Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    159s
  • max time network
    158s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/09/2026, 23:20

General

  • Target
    VMProtect.exe
  • Size 33.4MB
  • Sample260925-3bc2sazv3r
  • SHA256 e57a095ba23f59ed0364693adf730c3be16d46fda1b0a0d24d43498afe1f2e51
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    When files are downloaded from the Internet, they are tagged with a hidden NTFS Alternate Data Stream (ADS) named Zone.Identifier with a specific value known as the MOTW.

  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 20 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 40 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\VMProtect.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VMProtect.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2856
  • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5076
    • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
      2⤵
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Modifies registry class
      • NTFS ADS
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1408
      • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 1980 -prefsLen 27100 -prefMapHandle 1984 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 2072 -initialChannelId {85e09c9c-6c7a-478b-8069-23486cbced14} -parentPid 1408 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.1408" -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 1 gpu
        3⤵
          PID:4184
        • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
          "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 2436 -prefsLen 27136 -prefMapHandle 2440 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 2464 -initialChannelId {0978ac2c-d3a8-43be-bef4-69d00066ae03} -parentPid 1408 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.1408" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 2 socket
          3⤵
            PID:896
          • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 3760 -prefsLen 27277 -prefMapHandle 3764 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 3768 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 3776 -initialChannelId {f68b06f1-4777-4580-bf96-dc7853e76de0} -parentPid 1408 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.1408" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 3 tab
            3⤵
            • Checks processor information in registry
            PID:5920
          • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 3920 -prefsLen 27277 -prefMapHandle 3924 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 3940 -initialChannelId {0657c8fb-61e8-49ff-abbd-eb9a60968b2f} -parentPid 1408 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.1408" -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 4 rdd
            3⤵
              PID:3340
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 4384 -prefsLen 34776 -prefMapHandle 4388 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 4444 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 4452 -initialChannelId {de616a99-c2b0-4299-b6b1-706560987bc4} -parentPid 1408 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.1408" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 5 tab
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:2768
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -sandboxingKind 0 -prefsHandle 4792 -prefsLen 35013 -prefMapHandle 4832 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 4896 -initialChannelId {cccf256c-9092-49b4-8126-9046819d9687} -parentPid 1408 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.1408" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 6 utility
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:4124
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5164 -prefsLen 32952 -prefMapHandle 5168 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 5172 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 5180 -initialChannelId {b638acde-b79a-4c70-8f68-ead2aa71de9a} -parentPid 1408 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.1408" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 7 tab
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:4520
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5204 -prefsLen 32952 -prefMapHandle 5208 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 5212 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 5220 -initialChannelId {c5e0bfd3-b315-445f-986f-87c88279fb78} -parentPid 1408 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.1408" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 8 tab
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:3980
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5540 -prefsLen 32952 -prefMapHandle 5544 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 5548 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 5312 -initialChannelId {d4e26577-40a4-4339-a116-df63822a304f} -parentPid 1408 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.1408" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 9 tab
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:4984
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 1644 -prefsLen 33073 -prefMapHandle 6156 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 5540 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 4576 -initialChannelId {95a01844-bf43-4101-aeac-313661bc71a6} -parentPid 1408 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.1408" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 10 tab
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:3336

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              AABAB860D2646FDCEACF8AAC0CD412654CE5E4C0

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\cache2\entries\AABAB860D2646FDCEACF8AAC0CD412654CE5E4C0
              • Size 16KB
              • SHA256 8f4c4acf129087e1e7cd7b20f5df1350e4daea0c6ae110045112d8a60fd9c9d0
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              49bca03512e025a91b370b1616312774.png

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\thumbnails\49bca03512e025a91b370b1616312774.png
              • Size 114KB
              • SHA256 3c07d819e2e821480660e158a7ebb3b69454bf825ea57a76fe404e53448d1fc7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              tmpaddon

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpaddon
              • Size 11KB
              • SHA256 ddf3ba4e25a622276755133e0cce5605b83719c7cab3546e09acbfed00d6a986
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              tmpaddon

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpaddon
              • Size 502KB
              • SHA256 87862f4bc8559fbe578389a9501dc01c4c585edb4bb03b238493327296d60171
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 27KB
              • SHA256 2ad5eff06e2d60d5da522f62498a8434d85b282e906bcabf91b961e26032f55f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 26KB
              • SHA256 a4edb4d5703f3893cdfad0b601427cdc2bf9e769fce9ecf664e29f61ea96046a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 28KB
              • SHA256 561c08923776e9b92290c83cea20a92b5d399a1983398efc23a1a212b96af98d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              events

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\datareporting\glean\events\events
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 2161e909c19126ec0bf3b3f3aff15a93f16d7c393ec7ea45234d693c75aeb508
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              52b6477b-4813-4add-86ce-3ead543a1ff5

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\52b6477b-4813-4add-86ce-3ead543a1ff5
              • Size 235B
              • SHA256 dacabfa73cff98d7d5891349839bbdd314d5600575ea10cb21b2e6d2b241ef1c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              a41b3317-19e9-4dbf-a7e6-9c2ff50d4ad9

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\a41b3317-19e9-4dbf-a7e6-9c2ff50d4ad9
              • Size 871B
              • SHA256 4b5f86d2b706d57d4ab47c6ea2318351a45351c670fcd083db7b9e7f6e767143
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              b1204436-ec4b-4543-90f4-2379ecce3bf9

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\b1204436-ec4b-4543-90f4-2379ecce3bf9
              • Size 886B
              • SHA256 2f4c25c930efd4f703f853835834dec4038851bf5e389df10c1c2db94a1fd1f3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              b8a39074-7abc-4189-ba03-393c11b74c9f

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\b8a39074-7abc-4189-ba03-393c11b74c9f
              • Size 2KB
              • SHA256 9af6e9ffd9174c01984d24e86d6f4d95b8458e06113a456dd23c574b4c427ee0
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              eb15bb1b-65ae-4aee-884a-694751a2101f

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\eb15bb1b-65ae-4aee-884a-694751a2101f
              • Size 235B
              • SHA256 03f8c0f28e20c81bf2e231ed00fd9dd591c4b49c69a79853b338decb56756a8f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              extensions.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\extensions.json
              • Size 16KB
              • SHA256 f3a89f1812efe424ddc212e509e3a0777af6bdbb52a104ee61d17d20d80a96d6
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              gmpopenh264.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\gmp-gmpopenh264\2.6.0\gmpopenh264.dll
              • Size 1.1MB
              • SHA256 37c005a7789747b412d6c0a6a4c30d15732da3d857b4f94b744be1a67231b651
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              gmpopenh264.info

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\gmp-gmpopenh264\2.6.0\gmpopenh264.info
              • Size 116B
              • SHA256 fe7686a6281f0ab519c32c788ce0da0d01640425018dcffcfcb81105757f6fe6
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              manifest.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\gmp-widevinecdm\4.10.3050.0\manifest.json
              • Size 1002B
              • SHA256 2894996540fabbd346ed4ced8386ca77d6badf60372e307ee15c906c30340d0d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              widevinecdm.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\gmp-widevinecdm\4.10.3050.0\widevinecdm.dll
              • Size 21.6MB
              • SHA256 f1216e26ee8c27f938d7722427d29f190e569ed83d0ba16ea872cae684b97602
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              prefs-1.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\prefs-1.js
              • Size 7KB
              • SHA256 fb8db198c0b1921d7ebf6684e4131f37624fb14049ca465a5e7d4985d59696d1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              prefs-1.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\prefs-1.js
              • Size 8KB
              • SHA256 ef42f1e135bbb339dc742b7d1e6b8ef3357e73f3ed92aaa26f422626f2d82024
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              prefs.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\prefs.js
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 c5041fd0ea5f0b270233159f94dd40fc7c12a080e236a61f881d26b2cdf39807
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              prefs.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\prefs.js
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 32511952ac33bde0ce1acb7f6234df942bfef9cdc912db090ba752a10f9bcf95
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              recovery.baklz4

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\sessionstore-backups\recovery.baklz4
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 2da591b9313b9c8071192e52169275a8582243d25ec6a21abb25d111d6b703c7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              recovery.baklz4

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iopj0gis.default-release\sessionstore-backups\recovery.baklz4
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 0de03186ec9e3b9b9ef0b77b45b17cb388ade73d6d3d3dd64ff8a0b36a5f3d9a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              kotonoha-launcher.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\kotonoha-launcher.exe
              • Size 4.1MB
              • SHA256 8471637a51ccd2ce6a531c42fc2a3972535b477ab0bc968c6bb30c849d430e45
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/2856-8-0x00007FF60BD50000-0x00007FF6113DA000-memory.dmp

              memory/2856-9-0x00007FF60E308000-0x00007FF60F273000-memory.dmp

              memory/2856-7-0x00007FF60BD50000-0x00007FF6113DA000-memory.dmp

              memory/2856-1-0x00007FFAC2530000-0x00007FFAC2532000-memory.dmp

              memory/2856-2-0x00007FFAC2540000-0x00007FFAC2542000-memory.dmp

              memory/2856-0-0x00007FF60E308000-0x00007FF60F273000-memory.dmp

              memory/2856-10-0x00007FF60BD50000-0x00007FF6113DA000-memory.dmp

              memory/2856-11-0x00007FF60BD50000-0x00007FF6113DA000-memory.dmp