Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/09/2026, 05:13

General

  • Target
    ProteKids-Setup-1.0.0.exe
  • Size 45.4MB
  • Sample260928-fwthyavy4k
  • SHA256 aef393194fdbb6fc1495c45522fa807d71140ea0dbc2a8238a36f381d6709c43
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 46 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Detects Pyinstaller 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • 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. 3 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ProteKids-Setup-1.0.0.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ProteKids-Setup-1.0.0.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4544
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GY7SSR5PPU.tmp\ProteKids-Setup-1.0.0.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GY7SSR5PPU.tmp\ProteKids-Setup-1.0.0.tmp" /SL5="$50112,46370676,877568,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ProteKids-Setup-1.0.0.exe"
      2⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1412
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\ProteKids.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\ProteKids.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        PID:4148

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        ProteKids.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\ProteKids.exe
        • Size 8.5MB
        • SHA256 fbe8b1352843697924d0ec996c6d23eca01553b686964a3a53bd43de83d1174f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSVCP140_1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\PySide6\MSVCP140_1.dll
        • Size 27KB
        • SHA256 d1a0601e781cab04c8dfd46a488ee8dcf3245092532852e2036f1195845c4c4e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Qt6Core.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\PySide6\Qt6Core.dll
        • Size 9.6MB
        • SHA256 c7f6a8b9f2f4e67e50f37662102be9e987a7a061f882112a4982a2446d83662f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        QtCore.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\PySide6\QtCore.pyd
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 d2bd091416eb60b1fd051cc65a42f3efd4db5521b1f1479bba11d44c4d537125
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pyside6.abi3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\PySide6\pyside6.abi3.dll
        • Size 254KB
        • SHA256 668d2e42c5afbf9c9a2caec299694ad51ff4d67e962f18cd745382a8b6e3dfb2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        is-V4YIFE40WA.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\PySide6\translations\is-V4YIFE40WA.tmp
        • Size 33B
        • SHA256 494ac9a2b2cb2fdeced353f4a9f898ed8dcf616e9bc667438c62681e3f7f79cf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        VCRUNTIME140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\VCRUNTIME140.dll
        • Size 106KB
        • SHA256 a8f950b4357ec12cfccddc9094cca56a3d5244b95e09ea6e9a746489f2d58736
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
        • Size 48KB
        • SHA256 e4b533a94e02c574780e4b333fcf0889f65ed00d39e32c0fbbda2116f185873f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _asyncio.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_asyncio.pyd
        • Size 69KB
        • SHA256 0d4fbd46f922e548060ea74c95e99dc5f19b1df69be17706806760515c1c64fe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _bz2.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_bz2.pyd
        • Size 82KB
        • SHA256 02d772c03704fe243c8de2672c210a5804d075c1f75e738d6130a173d08dfcde
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _cffi_backend.cp312-win_amd64.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_cffi_backend.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
        • Size 177KB
        • SHA256 9af5e4f68a41f26b726f2e9424f9d58a4f5666189f6a48be95f406b257102aec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ctypes.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_ctypes.pyd
        • Size 121KB
        • SHA256 bc3b83d2dc9e2f0e6386ed952384c6cf48f6eed51129a50dfd5ef6cbbc0a8fb3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _decimal.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_decimal.pyd
        • Size 247KB
        • SHA256 a28c543976aa4b6d37da6f94a280d72124b429f458d0d57b7dbcf71b4bea8f73
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _hashlib.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_hashlib.pyd
        • Size 63KB
        • SHA256 e47e76d70d508b62924fe480f30e615b12fdd7745c0aac68a2cddabd07b692ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _lzma.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_lzma.pyd
        • Size 155KB
        • SHA256 34130d8abe27586ee315262d69af4e27429b7eab1f3131ea375c2bb62cf094be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _multiprocessing.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_multiprocessing.pyd
        • Size 34KB
        • SHA256 fb69005b972dc3703f9ef42e8e0fddf8c835cb91f57ef9b6c66bbdf978c00a8c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _overlapped.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_overlapped.pyd
        • Size 54KB
        • SHA256 5d298bb811037b583cff6c88531f1742fae5eee47c290adb47ddbd0d6126b9cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _portaudiowpatch.cp312-win_amd64.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_portaudiowpatch.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
        • Size 188KB
        • SHA256 b4c83f7b3535914f49e0692c99533d4a0851c64ee018d424fd015606ece909ee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _queue.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_queue.pyd
        • Size 31KB
        • SHA256 2ad02d49691a629f038f48fcdee46a07c4fcc2cb0620086e7b09ac11915ae6b7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _socket.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_socket.pyd
        • Size 81KB
        • SHA256 b38e66e6ee413e5955ef03d619cadd40fca8be035b43093d2342b6f3739e883e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ssl.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_ssl.pyd
        • Size 173KB
        • SHA256 a4ce52a9e0daddbbe7a539d1a7eda787494f2173ddcc92a3faf43b7cf597452b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _uuid.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_uuid.pyd
        • Size 24KB
        • SHA256 bb418e91e543c998d11f9e65fd2a4899b09407ff386e059a88fe2a16aed2556b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _wmi.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_wmi.pyd
        • Size 35KB
        • SHA256 79adca5037d9145309d3bd19f7a26f7bb7da716ee86e01073c6f2a9681e33dad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _zoneinfo.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\_zoneinfo.pyd
        • Size 46KB
        • SHA256 7fd9a55b2c87b4df417f3bab7b76358872cea2f246122ef51a892fdbecbf385a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        base_library.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\base_library.zip
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 70143468c4d1809ca486d134c28aab36040b61401177dd3b9dbdeecba1502258
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libcrypto-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\libcrypto-3.dll
        • Size 4.9MB
        • SHA256 2a234b5aa20c3faecf725bbb54fb33f3d94543f78fa7045408e905593e49960a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libffi-8.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\libffi-8.dll
        • Size 38KB
        • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libssl-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\libssl-3.dll
        • Size 771KB
        • SHA256 41ad1a04ca27a7959579e87fbbda87c93099616a64a0e66260c983381c5570d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pyexpat.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\pyexpat.pyd
        • Size 195KB
        • SHA256 e1d56ffbf5e5fab481d7a14691481b8ff5d2f4c6bf5d1a4664c832756c5942fe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\python3.dll
        • Size 66KB
        • SHA256 1e9224ba7190b6301ef47befa8e383d0c55700255d04a36f7dac88ea9573f2fb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python312.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\python312.dll
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 e7890e38256f04ee0b55ac5276bbf3ac61392c3a3ce150bb5497b709803e17ce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        select.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\select.pyd
        • Size 30KB
        • SHA256 bc71fbdfd1441d62dd86d33ff41b35dc3cc34875f625d885c58c8dc000064dab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSVCP140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\shiboken6\MSVCP140.dll
        • Size 537KB
        • SHA256 4abc2a13083744510b1f0a169fe5620ad71f5ad3292546d331486f1a42b86fde
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Shiboken.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\shiboken6\Shiboken.pyd
        • Size 33KB
        • SHA256 1bbb27747949b24bc0f6176be73188ef77a83e9db0ac2f933da1b0b7b5e6cb33
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\shiboken6\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
        • Size 41KB
        • SHA256 e68c48dc03f45b4a434fc00d324288923f53d85e986fb63934cf387b11c82e8d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        shiboken6.abi3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\shiboken6\shiboken6.abi3.dll
        • Size 373KB
        • SHA256 0fe96e805a6001efde58818a1ce6cb425227f74be72f3b10d7c06c7435fefa5a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        test.wav

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\test.wav
        • Size 258KB
        • SHA256 c295d17e7cb7af76a12cb5958bcfeb8d73a8ec8295a614d8b352cb5473074a20
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        unicodedata.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\unicodedata.pyd
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 2480a78815f619a631210e577e733c9bafecb7f608042e979423c5850ee390ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        winsound.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ProteKids\_internal\winsound.pyd
        • Size 29KB
        • SHA256 58907d9f68ca111bf3d5751b989a53be4af516652ac2ee8a48ff6cb31e457445
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ProteKids-Setup-1.0.0.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GY7SSR5PPU.tmp\ProteKids-Setup-1.0.0.tmp
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 d0949d7b465a352a02d7e777d8ad1ebd2a48a248f315e9eece6c83d97d85e25a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1412-11-0x0000000000D40000-0x0000000001180000-memory.dmp

        memory/1412-7-0x0000000000D40000-0x0000000001180000-memory.dmp

        memory/1412-8-0x0000000003960000-0x0000000003961000-memory.dmp

        memory/1412-5-0x0000000003960000-0x0000000003961000-memory.dmp

        memory/1412-13-0x0000000000D40000-0x0000000001180000-memory.dmp

        memory/1412-447-0x0000000000D40000-0x0000000001180000-memory.dmp

        memory/1412-512-0x0000000000D40000-0x0000000001180000-memory.dmp

        memory/4148-504-0x00007FF870CB0000-0x00007FF870FD5000-memory.dmp

        memory/4148-517-0x0000026D9E5B0000-0x0000026DA050A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4544-6-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000625000-memory.dmp

        memory/4544-0-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000625000-memory.dmp

        memory/4544-513-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000625000-memory.dmp