Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    145s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/09/2026, 12:34

General

  • Target
    ExcludeGenFromDefender.exe
  • Size 3.0MB
  • Sample260929-prrm8a119m
  • SHA256 3ffecb669baa188b7d8a1aca50dfc4b9f54cceb5e753d095c4512179e65f1fb8
  • 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.

  • Prevents Microsoft Defender from scanning certain paths by adding an exclusion. 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses the Powershell Add-MpPreference cmdlet to exclude paths from being scanned by Microsoft Defender.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ExcludeGenFromDefender.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ExcludeGenFromDefender.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1444
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CMD.EXE
      /c Powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\genresman'
      2⤵
      • Prevents Microsoft Defender from scanning certain paths by adding an exclusion.
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:772
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        Powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\genresman'
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4996

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_mykzr32g.ci3.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_mykzr32g.ci3.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/1444-42-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000071D000-memory.dmp

        memory/1444-41-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1444-0-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-27-0x00000000024B0000-0x00000000024C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-28-0x00000000061E0000-0x00000000061FE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-5-0x0000000004E30000-0x0000000004E96000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-6-0x0000000005530000-0x0000000005596000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-13-0x0000000005620000-0x0000000005974000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-15-0x0000000005C40000-0x0000000005C5E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-16-0x0000000005C60000-0x0000000005CAC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-26-0x000000007F630000-0x000000007F640000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-18-0x0000000070720000-0x000000007076C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-17-0x0000000006BF0000-0x0000000006C22000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-3-0x0000000004F00000-0x0000000005528000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-4-0x0000000004C90000-0x0000000004CB2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-29-0x0000000006E30000-0x0000000006ED3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-30-0x00000000075B0000-0x0000000007C2A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-31-0x0000000006F60000-0x0000000006F7A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-32-0x0000000006FD0000-0x0000000006FDA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-33-0x00000000071E0000-0x0000000007276000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-34-0x0000000007160000-0x0000000007171000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-35-0x0000000007190000-0x000000000719E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-36-0x00000000071A0000-0x00000000071B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-37-0x00000000072A0000-0x00000000072BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-38-0x0000000007280000-0x0000000007288000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-1-0x0000000002310000-0x0000000002346000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-2-0x00000000024B0000-0x00000000024C0000-memory.dmp