Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    40s
  • max time network
    39s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/10/2026, 13:04

General

  • Target
    AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe
  • Size 2.9MB
  • Sample261014-qa7hsadv4v
  • SHA256 ecfb26b4cc90cd1e5440ed491cde486e728541d63f3a4c24159e8ddae77ab772
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

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

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

  • UPX packed file 3 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    A root certificate was added, modified, or removed in the trusted certificate store registry paths.

  • 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.

  • Modifies registry class 49 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4772
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe" /to "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Modifies system certificate store
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5112
      • C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe
        "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe" "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\reset-assoc.ahk" /check
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        PID:2056
  • C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe
    "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe" UX\ui-dash.ahk
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:3128

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        AutoHotkey.chm

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\AutoHotkey.chm
        • Size 1.9MB
        • SHA256 ecd89f8464e04e2815dee641e4ad6dc344193c54be5a6d22009d2d11e0f33de2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AutoHotkey64.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\AutoHotkey64.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 2eab99848ebc07f8ab0cc448bf69af8c700b2fc7fcd1ff8794df743dcc58da51
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Minimal for v2.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\Templates\Minimal for v2.ahk
        • Size 93B
        • SHA256 7f618d3ca343a0739a52a4a3c4f5b963ed98dc077b60c65fdc77d70fb0ec12d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        WindowSpy.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\WindowSpy.ahk
        • Size 8KB
        • SHA256 b29f7037876d82deaaf200e79e9f1c139a4fc9d8b883101be1f93c62d3299967
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        CommandLineToArgs.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\CommandLineToArgs.ahk
        • Size 352B
        • SHA256 a6c51e2188e31e3510577263d7b96db147b0df3dfa24c96df8fdd9d73da859ee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        CreateAppShortcut.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\CreateAppShortcut.ahk
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 40a6f0cda5fd1dff324cab288bb453aa60b41b09dacbfbc64f2d871423f33935
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        EnableUIAccess.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\EnableUIAccess.ahk
        • Size 10KB
        • SHA256 a9a824a763195e5810bf904854af7ed41c025527b2b8faa7532c6f24189d69b9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        GetGitHubReleaseAssetURL.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\GetGitHubReleaseAssetURL.ahk
        • Size 844B
        • SHA256 48a3f822a720b8e9b41165a1d19d56411d1f58036338ebd07ab40f2a14cf0f1b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        HashFile.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\HashFile.ahk
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 84032ecac8ed334cf8788a81bea721b0af5cd7ca7dca57b60cdec3556ae33914
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        README.txt

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\README.txt
        • Size 182B
        • SHA256 d65c6e73417e6bba7a619f2e68933b74e6ae6141277b65542aed9b6acdfc83ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ShellRun.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\ShellRun.ahk
        • Size 420B
        • SHA256 ea67340c555fdc1abf8e324ac550ac37d2ba5f96a8edef120e72fb340f8f95c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        bounce-v1.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\bounce-v1.ahk
        • Size 142B
        • SHA256 9b75c7f804d1d55807459e6f06db2bee8e1fb60ce9c9340d44a7b491ce53b982
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        common.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\common.ahk
        • Size 870B
        • SHA256 4e1e49dcb93bb8f6adcc7385029ff779259f1492a214f9bd6af0d62ea10a76e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        config.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\config.ahk
        • Size 429B
        • SHA256 4d1f241a0c973e30f1bf19e71cadb386b872a14bf0c29d32d4781a56cafd998a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        identify.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\identify.ahk
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 f5b97911887c303b6859de44eff73780309e31e931dcba86a66aaafbe932af72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        identify_regex.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\identify_regex.ahk
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 c2563ab626df892398083404acecc5229300ba7dc6077b120844c65facfad854
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        launcher-common.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\launcher-common.ahk
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 220629b006d13b24afb3367abeea424c5b4103ac0c5a137fdc9d98047cdd908f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        spy.ico

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\spy.ico
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 968473df8eac7264d9e84e6ae91a4d706cda9f89f345d182617b161ef4fe1a7b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ui-base.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\inc\ui-base.ahk
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 5f0208e050c64b5b8c7733c2413cd5bb69cc6eb2555c67ee0716b28a351ed651
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        install-ahk2exe.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\install-ahk2exe.ahk
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 c242ebb51241acab13152d95cdb05be5382ffb97f3dca2da3a4e5a084c2e3ff4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        install-version.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\install-version.ahk
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 d275f352ca714100249457ed39f42ce4e2b342102f51a16c59b6270d681c2907
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        install.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\install.ahk
        • Size 40KB
        • SHA256 eae93fc89ed952cb2323de726d54107848950f3effa55a564557e78347fe3597
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        launcher.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\launcher.ahk
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 830db4be4c8320f23ff32316dac933d4e72d9056ea5a819cc12c38614da6e06f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        reload-v1.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\reload-v1.ahk
        • Size 556B
        • SHA256 e4659306a755b583e9cef5fdba3b3eb102d8939fb028afd91aad4496e758fad5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        reset-assoc.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\reset-assoc.ahk
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 d26caef44190e0b612c3e4309ff6689dc2953c72cb3de1c94d002250b089f16b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ui-dash.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\ui-dash.ahk
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 e19e68f3904e1e5d3eee1c1340a0e36a854670911e051d263a8ea4c1fb2e53c3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ui-editor.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\ui-editor.ahk
        • Size 8KB
        • SHA256 7263286eb3a42eccf5edc39b43c74a8bf7c82f2671204d1ae654236c1de3f05d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ui-launcherconfig.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\ui-launcherconfig.ahk
        • Size 8KB
        • SHA256 179c96d787fae5dd26cdf832e5226142ab3e4f1ff53e3b1f24cecddcf3e79947
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ui-newscript.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\ui-newscript.ahk
        • Size 10KB
        • SHA256 e6279029591444d06adbfc718eef7436da1fb0f2b69873732aff89ca0f54a20a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ui-setup.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\ui-setup.ahk
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 68b114a2ea4af9df54709a78ec5991a1f271097b29cb93757403fdb158746bc7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ui-uninstall.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\UX\ui-uninstall.ahk
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 1e09fc4af5dc3e673d4facfe4fa849c6bdd0b29c67b0efd7f96aaf387fcef698
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        license.txt

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\AutoHotkey_2.0.30_setup.exe\license.txt
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 b27c1a7c92686e47f8740850ad24877a50be23fd3dbd44edee50ac1223135e38
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        WindowSpy.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\WindowSpy.ahk
        • Size 159B
        • SHA256 c1908cfc4b224b3bc8d1a5c67cfe4acdb4e738d8acf98560905afc412981c18b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        AutoHotkey32.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey32.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 7fb45c9973b26dcb6df1c7aa4ab7bf67cd1e0f32d0d63f0eaa987120fba6574a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AutoHotkey Dash.lnk

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\AutoHotkey Dash.lnk
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 54de501ee83bfb0292842a26f5619191a0019b5a31d0c6cf4d674ebd78c37ca0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        AutoHotkey Window Spy.lnk

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\AutoHotkey Window Spy.lnk
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 fb4d85d1474a4a5b0c3b6d18552e25456fe85f9b585105cffaa381fe0a315357
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/4772-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000956000-memory.dmp

        memory/4772-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000956000-memory.dmp

        memory/5112-363-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000956000-memory.dmp