Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-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 22 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:5468
    • 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:2856
      • 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:1388

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        memory/1388-21-0x0000000007950000-0x00000000079F3000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-24-0x0000000007A90000-0x0000000007AAA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-2-0x0000000005230000-0x0000000005266000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-3-0x0000000074090000-0x000000007484C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-5-0x0000000074090000-0x000000007484C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-4-0x0000000005950000-0x0000000005F9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-6-0x0000000005FD0000-0x0000000005FF2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-8-0x00000000061E0000-0x0000000006246000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-7-0x0000000006170000-0x00000000061D6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-11-0x0000000006250000-0x00000000065AB000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-13-0x0000000006770000-0x00000000067BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-12-0x0000000006710000-0x000000000672E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-15-0x0000000074090000-0x000000007484C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-19-0x0000000006D50000-0x0000000006D70000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-1-0x00000000740A2000-0x00000000740A3000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-32-0x0000000074090000-0x000000007484C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-26-0x0000000007D00000-0x0000000007D96000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-16-0x0000000070380000-0x00000000703CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-14-0x0000000007910000-0x0000000007946000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-23-0x00000000080D0000-0x000000000874C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-22-0x0000000074090000-0x000000007484C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-25-0x0000000007B00000-0x0000000007B0A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-20-0x0000000074090000-0x000000007484C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-30-0x0000000074090000-0x000000007484C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-28-0x00000000740A2000-0x00000000740A3000-memory.dmp

        memory/1388-29-0x0000000074090000-0x000000007484C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5468-27-0x0000000002760000-0x0000000002761000-memory.dmp

        memory/5468-0-0x0000000002760000-0x0000000002761000-memory.dmp

        memory/5468-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000071D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5468-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000071D000-memory.dmp