d2ba5f96a8edef120e72fb340f8f95c0
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            bounce-v1.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\bounce-v1.ahk
            • Size 142B
            • SHA256 9b75c7f804d1d55807459e6f06db2bee8e1fb60ce9c9340d44a7b491ce53b982
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            common.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\common.ahk
            • Size 870B
            • SHA256 4e1e49dcb93bb8f6adcc7385029ff779259f1492a214f9bd6af0d62ea10a76e3
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            config.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\config.ahk
            • Size 429B
            • SHA256 4d1f241a0c973e30f1bf19e71cadb386b872a14bf0c29d32d4781a56cafd998a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            identify.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\identify.ahk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 f5b97911887c303b6859de44eff73780309e31e931dcba86a66aaafbe932af72
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            identify_regex.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\identify_regex.ahk
            • Size 3KB
            • SHA256 c2563ab626df892398083404acecc5229300ba7dc6077b120844c65facfad854
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            launcher-common.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\launcher-common.ahk
            • Size 2KB
            • SHA256 220629b006d13b24afb3367abeea424c5b4103ac0c5a137fdc9d98047cdd908f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            spy.ico

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\spy.ico
            • Size 4KB
            • SHA256 968473df8eac7264d9e84e6ae91a4d706cda9f89f345d182617b161ef4fe1a7b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ui-base.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\ui-base.ahk
            • Size 5KB
            • SHA256 5f0208e050c64b5b8c7733c2413cd5bb69cc6eb2555c67ee0716b28a351ed651
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            install-ahk2exe.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\install-ahk2exe.ahk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 c242ebb51241acab13152d95cdb05be5382ffb97f3dca2da3a4e5a084c2e3ff4
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            install-version.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\install-version.ahk
            • Size 4KB
            • SHA256 d275f352ca714100249457ed39f42ce4e2b342102f51a16c59b6270d681c2907
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            install.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\install.ahk
            • Size 40KB
            • SHA256 eae93fc89ed952cb2323de726d54107848950f3effa55a564557e78347fe3597
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            installed-files.csv

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\installed-files.csv
            • Size 2KB
            • SHA256 e3e95774af50d02f66efa38a69991bde00b815792e171dd94ca6a17b9194a2db
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            launcher.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\launcher.ahk
            • Size 17KB
            • SHA256 830db4be4c8320f23ff32316dac933d4e72d9056ea5a819cc12c38614da6e06f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            reload-v1.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\reload-v1.ahk
            • Size 556B
            • SHA256 e4659306a755b583e9cef5fdba3b3eb102d8939fb028afd91aad4496e758fad5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            reset-assoc.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\reset-assoc.ahk
            • Size 2KB
            • SHA256 d26caef44190e0b612c3e4309ff6689dc2953c72cb3de1c94d002250b089f16b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            ui-dash.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-dash.ahk
            • Size 9KB
            • SHA256 e19e68f3904e1e5d3eee1c1340a0e36a854670911e051d263a8ea4c1fb2e53c3
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ui-editor.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-editor.ahk
            • Size 8KB
            • SHA256 7263286eb3a42eccf5edc39b43c74a8bf7c82f2671204d1ae654236c1de3f05d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ui-launcherconfig.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-launcherconfig.ahk
            • Size 8KB
            • SHA256 179c96d787fae5dd26cdf832e5226142ab3e4f1ff53e3b1f24cecddcf3e79947
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ui-newscript.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-newscript.ahk
            • Size 10KB
            • SHA256 e6279029591444d06adbfc718eef7436da1fb0f2b69873732aff89ca0f54a20a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ui-setup.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-setup.ahk
            • Size 7KB
            • SHA256 68b114a2ea4af9df54709a78ec5991a1f271097b29cb93757403fdb158746bc7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ui-uninstall.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-uninstall.ahk
            • Size 2KB
            • SHA256 1e09fc4af5dc3e673d4facfe4fa849c6bdd0b29c67b0efd7f96aaf387fcef698
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            WindowSpy.ahk

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\WindowSpy.ahk
            • Size 159B
            • SHA256 c1908cfc4b224b3bc8d1a5c67cfe4acdb4e738d8acf98560905afc412981c18b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            license.txt

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\license.txt
            • Size 17KB
            • SHA256 b27c1a7c92686e47f8740850ad24877a50be23fd3dbd44edee50ac1223135e38
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            AutoHotkey.chm

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey.chm
            • Size 2.0MB
            • SHA256 c867ea63fb647e09266b87ea063cf3f4ba6faac10f77fb78a71b22ad6b715429
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            AutoHotkey64.exe

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey64.exe
            • Size 1.2MB
            • SHA256 a2a54b8abc476d7671d4de0771bb54bf5f2373d79ff6871d0ba6a62c3b88ae00
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            RCXF27C.tmp

            • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\RCXF27C.tmp
            • Size 1.2MB
            • SHA256 1675dbb9c3ef0489d7476761258597cc056a62f1dffcef64f41a6573b33e1934
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            AutoHotkey Dash.lnk

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\AutoHotkey Dash.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 1a6b8cb9911f0d4696dcbbb38f76fe28ef147afa889dfa81152fb0702b9d6a78
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            AutoHotkey Window Spy.lnk

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\AutoHotkey Window Spy.lnk
            • Size 2KB
            • SHA256 a3ef81853d6ac35fdc068c04f116b7fe5e3e38b13ca5e4d9efbc09948646099c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            f213bf5a8af890680781f9b7261613ea_1387e72d-6ef0-4d6f-9d55-a268230a0331

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-21-889581200-2041691093-2048517887-1000\f213bf5a8af890680781f9b7261613ea_1387e72d-6ef0-4d6f-9d55-a268230a0331
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 f24eac326f17d1fe37e95274add8b8a374243920b746ebcb6445cf22f5b0c0f3
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            fsd.ahk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\AutoHotkey\fsd.ahk
            • Size 3B
            • SHA256 f1945cd6c19e56b3c1c78943ef5ec18116907a4ca1efc40a57d48ab1db7adfc5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            memory/4276-216-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000095B000-memory.dmp

            memory/4276-217-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000095B000-memory.dmp

            memory/4276-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000095B000-memory.dmp

            memory/4276-399-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000095B000-memory.dmp

            memory/4808-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000095B000-memory.dmp

            memory/4808-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000095B000-memory.dmp