Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    74s
  • max time network
    80s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    21/08/2026, 16:38

General

  • Target
    PlantsVsZombies.exe
  • Size 5.1MB
  • Sample260821-t5wasacc97
  • SHA256 868f8e2bab0d6a7ef8afc4c5960c608eccef82bd086bd6e0c0e2670199a5ca45
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 1 IoCs
  • Network Service Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Attempt to gather information on host's network.

  • 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 4 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PlantsVsZombies.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PlantsVsZombies.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3600
  • C:\Windows\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" -ServerName:Windows.Gaming.GameBar.Internal.PresenceWriterServer
    1⤵
    • Network Service Discovery
    PID:2884
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2440
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k BcastDVRUserService -s BcastDVRUserService
    1⤵
    • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Modifies registry class
    PID:4752
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k BcastDVRUserService -s BcastDVRUserService
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Modifies registry class
    PID:1336
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:2012

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          desktop.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Captures\desktop.ini
          • Size 190B
          • SHA256 86d9f822aeb989755fac82929e8db369b3f5f04117ef96fd76e3d5f920a501d2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH