Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 16:59

General

  • Target
    Antares Auto-Tune Pro v11.0.0.exe
  • Size 88.4MB
  • Sample260804-vhkffas1ax
  • SHA256 0b179109486e02dd80791d663054331ec7651545ea27052e9c9cb843f06d55b3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Sets file to hidden 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Modifies file attributes to stop it showing in Explorer etc.

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

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

  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 7 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 46 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 3 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs
  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Antares Auto-Tune Pro v11.0.0.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Antares Auto-Tune Pro v11.0.0.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2352
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VRILJ.tmp\Antares Auto-Tune Pro v11.0.0.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VRILJ.tmp\Antares Auto-Tune Pro v11.0.0.tmp" /SL5="$500DA,91715633,864256,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Antares Auto-Tune Pro v11.0.0.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5812
      • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\net.exe" stop "Antares Central Services"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4724
        • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Antares Central Services"
          4⤵
            PID:6612
        • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\net.exe" stop CmWebAdmin.exe
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4600
          • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop CmWebAdmin.exe
            4⤵
              PID:4400
          • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\net.exe" stop CodeMeter.exe
            3⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2100
            • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop CodeMeter.exe
              4⤵
                PID:6456
            • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe" +r /s /d "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\Antares\*"
              3⤵
              • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
              • Drops file in Program Files directory
              • Views/modifies file attributes
              PID:6564
            • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe" +s +h /s /d "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\Antares\*.ini"
              3⤵
              • Sets file to hidden
              • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
              • Drops file in Program Files directory
              • Views/modifies file attributes
              PID:2060
            • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe" +s +h /s /d "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\Antares\*.ico"
              3⤵
              • Sets file to hidden
              • Drops file in Program Files directory
              • Views/modifies file attributes
              PID:5564

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              Auto-Key.xml

              • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\Antares\Auto-Key.aaxplugin\Contents\Resources\Auto-Key.xml
              • Size 9KB
              • SHA256 62a96686da67da29fd6d54f65f44806c6f88185a45bbbe342cc385d90e00fdb9
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Auto-Key.aaxplugin

              • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\Antares\Auto-Key.aaxplugin\Contents\x64\Auto-Key.aaxplugin
              • Size 13.8MB
              • SHA256 83f570e2e1fff7dbe71f4029879303720e3eec4b0eb6989c6934da97ba485313
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              AutoTunePro.xml

              • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\Antares\Auto-Tune Pro.aaxplugin\Contents\Resources\AutoTunePro.xml
              • Size 87KB
              • SHA256 86d830bdeab0e3886ca1ee82334fd09666824db8c9d096401bbfe3b5398916ef
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Auto-Tune Pro.aaxplugin

              • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\Antares\Auto-Tune Pro.aaxplugin\Contents\x64\Auto-Tune Pro.aaxplugin
              • Size 42.8MB
              • SHA256 071fb212c1434c59d74915deb2fbbf826d21dfdbbd798000d65abc66cde7926a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              desktop.ini

              • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\Antares\Auto-Tune Pro.aaxplugin\desktop.ini
              • Size 126B
              • SHA256 5526ef6345adee7c693e58354dd72b095df152be62ff7298b4c6f6d0f91e2f83
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              is-5M0GU.tmp

              • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Antares\is-5M0GU.tmp
              • Size 45KB
              • SHA256 00999004190475604537034d99d9a2cc84355579e4b199045dc6c8c3479e3600
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              is-G5EVA.tmp

              • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Antares\is-G5EVA.tmp
              • Size 46B
              • SHA256 524c4940611c5338397e0bbdd9f23c030da1e5387f772a38b1599b467be78732
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              _iscrypt.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-5QQ8L.tmp\_isetup\_iscrypt.dll
              • Size 2KB
              • SHA256 2f6294f9aa09f59a574b5dcd33be54e16b39377984f3d5658cda44950fa0f8fc
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              Antares Auto-Tune Pro v11.0.0.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VRILJ.tmp\Antares Auto-Tune Pro v11.0.0.tmp
              • Size 3.2MB
              • SHA256 c057aaf10d43a85fd51cf0e5cd59ec59a63c8f1f338b11154d66576fa8453735
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/2352-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2352-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2352-224-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E4000-memory.dmp

              memory/5812-13-0x00000000027A0000-0x00000000027A1000-memory.dmp

              memory/5812-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000073F000-memory.dmp

              memory/5812-6-0x00000000027A0000-0x00000000027A1000-memory.dmp

              memory/5812-223-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000073F000-memory.dmp