Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    125s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/10/2026, 03:44

General

  • Target
    2026-10-13_e05b135b7fd405c29c19250ffbc1fe69_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 518KB
  • Sample261014-eamylafx7p
  • SHA256 a9cf6f037292d2e9e34cf4eaa0f97f26f6ab45bc1ddde46e1c62f3f218840c22
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 3 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 3 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 4 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
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

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

  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 24 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-13_e05b135b7fd405c29c19250ffbc1fe69_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-13_e05b135b7fd405c29c19250ffbc1fe69_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4952
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\HelpMe.exe
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops autorun.inf file
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4188
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    Explorer.exe HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    PID:1512
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5528
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2184
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:5700

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          desktop.ini.exe

          • Path C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000\desktop.ini.exe
          • Size 519KB
          • SHA256 b5579f037dea364fa066877c96e8b2020ed2e4c2d964cee018d7209896cd4b47
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 910cf371c4226b3dc034b9b65eaf32347275351ea39e8fdc35f8ae74bbd51918
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 806f8a9adcb29c52e5e70747f3579c17b09c067e0417e90bb1c3475f6ae6000c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 7e5d2e02d1247462365873cbd7fcad12219789bb4bd40c9d646155b327a87f7a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 0cafd550958a634155197af036f5f6ac717f3dad3fb6dfcb0404ac46e0bea95b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 da57936b9f27d06c214b9e2ae0702cbd95a597461a772205737018c28346f59b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 17030b69d92c4459f08ba5487f3930e05226b063849a9882a5ccac10a9909a01
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 878370cdf2796a08250f73ec4b4af24c639a645b4c5bccc4035269aecb0cd035
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 7b671d5a4b2fa09e1e67161a16a929095a0672f266b9919059940821c2eb602c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 1884e043bf3aa0b81f547dca7a812491c56aa95b1d20ebda1395d0ac9e25c594
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 55f6318dc6b14115be9539b68905a0aac34dd930ed73988932a0aeaedc6fdb9b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 3bf7db70837311941832ca4ed26074e0d10539d3905958ac1115ef0239bdf395
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 cbf6d6f17dc7b7351fec3ebe2ede05fa890505928fee6c09ac663289bb2c088f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 5a48e9f6537126982d502490bd753a4d0d1dc341d2088de31721893cd4fd1af5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 78efe55db5fb24fae7596b7a3c0b6d52c437d70827d7a2287d642f102ae5e571
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 597e034f1598a9f2bfa87264857054449ea6f08236f160f39231ad9d2e8f7330
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 a0727afe7014c2c5b22e8e2c72c34c04fe17e58f8b890ab6a613065230771755
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 4d010c1a599f1935589e57a504ec6832337bb6b7fa79bdfe40e746c6be630cd6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 e69c838154f00f2a885e603bb97b22f917e1e552e5487e177522b49f6b56ca83
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ed749922e48d4f97a94b0a2b24dd8fe01ca4b6189445970286357a4d282a7858
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 cd858951b62e45b57a6cffcd4aa8d55e2755a06fc60e524675438f8c69bfa38e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 1e1ec5f3c330f67eff43739e1ec627a3b324f5c9738f251572e90dd375103ff5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 ca77f2904e007932e4d2f4dece8ae597d74eb8e8caa0af9ac4d6f348115d7956
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 5e97af0ef28009795d9c61e8dfb3dc9e771745ed2d10fbbd55efd1cf72bc6a52
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 20092fba6b1cac817f3cd540c6a58d78605d9b1d1c066303d9057f59243789cf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 3023bf5dbdc7cc53531c9498dfdc282f3e071d13557aa90530acff9343c58509
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 aa14908114ec9260039d0d8e79510ee99e9b8df9822d0a46c97bf66234bc5b7e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 c7c3cad20bcc103ea92403123081e4a3973dfd23546724ce129bb18e621b46cc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 4565fda27a395fee16883ef6296a0ba6f4ae513f58b55a4f7d9f15d91030341c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 6be9b0fd04c99604581e7dfa9298f30d411ebfe9aa7bdf301b904b7e44694835
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 774f665c45a9e8c69ff4f9c422dbc3255567aff58daf4f16b88441b80071c0ff
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 dfdafc4e5f820113875b8c289cbfbf0e2e8f21e9e5e6a094185bb5b9c8bd9a1b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 c17032ba63b95068c841684f99180e09934f2d3d12740cdd4f455e509410b8c2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 f954fea048128e6558a2e3a2e9f68bb10aa3706fac2443a1e024ed634df32414
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 bad097718db31e03ba76178cece28ec62a9e4dea50f131d64ab31df8d671e9ce
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 7ce31ae21d8105a266507af6ac30723964832351ed643c232e1300ff45dca311
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 dc385f830da2ae33cb533094be481d689f88df9ee60d2dd49f2a3cf982c81320
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 357c9073d76a2c420af3e794e1850131f8e4672e8f9a4862bf4a333535627f49
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 012e1f292dcb5fd8444a3a13ee18818bf8d3333ca60cfad740f11efb7c4e6274
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 6e83c19a19494aecb032109e9bdce0228eaf68a9c1c3df6685167c71308e522a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 de7561e442a270a0a4df4d0e818db6691315ed3d14ddad72e26718557fd74c72
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 1c849d3b853e0aead9aab808f33fbd30222a4666fd38a7a0d8699f660d69d93b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 7aa63c8486cd08d057ffe89e125678b351692fc4eeb318b09bf79de80acd91f9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 b88692295d07e74038f99d56b1789c3266588474f221a8d828011e181395e379
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 93db89b930ef40f417b49e13a99efdda10fbc4427f79e06da440db81d7293259
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 a76520bd42b3cb9808500f83cce82950fd8749968ee02e2bbe0dfbb81225e440
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 6d2c6b2eb398ed90ce0e6c3ace82accb3502413f393dcabc93bfbcb4423a4919
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 58d03335784926f24124d040cf094e5f4ee218d088608cc4748f98868aab06d4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 257fcff1572b2549381c49dc3f9dbcc8490106d87e942806172c1d0f1e26d33a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          HelpMe.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
          • Size 518KB
          • SHA256 8bbfdfbb3ea11159748bda40630bee563219321c56685c08413d4192733bffd9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          desktop.ini.exe

          • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000\desktop.ini.exe
          • Size 519KB
          • SHA256 6524ea6f9731d7ce07f7be7e6890102a4a5ce82843d9d16cdfa1ff6623acb4ff
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AUTORUN.INF

          • Path F:\AUTORUN.INF
          • Size 145B
          • SHA256 cfe448b4506a95b33b529efa88f1ac704d8bdf98a941c065650ead27609318ae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/4188-6-0x0000000002240000-0x0000000002241000-memory.dmp

          memory/4188-49-0x0000000002240000-0x0000000002241000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-0-0x0000000002210000-0x0000000002211000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-42-0x0000000002210000-0x0000000002211000-memory.dmp