c8002d531169485d1cc9aba2f94ae4adc2512264099a7c2e781674dd527a2d79

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
154s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
submitted
23/08/2026, 03:41

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General

Target
Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
Size 49.6MB
Sample260823-d837ssxtdx
SHA256 c8002d531169485d1cc9aba2f94ae4adc2512264099a7c2e781674dd527a2d79
MD5 1bfc8214816d6a4363b84616c22dcf69
SHA1 62839f80510f6a7976c0484cfa415d4ce615ee23
SHA512 5922c2da5fb3440fd7763c495f8693c926d91e9fa69c45e4c14f3771030a1cbf1c29fb077a867a9e8c10f8cd2717e264fa356edf1772faf8a81e3539fcdb5373
SSDEEP 786432:jPduhbrmPPjG/7pM2CcNszSexZHyhHc/cRbdDLgU5fp1EY:jFuh0Q7O2NkZnHyheU5fpeY
TLSH
T1ACB733A4A5B54F85FA2C08FA1CF214D43FA2B4407F71EE590E60012F29FA5F1AF9A525
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

4^/10

defense_evasion discovery spyware trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
discovery

Query Registry
T1012

Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files\Paragon Tweaking Utility\Paragon Tweaking Utility\Paragon Tweaking Utility.exe	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Paragon Tweaking Utility\Paragon Tweaking Utility\updater\updater.exe	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Paragon Tweaking Utility\Paragon Tweaking Utility\ptu_core.dll	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Paragon Tweaking Utility\Paragon Tweaking Utility\ptu_ascension_helper.exe	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Paragon Tweaking Utility\Paragon Tweaking Utility\appicon.ico	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Paragon Tweaking Utility\Paragon Tweaking Utility\uninstall.exe	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3532	ptu-preinstall.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1844	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
1844	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
1844	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe

Modifies registry class 13 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Classes\Paragon Tweaking Utility\DefaultIcon	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Paragon Tweaking Utility\DefaultIcon\ = "C:\\Program Files\\Paragon Tweaking Utility\\Paragon Tweaking Utility\\appicon.ico"	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Classes\Paragon Tweaking Utility\shell	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Paragon Tweaking Utility\shell\open\ = "Open with Paragon Tweaking Utility"	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.Paragon Tweaking Utility\Paragon Tweaking Utility_backup	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.Paragon Tweaking Utility\ = "Paragon Tweaking Utility"	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Paragon Tweaking Utility\	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Paragon Tweaking Utility\shell\ = "open"	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Classes\Paragon Tweaking Utility\shell\open	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Classes\Paragon Tweaking Utility\shell\open\command	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Paragon Tweaking Utility\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Program Files\\Paragon Tweaking Utility\\Paragon Tweaking Utility\\Paragon Tweaking Utility.exe \"%1\""	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Classes\.Paragon Tweaking Utility	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Classes\Paragon Tweaking Utility	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe

Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 8 IoCs

defense_evasion spyware trojan

Install Root Certificate

T1553.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\D1EB23A46D17D68FD92564C2F1F1601764D8E349\Blob = 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	ptu-preinstall.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\D1EB23A46D17D68FD92564C2F1F1601764D8E349\Blob = 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	ptu-preinstall.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\2B8F1B57330DBBA2D07A6C51F70EE90DDAB9AD8E\Blob = 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	ptu-preinstall.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\2B8F1B57330DBBA2D07A6C51F70EE90DDAB9AD8E\Blob = 5c000000010000000400000000100000190000000100000010000000ea6089055218053dd01e37e1d806eedf0f000000010000003000000066b764a96581128168cf208e374dda479d54e311f32457f4aee0dbd2a6c8d171d531289e1cd22bfdbbd4cfd979625483090000000100000054000000305206082b0601050507030206082b06010505070303060a2b0601040182370a030406082b0601050507030406082b0601050507030606082b0601050507030706082b0601050507030106082b0601050507030853000000010000004300000030413022060c2b06010401b231010201050130123010060a2b0601040182373c0101030200c0301b060567810c010330123010060a2b0601040182373c0101030200c0620000000100000020000000e793c9b02fd8aa13e21c31228accb08119643b749c898964b1746d46c3d4cbd21400000001000000140000005379bf5aaa2b4acf5480e1d89bc09df2b20366cb1d0000000100000010000000885010358d29a38f059b028559c95f900b00000001000000100000005300650063007400690067006f0000000300000001000000140000002b8f1b57330dbba2d07a6c51f70ee90ddab9ad8e0400000001000000100000001bfe69d191b71933a372a80fe155e5b52000000001000000e2050000308205de308203c6a003020102021001fd6d30fca3ca51a81bbc640e35032d300d06092a864886f70d01010c0500308188310b3009060355040613025553311330110603550408130a4e6577204a6572736579311430120603550407130b4a65727365792043697479311e301c060355040a131554686520555345525452555354204e6574776f726b312e302c06035504031325555345525472757374205253412043657274696669636174696f6e20417574686f72697479301e170d3130303230313030303030305a170d3338303131383233353935395a308188310b3009060355040613025553311330110603550408130a4e6577204a6572736579311430120603550407130b4a65727365792043697479311e301c060355040a131554686520555345525452555354204e6574776f726b312e302c06035504031325555345525472757374205253412043657274696669636174696f6e20417574686f7269747930820222300d06092a864886f70d01010105000382020f003082020a028202010080126517360ec3db08b3d0ac570d76edcd27d34cad508361e2aa204d092d6409dcce899fcc3da9ecf6cfc1dcf1d3b1d67b3728112b47da39c6bc3a19b45fa6bd7d9da36342b676f2a93b2b91f8e26fd0ec162090093ee2e874c918b491d46264db7fa306f188186a90223cbcfe13f087147bf6e41f8ed4e451c61167460851cb8614543fbc33fe7e6c9cff169d18bd518e35a6a766c87267db2166b1d49b7803c0503ae8ccf0dcbc9e4cfeaf0596351f575ab7ffcef93db72cb6f654ddc8e7123a4dae4c8ab75c9ab4b7203dca7f2234ae7e3b68660144e7014e46539b3360f794be5337907343f332c353efdbaafe744e69c76b8c6093dec4c70cdfe132aecc933b517895678bee3d56fe0cd0690f1b0ff325266b336df76e47fa7343e57e0ea566b1297c3284635589c40dc19354301913acd37d37a7eb5d3a6c355cdb41d712daa9490bdfd8808a0993628eb566cf2588cd84b8b13fa4390fd9029eeb124c957cf36b05a95e1683ccb867e2e8139dcc5b82d34cb3ed5bffdee573ac233b2d00bf3555740949d849581a7f9236e651920ef3267d1c4d17bcc9ec4326d0bf415f40a94444f499e757879e501f5754a83efd74632fb1506509e658422e431a4cb4f0254759fa041e93d426464a5081b2debe78b7fc6715e1c957841e0f63d6e962bad65f552eea5cc62808042539b80e2ba9f24c971c073f0d52f5edef2f820f0203010001a3423040301d0603551d0e041604145379bf5aaa2b4acf5480e1d89bc09df2b20366cb300e0603551d0f0101ff040403020106300f0603551d130101ff040530030101ff300d06092a864886f70d01010c050003820201005cd47c0dcff7017d4199650c73c5529fcbf8cf99067f1bda43159f9e0255579614f1523c27879428ed1f3a0137a276fc5350c0849bc66b4eba8c214fa28e556291f36915d8bc88e3c4aa0bfdefa8e94b552a06206d55782919ee5f305c4b241155ff249a6e5e2a2bee0b4d9f7ff70138941495430709fb60a9ee1cab128ca09a5ea7986a596d8b3f08fbc8d145af18156490120f73282ec5e2244efc58ecf0f445fe22b3eb2f8ed2d9456105c1976fa876728f8b8c36afbf0d05ce718de6a66f1f6ca67162c5d8d083720cf16711890c9c134c7234dfbcd571dfaa71dde1b96c8c3c125d65dabd5712b6436bffe5de4d661151cf99aeec17b6e871918cde49fedd3571a21527941ccf61e326bb6fa36725215de6dd1d0b2e681b3b82afec836785d4985174b1b9998089ff7f78195c794a602e9240ae4c372a2cc9c762c80e5df7365bcae0252501b4dd1a079c77003fd0dcd5ec3dd4fabb3fcc85d66f7fa92ddfb902f7f5979ab535dac367b0874aa9289e238eff5c276be1b04ff307ee002ed45987cb524195eaf447d7ee6441557c8d590295dd629dc2b9ee5a287484a59bb790c70c07dff589367432d628c1b0b00be09c4cc31cd6fce369b54746812fa282abd3634470c48dff2d33baad8f7bb57088ae3e19cf4028d8fcc890bb5d9922f552e658c51f883143ee881dd7c68e3c436a1da718de7d3d16f162f9ca90a8fd	ptu-preinstall.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\2B8F1B57330DBBA2D07A6C51F70EE90DDAB9AD8E	ptu-preinstall.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\2B8F1B57330DBBA2D07A6C51F70EE90DDAB9AD8E\Blob = 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	ptu-preinstall.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\2B8F1B57330DBBA2D07A6C51F70EE90DDAB9AD8E\Blob = 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	ptu-preinstall.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\D1EB23A46D17D68FD92564C2F1F1601764D8E349	ptu-preinstall.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
3532	ptu-preinstall.exe
3532	ptu-preinstall.exe
3532	ptu-preinstall.exe
3532	ptu-preinstall.exe
3532	ptu-preinstall.exe
3532	ptu-preinstall.exe
3532	ptu-preinstall.exe
3532	ptu-preinstall.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1844 wrote to memory of 3532	1844	Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Paragon Tweaking Utility-4.4.3-amd64-installer.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1844
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrBA44.tmp\ptu-preinstall.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrBA44.tmp\ptu-preinstall.exe" --preinstall-stop --preinstall-self-sha256 "2fc9070997bcd1e107d133de93a07b2847b413005585735d4aa9609b91623087" --install-dir "C:\Program Files\Paragon Tweaking Utility\Paragon Tweaking Utility"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Modifies system certificate store
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:3532

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Subvert Trust Controls

T1553

Install Root Certificate

T1553.004

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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InstallOptions.dll

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrBA44.tmp\InstallOptions.dll
Size 15KB
SHA256 dd0d1a8c4511261333e90a94d9912000592c46731b615aa7a37cd2b3eb6a8d58
MD5 7854290f8bc473fb9fad1917b0065731
SHA1 27c0e4731e395dfe612d954bf8793c533c53ef8f
SHA512 736030a5e1b744d0f96745f9933a57f5b52361288d33aeeaad12e054c47c4bb705cfc7d5cd4a5e3e667a6c6252e1c2a573b2707241d7b73b60c73daf2de52038
SSDEEP 192:EJGQtZkTktEQUrJaZfuyCnSmUsv3sY7L7cW8Y6Q86QvoT2g11929WtshLAzgSrX8:EJNt+4t7uJalUnGesY7Lt8nC3/Yosa
TLSH
T1E9624D1137D598B3E2E62A797EF373138FA5FB22A4428E0BC7332E0638565805D78311
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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System.dll

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrBA44.tmp\System.dll
Size 12KB
SHA256 996645d7f16a6294babb6da83478062aed7b72318d7a51b66e90ab5d3edc51a5
MD5 6d08f0d5503bb100b8429fefaad163a6
SHA1 2a79aac2d3b715326c3dcd3c5cf2e33de3632a0a
SHA512 e259b1aff39c533e3e31cf4eb323c8eb22b2beeb5d8ce2c929de30702a6d8ab8076aeacc983d724b05d7d99a6de8c4d239bd159642c7e75fb86faef683360a1f
SSDEEP 192:cjHcQ0qWTlt7wi5Aj/lM0sEWD/wtYbBjpNQybC7y+XZr0QPi:s/Qlt7wiij/lMRv/9V4brr
TLSH
T1A9427C1297B089F2F151093819667F2A6FBEAC5C23F405A3CFE304C63D212CB9879243
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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ioSpecial.ini

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrBA44.tmp\ioSpecial.ini
Size 1KB
SHA256 e1fe2a5cda9c9b89a865d66e3d87567108940b768810a52385bf5ac9e5531eb8
MD5 0e2ea19bde90e86d489102d33888b48a
SHA1 fa10c21ea93030c0c4e86592bb0d3e0c8f9d8f46
SHA512 d0f474d85dff88fd8ee9797a61a19a8cc908e003e5a89c91688675f3b9b7ea8a88bcdadb0e191ab5818e24e3b4c6315594a98089a2f7761b02de5c815d5c1da3
TLSH
T180217F033AFD5118F2BBFB08EFF880758739B856482DC51E91D10A0E44E5A808923BEF
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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ioSpecial.ini

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrBA44.tmp\ioSpecial.ini
Size 806B
SHA256 6b0ee209690bd0342125ed51f7be6056549aeaf555582c252555bf7706de47f6
MD5 0aee148c4ed44285161ec4bf8339236e
SHA1 326db53eaf671606a76adea31722d537100e4a97
SHA512 769e0fee445803db9631beed57f59c6c7a4e663a9781f2472f8f4eef4f0e0b6b24615b841236ca2b1a3518bd2859513a3173d56d4c4fff3d3a73c02b3825fc19
TLSH
T18B0156033AF85024E1ABB608FFF8807597397855481DC91E91D14A0E49E57808523BEF
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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ioSpecial.ini

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrBA44.tmp\ioSpecial.ini
Size 1KB
SHA256 19f7895b00dc27b4119f4c9a15678731288a2d5ac72d6c43ee674d729782f97d
MD5 9e75ba51af07825bed864f3c6ba93d48
SHA1 058d9f51d1b3564d7dec7500378425677c632ef8
SHA512 ee845ada86a6f77d56cf04da1b7ed74b6a32c4e189f021bd33fd6f9a131030ac4fd7a8dafc72a6a8d4dc9ecf72c27d33519c40fbdb0cad7bdb06d7049a359875
TLSH
T17E21A1037BFC1214F2FBBB14FFB540B44B3A7C565839C65D51D0090E09E5A908963BAB
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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ptu-preinstall.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrBA44.tmp\ptu-preinstall.exe
Size 6.5MB
SHA256 2fc9070997bcd1e107d133de93a07b2847b413005585735d4aa9609b91623087
MD5 3718de6abab93d7491423f511b21d20c
SHA1 b315338d9702f16826bcf1e261a11d5e03d88e5d
SHA512 14d84f4cf337614d79a42e3a2c5eee667f65533c893ed61254be281af5c40556a2f74ad098f56f8deb5bb098e8982d9570cae86d7f5a0881125db8489dcd2f6f
SSDEEP 49152:asSq1GLUt91pzzpBZnZILERkrZxiF55ubkW0EkIbYtqdYfFJdEtEKdtjKQK1K6fu:asTkIfVFkkdffFQgLE
TLSH
T1CD664907EC6914E4C5AED1718A639212BF61BC891B2123D72F90F6283F76BD0BDB9354
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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