Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    137s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/09/2026, 12:11

General

  • Target
    VMProtect Ultimate v3.0.9 Build 695 Released.7z
  • Size 58.0MB
  • Sample260916-pcnb9axyew
  • SHA256 db79dc42c6ddb4a34d99c60e452c6864e777743725abb5bea6913e2ce8a790e8
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 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.

  • UPX packed file 3 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 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. 2 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • Modifies registry class 12 IoCs
  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
    "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VMProtect Ultimate v3.0.9 Build 695 Released.7z"
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:2260
  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\vmprotect_88996417.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\vmprotect_88996417.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3188
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VA96D.tmp\vmprotect_88996417.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VA96D.tmp\vmprotect_88996417.tmp" /SL5="$C024C,60512202,119296,C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\vmprotect_88996417.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3184
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-OK9PB.tmp\_isetup\_setup64.tmp
        helper 105 0x4A8
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1380
      • C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\VMProtect.exe
        "C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\VMProtect.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:4312
    • C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\password.txt
      1⤵
      • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
      PID:4880

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          Qt5CLucene.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\Qt5CLucene.dll
          • Size 1.2MB
          • SHA256 c526e4f7b4d1416349b58b91a15cca0d786c8d307fbc6967a266a642a56996be
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5Core.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\Qt5Core.dll
          • Size 2.8MB
          • SHA256 31b5bfd4c3806e9fc323181df21ce5edce4f69121844732d11373f4da92ed543
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5Core.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\Qt5Core.dll
          • Size 2.7MB
          • SHA256 e492272788369f1d6cec738730cf981b8ec636b3dcc0f5164a7acfb5d1d86b30
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5Gui.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\Qt5Gui.dll
          • Size 2.8MB
          • SHA256 73d37d67cb656295e5a49cdb5713d55e50f486ea7bf7fd0d90ce64cdccb1f1e1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5Gui.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\Qt5Gui.dll
          • Size 2.8MB
          • SHA256 8bdb57798d1d56755e4ff094c211670dba95f2a5f077df79ca275a998e2c7bf9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5Help.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\Qt5Help.dll
          • Size 492KB
          • SHA256 0b47546b61bef25b815f7e4a3a986b84bd892665605836b13c13cf00629ebf3b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5Network.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\Qt5Network.dll
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 4de04438cf0f0d10ee2d22f52c98e8b4ba736d487bfb9500ac1df7f646513fab
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5Sql.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\Qt5Sql.dll
          • Size 195KB
          • SHA256 99cbbc88f3d718d493606ca4c1183bc18f27fee4c228a19f53848f9d6c839af4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5Widgets.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\Qt5Widgets.dll
          • Size 2.6MB
          • SHA256 2bf9413b02feadb2b5a188d2867ef2e8aa9deb99726998c7a210b977b123cfcc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5Widgets.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\Qt5Widgets.dll
          • Size 2.4MB
          • SHA256 8d65823b2d3da3d5fb0e7062e7aebc2651852c04aac1e02b365486d3d805e973
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5Widgets.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\Qt5Widgets.dll
          • Size 2.4MB
          • SHA256 77e27616da80ff39606f5cecab5d68e4f21c08bd35895f291816678d2b561942
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5WinExtras.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\Qt5WinExtras.dll
          • Size 219KB
          • SHA256 0cecc89973c67e53c2752a5b10d903d9919e5f7a2bc7abf98b8d3df2054fa861
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VMProtect.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\VMProtect.exe
          • Size 9.3MB
          • SHA256 010225ef0312ca9281670d0e4c24b912875e92615c7c56c10f5bb6fae08fb6f0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VMProtect.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\VMProtect.exe
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 653395067251f18034e4dff5af1dc971407b4f58abdb2258df36eedb55a345a5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VMProtect.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\VMProtect.exe
          • Size 2.8MB
          • SHA256 2d07c3de6bcb04ad9202c8070cf8fe4e287386e903737391735e974bdfcb0d33
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msvcp100.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\msvcp100.dll
          • Size 593KB
          • SHA256 934d882efd3c0f3f1efbc238ef87708f3879f5bb456d30af62f3368d58b6aa4c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msvcr100.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VMProtect Ultimate\msvcr100.dll
          • Size 809KB
          • SHA256 ae3cb6c6afba9a4aa5c85f66023c35338ca579b30326dd02918f9d55259503d5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _iscrypt.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-OK9PB.tmp\_isetup\_iscrypt.dll
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 2f6294f9aa09f59a574b5dcd33be54e16b39377984f3d5658cda44950fa0f8fc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          _setup64.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-OK9PB.tmp\_isetup\_setup64.tmp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 388a796580234efc95f3b1c70ad4cb44bfddc7ba0f9203bf4902b9929b136f95
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          vmprotect_88996417.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VA96D.tmp\vmprotect_88996417.tmp
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 cb095356ddcfcbace96c6252fb73a267ed011c15ff206a7a9302007baa68a783
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          password.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\password.txt
          • Size 43B
          • SHA256 5d8c416263e6cfc2e8bfeacc7b2ab08cfabf90439e9cdeede5f50a989f2ca5bc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          VMProtectSDK.h

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Code Markers\BCB\VMProtectSDK.h
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 a58e33e21b3e9ff7392f38b67967efb173ab42ea5b46b2d24e4803c7aff0e68f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          VMProtectSDK.pas

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Code Markers\Delphi\VMProtectSDK.pas
          • Size 9KB
          • SHA256 82a91276ababae60600a61c66b36a19ccdb9f6a5b478565b4a9ca5f5db246741
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libVMProtectSDK.dylib

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Code Markers\GCC\libVMProtectSDK.dylib
          • Size 49KB
          • SHA256 1f24de082ac2631bcb8c6b589a2484611eb042bacbc3d7a9f2a44cd7c58265c1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          is-7N34Q.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Code Markers\Lazarus\is-7N34Q.tmp
          • Size 791B
          • SHA256 617b5101a17ab300d77bb15c34182879ee2ee1cd1341a9a19c12dbe53cc47736
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          VMProtectSDK.inc

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Code Markers\MASM\VMProtectSDK.inc
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 fbef4175ad9de7bd12d6f206c278c1db27fd969f3d80fe7eed0dacf868ac1258
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          VMProtectSDK32.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Code Markers\MASM\VMProtectSDK32.dll
          • Size 58KB
          • SHA256 ae84e5ed207d68be35cda379f1d3e285e30fc1dd1f767da14f67492a06824237
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VMProtectSDK32.lib

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Code Markers\MASM\VMProtectSDK32.lib
          • Size 7KB
          • SHA256 fa43d626dd68889d71f1857df782e51bfd54b2c46f007c88560772fb58e385c2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VMProtectSDK64.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Code Markers\MASM\VMProtectSDK64.dll
          • Size 62KB
          • SHA256 e0001ded3f95c32424dcfa784f379cf7b15601385f8e030092ed062b7736b3ba
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VMProtectSDK64.lib

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Code Markers\MASM\VMProtectSDK64.lib
          • Size 7KB
          • SHA256 07eddb42035588594cb24e8a203579cc49e4438fdc17be18e9320c88b5935dcb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VMProtectSDK32.a

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Code Markers\MinGW\VMProtectSDK32.a
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 ba95f868c92357617771f65e26a931f76606300d6b0821f02331ed4cdfa1c938
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VMProtectSDK.bas

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Code Markers\VB6\VMProtectSDK.bas
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 d2c1334fd893071b3b7e42d0817cbd37310c831af2af12ee1f94e8f654eff403
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          VMProtectDDK.h

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Licensing\DDK\VMProtectDDK.h
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 eec4c9dfcc689732fcfbb578f583fb47a403fe98572ad8cf4ca030fa131efd26
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          VMProtectDDK32.lib

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Licensing\DDK\VMProtectDDK32.lib
          • Size 7KB
          • SHA256 d6793b7917e2a6e8c503c38d927c1bf7cf1c12bbdb494424a44e6142e2cab849
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VMProtectDDK64.lib

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Licensing\DDK\VMProtectDDK64.lib
          • Size 7KB
          • SHA256 19cc6c40fd1ab53c4e97fae4749c17999c215c211eb03385eb1185224bf48bd4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          is-2SUC9.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Licensing\Xcode\en.lproj\is-2SUC9.tmp
          • Size 45B
          • SHA256 feb5e820d68ed31f871d2bdaf8d14935ed343a7a875ddd774d5556da8dfd951a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          is-JGAMJ.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\VMProtect\Scripts\External DLL\is-JGAMJ.tmp
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 7e90ae83789d2a44ec9c5ee5b38586e5898dcbfefb0e754af6fd0720eea21dde
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/3184-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3184-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3184-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3184-671-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3184-30-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-8-0x0000000000419000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-696-0x000000005D890000-0x000000005DDD2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-697-0x000000005D890000-0x000000005DDD2000-memory.dmp