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03/08/2026, 04:37

260803-e8y4hsydke9

03/08/2026, 04:26

260803-e2qhssca379

Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    52s
  • max time network
    55s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/08/2026, 04:26

Errors

Reason
Machine shutdown

General

  • Target
    dpiOptimizer.exe
  • Size 34.6MB
  • Sample260803-e2qhssca37
  • SHA256 3ac798246951d6331bf6f0a9ff265fe835421e09269d7eb49015c551d02db0c6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 27 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Power Settings 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    powercfg controls all configurable power system settings on a Windows system and can be abused to prevent an infected host from locking or shutting down.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 34 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 23 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 36 IoCs

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

  • Gathers network information 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Uses commandline utility to view network configuration.

  • Modifies Control Panel 2 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 15 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 49 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dpiOptimizer.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dpiOptimizer.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4084
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dpiOptimizer.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dpiOptimizer.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Modifies Control Panel
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:964
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "cleanmgr /sagerun:66"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1156
        • C:\Windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe
          cleanmgr /sagerun:66
          4⤵
          • Enumerates connected drives
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2476
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0147B274-516C-44FE-8F0B-E3EC703C4D55\dismhost.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0147B274-516C-44FE-8F0B-E3EC703C4D55\dismhost.exe {BC62AAC6-34DF-4E69-98AF-170CC98741D3}
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • Drops file in Windows directory
            PID:3872
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "bcdedit /set numproc 2"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4600
        • C:\Windows\system32\bcdedit.exe
          bcdedit /set numproc 2
          4⤵
          • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
          PID:4016
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61"
        3⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4936
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61
          4⤵
          • Power Settings
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1424
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powercfg -setactive 98d77c7b-52c0-4854-ae65-21b813458cbc"
        3⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4176
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          powercfg -setactive 98d77c7b-52c0-4854-ae65-21b813458cbc
          4⤵
          • Power Settings
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2728
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-ac 0"
        3⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2688
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-ac 0
          4⤵
          • Power Settings
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4136
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-dc 0"
        3⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1796
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-dc 0
          4⤵
          • Power Settings
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5100
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ipconfig /flushdns"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2936
        • C:\Windows\system32\ipconfig.exe
          ipconfig /flushdns
          4⤵
          • Gathers network information
          PID:4544
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ipconfig /renew"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1224
        • C:\Windows\system32\ipconfig.exe
          ipconfig /renew
          4⤵
          • Gathers network information
          PID:4760
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "netsh int ip reset"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3600
        • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
          netsh int ip reset
          4⤵
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          PID:2180
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "netsh winsock reset"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3048
        • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
          netsh winsock reset
          4⤵
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          PID:4500
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "shutdown /r /t 0"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4496
        • C:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe
          shutdown /r /t 0
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5008
  • C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe
    "LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x4 /state0:0xa3958055 /state1:0x41c64e6d
    1⤵
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1324

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        CbsProvider.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0147B274-516C-44FE-8F0B-E3EC703C4D55\CbsProvider.dll
        • Size 875KB
        • SHA256 4c9a4ab6596626482dd2190034fcb3fafebe88a961423962ad577e873ef5008f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        DismCorePS.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0147B274-516C-44FE-8F0B-E3EC703C4D55\DismCorePS.dll
        • Size 183KB
        • SHA256 e3b3a4c9c6403cb8b0aa12d34915b67e4eaa5bb911e102cf77033aa315d66a1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        DismHost.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0147B274-516C-44FE-8F0B-E3EC703C4D55\DismHost.exe
        • Size 142KB
        • SHA256 e30508e2088bc16b2a84233ced64995f738deaef2366ac6c86b35c93bbcd9d80
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        DismProv.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0147B274-516C-44FE-8F0B-E3EC703C4D55\DismProv.dll
        • Size 255KB
        • SHA256 ef1e263e1bcc05d9538cb9469dd7dba5093956aa325479c3d2607168cc1c000a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        LogProvider.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0147B274-516C-44FE-8F0B-E3EC703C4D55\LogProvider.dll
        • Size 77KB
        • SHA256 a9c8787c79a952779eca82e7389cf5bbde7556e4491b8bfcfd6617740ac7d8a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OSProvider.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0147B274-516C-44FE-8F0B-E3EC703C4D55\OSProvider.dll
        • Size 149KB
        • SHA256 2165d567aa47264abe2a866bb1bcb01a1455a75a6ea530b1b9a4dda54d08f758
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSVCP140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\MSVCP140.dll
        • Size 544KB
        • SHA256 0f885b509a685d2bbfa652fed26b5fb31d88fbdab0a978c641d1c7b8aa460aa9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSVCP140_1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\MSVCP140_1.dll
        • Size 35KB
        • SHA256 bfad5aef4c63a669e3c140655cdfdf395b6c979b400a447bd5dcb65ed8826c3d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSVCP140_2.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\MSVCP140_2.dll
        • Size 273KB
        • SHA256 3ea06f0ee098b4823cb79599df3780e7f23cce52c19aac31d2a0d47efe33a5e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Qt6Core.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\Qt6Core.dll
        • Size 10.0MB
        • SHA256 fae4778a42e93adc82b831c879c886a05147e9cc26760808d21116be5547259b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Qt6Gui.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\Qt6Gui.dll
        • Size 9.1MB
        • SHA256 8fceee959a670372aaa5763287c2ef7924cd9ecdbe2c29cf4b6c12a63079c503
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Qt6Widgets.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\Qt6Widgets.dll
        • Size 6.3MB
        • SHA256 4d603bff620ae0830d15c25a787f9f10ed3f972d998f1f17c9c4f83937280399
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
        • Size 48KB
        • SHA256 1f2d41c4aa5db0bc33ebf7b66d72943a817d7ce6cbe880502a9403823633093f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        qminimal.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\platforms\qminimal.dll
        • Size 60KB
        • SHA256 c4f03a873f96edd8ab9c3016883f1705669743ba48d1ecbc5132704db48319c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        qoffscreen.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\platforms\qoffscreen.dll
        • Size 111KB
        • SHA256 7a3f14ab1f373e96e706db6f3f2d88a4eb7132f3d03e139fdc84a303ca974e22
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        qwindows.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\platforms\qwindows.dll
        • Size 983KB
        • SHA256 dd126e2a47f7f3d4a855981e9d4012076058b1440f6900b9a07aa950e4e4f20a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        qmodernwindowsstyle.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\styles\qmodernwindowsstyle.dll
        • Size 225KB
        • SHA256 093e3ac68dfdac52a2667a2f7ba00b336392f9d6bde08430494ef54dbd120541
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        QtCore.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\QtCore.pyd
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 91dd5166110b88a4f4d3acda6fe6c10ed699882dd3602328a59e9f656cc766b1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        QtGui.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\QtGui.pyd
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 cf5ae37fd119fb29a53f1f2cea1362fdf036d940191be45d83da0f98ce8752b8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        QtWidgets.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\QtWidgets.pyd
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 4f81361816e94e1ae05f178085b22d5b9b19e417713b1966dd481a4017aa3b21
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        sip.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\PyQt6\sip.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
        • Size 108KB
        • SHA256 0bd49319478525c63082c324e92ade3c9f3e83fdd458f2d610988e3b75109ccf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\VCRUNTIME140.dll
        • Size 117KB
        • SHA256 052ad6a20d375957e82aa6a3c441ea548d89be0981516ca7eb306e063d5027f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
        • Size 48KB
        • SHA256 6a99bc0128e0c7d6cbbf615fcc26909565e17d4ca3451b97f8987f9c6acbc6c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _bz2.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\_bz2.pyd
        • Size 83KB
        • SHA256 965f199679afa9b31d537d98c3ca8403afd6b9e58e1a463ae47697ae4bf12771
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ctypes.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\_ctypes.pyd
        • Size 129KB
        • SHA256 697d05cac7c167c00ccf22ea4fdbc7a8db93ab9c6421061191558e42478068c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _decimal.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\_decimal.pyd
        • Size 273KB
        • SHA256 90045140e45edcfe4f4859b3190184faff1249220011330a9d01319745766607
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _hashlib.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\_hashlib.pyd
        • Size 68KB
        • SHA256 1430e4a2ed19eda840668a292c39ff44488b598f53e903a61739a86b779ecbfe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _lzma.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\_lzma.pyd
        • Size 156KB
        • SHA256 b78f5a8476139ff04731046459efd047bb8f52dc92c5b2082eabf2929c0ca02d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _socket.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\_socket.pyd
        • Size 84KB
        • SHA256 c63e8e6a369cbe86e57c9823fb48bc5d4e7bb18455b9b001986b4768c49007da
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        base_library.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\base_library.zip
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 ff9b2b0e3442ceb9a303ad7424460fe856757007558f1d3bd6e68e0356caa7f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libcrypto-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\libcrypto-3.dll
        • Size 5.0MB
        • SHA256 ccfffddcd3defb8d899026298af9af43bc186130f8483d77e97c93233d5f27d7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libffi-8.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\libffi-8.dll
        • Size 38KB
        • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python3.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\python3.DLL
        • Size 70KB
        • SHA256 85d02d4c7e28c0f183415dc2be5fe8e06aa7fa0567673c75c65c0031f59e1e8b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python313.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\python313.dll
        • Size 5.8MB
        • SHA256 0565965617d94274d7f2c2958d0bef33392cd9d2f346f99d8e1bedbdf264ee85
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        select.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\select.pyd
        • Size 32KB
        • SHA256 d1e486de9653640be7c3a9bed04aa716b29ea76a69e1de758dd9fa708f2c9d38
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        unicodedata.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40842\unicodedata.pyd
        • Size 695KB
        • SHA256 e7d0375a7064b1c8916cca7cabf7e3df559fc8463dfdf831f403e95c79499121
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dism.log

        • Path C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log
        • Size 2.1MB
        • SHA256 19d34c6e76fa858e306a0cd7587d58a4fa894fe974703da4154d39f63f192782
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        diagerr.xml

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\setupcln\diagerr.xml
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 40487050bd92bf244f5752ef883e153ffe12152b097028bfc8c79a0ba95a359b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        diagwrn.xml

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\setupcln\diagwrn.xml
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 63a505045b1d4549428a469bf00b0f83aaf58cfd9eb2c32b24f17336e323ab31
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setupact.log

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\setupcln\setupact.log
        • Size 14KB
        • SHA256 e199d7bbff789c569462b2da9461968ee05f09b54d95ccdff7fddb7e0f81506e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/964-174-0x00007FF85A1C0000-0x00007FF85A44F000-memory.dmp

        memory/964-189-0x00007FF84BC60000-0x00007FF84C2AD000-memory.dmp

        memory/964-192-0x00007FF84B0E0000-0x00007FF84B319000-memory.dmp

        memory/964-185-0x00007FF84C2B0000-0x00007FF84C78B000-memory.dmp

        memory/964-196-0x00000246C8EF0000-0x00000246C8F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/2476-393-0x0000020D8EC00000-0x0000020D8EE59000-memory.dmp

        memory/2476-523-0x0000020D8EC00000-0x0000020D8EE59000-memory.dmp