Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    36s
  • max time network
    41s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/07/2026, 00:50

General

  • Target
    avast_one_free.exe
  • Size 1.7MB
  • Sample260727-a7ambatdrf
  • SHA256 7b5a2fd08e310c850428e14e844db3140834cb142bf457fc0ab6e35c86d509e2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks for any installed AV software in registry 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\avast_one_free.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\avast_one_free.exe"
    1⤵
    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5272
    • C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\common\icarus.exe
      C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\common\icarus.exe /icarus-info-path:C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\icarus-info.xml /install /sssid:5272
      2⤵
      • Checks for any installed AV software in registry
      • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3344
      • C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\common\icarus_ui.exe
        C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\common\icarus_ui.exe /sssid:5272 /er_master:master_ep_e755e013-4bda-4766-8ef0-e649d71cbe18 /er_ui:ui_ep_4e3b8e6c-9b21-4309-8e9f-dc2aeef2b2d5
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1468

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        sfx.log

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Avast Software\Icarus\Logs\sfx.log
        • Size 11KB
        • SHA256 5ec2448c260b026bc3161676a2842e3fb2436e3934875b36bd9d35df7c2ded4f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        temporary_proxy.ini

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Avast Software\Icarus\settings\temporary_proxy.ini
        • Size 278B
        • SHA256 8e511706c04e382e58153c274138e99a298e87e29e12548d39b7f3d3442878b9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        icarus.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\common\icarus.exe
        • Size 9.3MB
        • SHA256 48bd9a443922dbb3115b502e274d04a52093452ae1893b994d2f069b75a4b8e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        icarus_mod.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\common\icarus_mod.dll
        • Size 16KB
        • SHA256 450267277b701624056ce7e2c106bca2d6a7540c346c1bdbb0cf0cde3bb044e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        icarus_ui.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\common\icarus_ui.exe
        • Size 12.4MB
        • SHA256 27b182eb25547cc7f92a3de5c4150df04c2daf90459f50d64b39d7dfacb9b4fc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        product-def.xml

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\common\product-def.xml
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 7f3013ef6908be0fa291371582144b0d2eec0afe90a683ba96e352384341946e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        product-info.xml

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\common\product-info.xml
        • Size 11KB
        • SHA256 eca4b91c7356245b6199a0bfe6c0a732d5e84d265c398c7c70cf352f158f25cf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setupui.cont

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\common\setupui.cont
        • Size 654KB
        • SHA256 a9a627a4b63f0794bef9319875dd1ab5c2d99ae45bee9f95f62072da298f3cc8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ecoo.edat

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\ecoo.edat
        • Size 76B
        • SHA256 324d6c2b7cf7c20cbdb4f23410aae4ee13092313c3e71595f6afe2c9df2b8a01
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        epps.edat

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\epps.edat
        • Size 80B
        • SHA256 c6528b50bbe1265eeb1beb88535e7f6257075daaa245ed693e9ac38511b297bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        eref.edat

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\eref.edat
        • Size 94B
        • SHA256 3119ebe6c17d752ed4771845317e6a662bc3a770b31b7614732a7d3590c583c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        giet.edat

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\giet.edat
        • Size 8B
        • SHA256 c2cb92b00918d830aa68e4d5496ca412e3bc86f88444cb3de9d52e62a877b93f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        icarus-info.xml

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\asw-9a3d39b4-74c2-4c2c-9170-214f907e1513\icarus-info.xml
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 c1aa7450880cb5fb8ca043f386ba3f6cdbad70c5a84cea692bed6c574967e103
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH