Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    78s
  • max time network
    64s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/07/2026, 12:55

General

  • Target
    Cheat Engine 7.6.0 Repack & Portable.exe
  • Size 15.3MB
  • Sample260728-p56djaxybw
  • SHA256 9388f18cb98989e9a71d7a9ed770f3337dc5f7d50ceb805a96b141f7990ac04c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 55 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

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

  • Kills process with taskkill 4 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 19 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cheat Engine 7.6.0 Repack & Portable.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cheat Engine 7.6.0 Repack & Portable.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4856
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-D9E0J.tmp\Cheat Engine 7.6.0 Repack & Portable.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-D9E0J.tmp\Cheat Engine 7.6.0 Repack & Portable.tmp" /SL5="$60192,15529087,145920,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cheat Engine 7.6.0 Repack & Portable.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3400
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe" /f /im Cheat Engine.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        PID:1304
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe" /f /im cheatengine-i386.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4348
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe" /f /im cheatengine-x86_64.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2492
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe" /f /im cheatengine-x86_64-SSE4-AVX2.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4576
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\windowsrepair.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\windowsrepair.exe" /s
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:4436
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\Cheat Engine.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\Cheat Engine.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1544
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\cheatengine-x86_64-SSE4-AVX2.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\cheatengine-x86_64-SSE4-AVX2.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          PID:6116

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Cheat Engine.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\Cheat Engine.exe
        • Size 397KB
        • SHA256 5dd11f2b6321f2485cd1ade053930bbff4e773bb32937b014dc05b8e10b59dbd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        name.txt

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\Languages\ch_cn\name.txt
        • Size 18B
        • SHA256 bc1eddbdaf248ffdae109bf56ff950f054bf993ce2bd5bd4b899f3084c8a7723
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        name.txt

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\Languages\ch_tw\name.txt
        • Size 19B
        • SHA256 796db1e1a7682ea3b66945683069901219dc393c38af60694799d62cb5ef8c6e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        name.txt

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\Languages\es_CL\name.txt
        • Size 15B
        • SHA256 2fc62af9309d993e413e52e28affb872f7fb2f3674f315023a0fdefc151b1717
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        name.txt

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\Languages\ko_KR\name.txt
        • Size 6B
        • SHA256 04656c6fe003c7ae32e5e1e82f22fb0e41d765a383ffb95f17934281dfeb7285
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        language.ini

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\Languages\language.ini
        • Size 283B
        • SHA256 4aa4f0b75548d45c81d8e876e2db1c74bddfd64091f102706d729b50a7af53a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        name.txt

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\Languages\pl_PL\name.txt
        • Size 6B
        • SHA256 770341d6e89e04e8bb79afe2847b082492c9750dbe8f43725bbc5ee4afbffab5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        name.txt

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\Languages\pt_BR\name.txt
        • Size 17B
        • SHA256 49d75577c5f311eb3f9ca242bbe386ea97da18d4cf2d6db4e531069b034a4919
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        name.txt

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\Languages\ru_RU\name.txt
        • Size 7B
        • SHA256 5bcc40adf6e0a2a9c9317f9ac01481271b45ffdd5850d96b562752eee8167b85
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        DotNetInject.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\DotNetInject.lua
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 31ed4209776dbfad74ec811326439d26c02b6ab653056d5e171d952c12d3f25b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        DotNetInterface.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\DotNetInterface.lua
        • Size 20KB
        • SHA256 eae2a91808bb58b386f3bdde75176c7208c22bf5515c5d6e467c583df2e72e15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MethodInvokeDialog.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\MethodInvokeDialog.lua
        • Size 11KB
        • SHA256 d448b049bbe3bc894eaf82a3967e6007954dab833037ac4c6b6353866ee49ad1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SpeedhackV3.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\SpeedhackV3.lua
        • Size 8KB
        • SHA256 d9620c15a5a3dbc26c8667e476927b0e23975a187ee7332a5fc0cb0a621e4b0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        addtonewgroup.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\addtonewgroup.lua
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 96e4429192f9ab26f8bf9f9429f36b388aa69c3624781c61ea6df7e1bca9b49b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        android.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\android.lua
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 2a03bea4f0d207b8707f950ebe1b1cd48a0e85db7a8e7df64e66c1b1bff47776
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        autosave.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\autosave.lua
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 c4cef60489b067c8e7abcdd5594643a27d0720b21523753dd462d53024287116
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        bigendian.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\bigendian.lua
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 4541b3e07a2d5e275a8ad09ee152fee2adc2ff870ab9bcc27aa10704cff1115d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        celib.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\celib.lua
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 5871f4e9f6c06b5811c1f4b208b5d6869c5191e7cb5540f2b463d01e5541fac2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ceshare.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\ceshare.lua
        • Size 13KB
        • SHA256 1187d02ccc5ed580f5a1a2053466f4a4d8d06fa6eaa7636ff80f6b02abc6f06a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnetinfo.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\dotnetinfo.lua
        • Size 90KB
        • SHA256 bfff9915eeaf71c730e4b54d207578d6b203d1545edea9708cc00c8d40f228a0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnetinfoCreateInstanceDialog.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\dotnetinfoCreateInstanceDialog.lua
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 5bd6af2daacc2f10e32216f364ddb63173c492f6798a11fb23d0c5cf539a1551
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        dotnetpatch,1.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\dotnetpatch,1.lua
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 c72a22c803731128359a81d4b553c60dfca9cfb6c88efc79fbdbdf6ef5baf2c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnetpatch,2.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\dotnetpatch,2.lua
        • Size 25KB
        • SHA256 840e12c1fdd67d07067a9d70a618b8961011efba9a238555882f6c79231ed8c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnetsearch.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\dotnetsearch.lua
        • Size 15KB
        • SHA256 9dcceba54c44940f7d97b971f61eb6186055eaa389ee4d4d399f106750f17c85
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        export128x128.png

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\images\export128x128.png
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 3e671ac6a8e77f11b4c6547cf810bc06327e84961c7657340f5ca0f622a966d9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        import128x128.png

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\images\import128x128.png
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 4923fbf164d8dc0111e28dc1864bac8ca2503fee2b7a688845b4616465529ee6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        java.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\java.lua
        • Size 84KB
        • SHA256 24281af45e46678a8a669a822f9eeddc490aadcc9f4dce6cfb21d639f270e671
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaClassEditor.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\javaClassEditor.lua
        • Size 52KB
        • SHA256 4f0e7249a20147fb1e364b5b182d990e6d00bf6a2624edaa368b65142dd08408
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaclass.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\javaclass.lua
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 acfb9fda20c347d8b7b2e513d38d2692bd054ae90b88e846460e66b986dd8d1c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javainfo.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\javainfo.lua
        • Size 29KB
        • SHA256 bd0e311d1c4671d5c50b6cd9165b9f61919d2e0657b946ce07017df74b10a029
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javasearch.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\javasearch.lua
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 3a1c8f5e7bd2b51ebbc154aec1eecf6dc3452d417c94b3e75b58d75f5befcb19
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        luasymbols.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\luasymbols.lua
        • Size 629B
        • SHA256 c5a35380af8bebe96b85377f5f41f8c068cb857c74b9cb85b7467b35c1de10c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        modulelistscan.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\modulelistscan.lua
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 1f11078b143b92612822f3dfc09d93778471198f203694c8fc911e249fbbc557
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        monoscript.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\monoscript.lua
        • Size 174KB
        • SHA256 8cb8a4aefda335db96443c7982e8dc84de40987e8bfa2a83f4ef48c7c3eec522
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        newdefaulttemplates.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\newdefaulttemplates.lua
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 cf5f24b53a080577b41ccf238bb97040e20dfc6720f971fa161ad272262cfdb9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        patchscan.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\patchscan.lua
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 720572b426b1ca8e477d122cfd99108bd904431bee13a4c89a43f1224f2b954e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pseudocode.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\pseudocode.lua
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 6704bef60f60f85e76aa19b96a43aca74c4aa8905b4033a20c24b75171b33d0a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pseudocodediagram.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\pseudocodediagram.lua
        • Size 58KB
        • SHA256 e1f875083e13f376979eb358852d1172e93ff986127ca4334d12836ff077c23c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        savesession.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\savesession.lua
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 bfd1837226fab3d6249ea7569c2c8905063bdfb9aa40b263ff71a21eceff5cdc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        threadsafegui.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\threadsafegui.lua
        • Size 26B
        • SHA256 8b661a0dcac8454ec5e213b332ccd14e2a85fda9f076ef8ef752f0a8ff792bfd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        versioncheck.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\versioncheck.lua
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 566a9405dc4d9880fd0da41bcb35ede0bd39d7ef9103f4ed81603b122504d807
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xmlSimple.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\autorun\xml\xmlSimple.lua
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 05258e280f53c5905ae374f808f4383cfd0898f6e620d875136edeb0fdba34f5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        cheatengine-x86_64-SSE4-AVX2.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\cheatengine-x86_64-SSE4-AVX2.exe
        • Size 16.4MB
        • SHA256 3db0495c1bd9b513dccdd824cbe23c24da2b660275ea42e5894d62c2fd596583
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        lfs.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\clibs64\lfs.dll
        • Size 125KB
        • SHA256 4ee8d3375f2eeb8e5afb230d13c2cf9ee0379b0edfa76ad8dbf5ebc686a629c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        commonmodulelist.txt

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\commonmodulelist.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 cddd0f35f7351e6f19486ccd7eee5d31f0134c5c3554a12c7d51131dde8e29cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        defines.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\defines.lua
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 82e8ef7df20a86791cef062f2dcacb1d91b4adc9f5dea2fd274886be8365b2f8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        lua53-64.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\lua53-64.dll
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 436f6bf9ac414e7e7259bef4f6e287702a41e1fddbdd9af7d43350d47539a3c9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        main.lua

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\main.lua
        • Size 201B
        • SHA256 5c16124ba0b39214becb1af4161bd82147ad8468879a3fd8e9facc656a1d2e6f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        windowsrepair.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine\windowsrepair.exe
        • Size 262KB
        • SHA256 2f3214f799b0f0a2f3955dbdc64c7e7c0e216f1a09d2c1ad5d0a99921782e363
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        botva2.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-7SA46.tmp\botva2.dll
        • Size 41KB
        • SHA256 ce30b37b27cbde551299549999bd0fa5ec880107e7b698fe9ab729a1d657547e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        installable.png

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-7SA46.tmp\installable.png
        • Size 32KB
        • SHA256 f0ee3bde98dfe0549c8da7ab508e5f367b6d1517c5cb972172a4a189491a3622
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        portable.png

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-7SA46.tmp\portable.png
        • Size 32KB
        • SHA256 be3006534b86c4290c9f6afe6a69ffcd6255f283299bdd64289792424d24014b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Cheat Engine 7.6.0 Repack & Portable.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-D9E0J.tmp\Cheat Engine 7.6.0 Repack & Portable.tmp
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 7eec6162023108411f9da921d28a525af1fbfcdfff7503425806a6bbf26135b5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3400-825-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3400-17-0x00000000074B0000-0x00000000074BF000-memory.dmp

        memory/3400-28-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3400-32-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3400-266-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3400-6-0x00000000024A0000-0x00000000024A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3400-29-0x00000000074B0000-0x00000000074BF000-memory.dmp

        memory/3400-30-0x00000000024A0000-0x00000000024A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4856-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4856-827-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4856-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp

        memory/6116-824-0x00007FFB73400000-0x00007FFB73592000-memory.dmp

        memory/6116-879-0x00007FFB73400000-0x00007FFB73592000-memory.dmp

        memory/6116-882-0x00007FFB73400000-0x00007FFB73592000-memory.dmp