Analysis

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

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/10/2026, 16:17

General

  • Target
    2026-10-13_3585d291cf29015f5bfe44182257c20b_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 456KB
  • Sample261015-trrensdb94
  • SHA256 c36ed9c76786daaf1b0ff63ac46b19c6962b315c2d0104d5dac6b7be69177d20
  • 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_3585d291cf29015f5bfe44182257c20b_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-13_3585d291cf29015f5bfe44182257c20b_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:4140
    • 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:4920
  • 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:5788
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    Explorer.exe HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    PID:1236
  • 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:3204
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:2836
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
      1⤵
        PID:1992

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            desktop.ini.exe

            • Path C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-4154726816-2055034831-2297277433-1000\desktop.ini.exe
            • Size 457KB
            • SHA256 0b00cfce7817f10397c67acf3dae1dec19114d5870bb228accb8162ccca12150
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 d9feaecc3ecfc7af448d0a70ea3bed90c49ed394d54dbeea21f9eeba79d56f32
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 067046b7669a149e9ef3419a02415b435199a139f4afd7fe2c482f75f9ccef7a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 2aa8a611c8622b9732c350872fe9d83cf2ffd65a26dc20dde4fe152e4ca2dc57
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 e9b31a7298164b4fbc8433df637dab1c40a892f23be65d5a998592a450cb43d1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 05b947b6dd3eb91466713af562069e077657131b8e9df299c831a910b6354d15
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 625356c1bcd07dd3e56f5eff079967a725a84b239e181e63a5dde48d8b899885
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 ec1e7bdf00c0b7a923754369c5fc4569cd4417c67f521e3418f07a6364704fb6
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 f8519d308fda854cceb82d4da09039673e46365f9d6668ea5def0fda3540bf5e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 fa7d78314c8fbed100da5c8db3c7e8da30934093ea46dca3adc8d3d4aca49604
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 d15abafd432377ce9ea234ec18cb0d66e9e4049e90903fa2a4747ff0ddda78e4
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 bbbabfe837015de2b71e125d28f3429e1411f4e1fda5d3e0b084d1ce7631cfbd
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 a3b10d38e6421afa35ab086fcc41d52102c7ea047471bce9bcff2c615042759d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 959eb95b35c98367ecb7ebf85a777c54af9dd6a8f5443d4479a30c66877a4e0c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 3974e6d9af929a1a1e841c4746723998f65204950460f536780afa5e957d2ede
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 8d44d6e8336ad3a3b40878cbcc8c76ab69a1cfeeb3758696ace381442c9880e9
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 dfdd6528bb8dc977150b321936a600724cddc7c430b3c21aaabbec8779d5d2c8
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 bec350fb2887b99891174e9601cebec1a645ee2098e03d9221af37d7cdcba2e9
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 61f7e1007d38763394ad23def239f91838028c10e40917bfd8acb27a65ab2cd4
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 a9a3a53a10fbfc7eeb069ea25f0e751a935618367d555039d17041a332452f0a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 90b7762e468f5c7f95d00f475620820e2c42f098660bb99b5ee0840cb19d10dc
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 701ac08d412a0087b976047db3117d541aafa7720ac03e91a61fbccaefdf0453
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 927547ae2a287b4c519e54632ed42dd2cfec038fa3e6827219589d1386c2930e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 9cf0e078b479ef501ad0737107eddb619999018b61fc069851f9488eae3571fd
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 d2a5bd3c804cf7b909f02aae76c0dba425e1b0def89462e1a9958db84730d970
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 c855a264bb1d20a04acdc05f7a3f7f443319a9852b2397c7ce7c04015ec7b050
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 ff074066c9617d364c0e42e7941ae793e6274fb7113193ed6771c6f42b2bd839
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 257e777f7f58aedc8437abf1f6a2246c289cb46419d6c48d3d57ffbdf896f941
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 5d6fcdbc08267bc517cc23779819cb10278d0b1303d8abd1f89f6bb35a646b52
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 9437d3f93874233ed59e4b59f9f6e0de6eedc53702cc4872018b615fb2c29bae
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 ded379d797fd9f8f3f43a867ceca940ae7ecc749b97a12f8f861c40d87058843
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 0240bb8ed625d12866209a948f942e2dc721ecebdf26d701370b4f4c66c324eb
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 bd716e64ac0256cafab390518d9a6a87890c8de2ba8ce9ad4c9f05f47d270656
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 f9dec382a69dacdaeb9a85ca9f60c1a8fb9e92a16e56f2944bc22aba012220db
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 3af2d471f29beb13691efcc32d266517a467c9efd49a05d94b7acdf0770ff881
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 26727831ea62ed7334344d955f52eaeea18a76d99585fbc0a7795a18b08350d9
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 6f902048caffcf86dfd91c2d5b7898d801af2f60fecd695091439173062143ce
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 0b73c5c63901950cf57a51dda0b469cf7d901eef98a31aa7e6fa252d51479023
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 feabd9037d0f0c7038d77b1422806c9157cde1468df3306381e3228a4760b193
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 f494644149b87cb6558d2fe4b5981732c8dea736d9da4ad5fa9f8bf049aeda8d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 1ffecf370314dd64a130492025acf0e0a70d0b0c9e88cda0a8d1ef68f4f86030
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 1e4d764828534f62a751ff00dac3f4797be15f61ccebaccc982285c88e0f7d25
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 cf5352c246578aa1368570deaa34ac5adaa4c5c99e7b49057b7b3ce01b53ec86
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 3ff5dc636c30f69267523e5aa3d2a110ba3d2fabcabb92543633c067a28e08df
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 60c066a5e4cfb1e578afc35363ad7040ac0336302927e0868102d6de29e4350a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 71309c4c0adb37cd9adaa96dd13c8196b281b427e7f645c2d0254952a3a39e72
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Soft.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
            • Size 1023B
            • SHA256 3783110c9e1e741f21d976aff03af083b2ca43d25a0f0ab3282ba1112af96231
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            HelpMe.exe

            • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
            • Size 455KB
            • SHA256 15786e684f0f2b651a1d5f3d80178894df08cc3ab7a003037e09f77e7ae16e40
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            desktop.ini.exe

            • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-4154726816-2055034831-2297277433-1000\desktop.ini.exe
            • Size 457KB
            • SHA256 7cf9c519f7fb872e76b9d74b80ef8f2be9cc48d430ee99add886fd16864e12ba
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            AUTORUN.INF

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

            memory/4140-0-0x0000000002310000-0x0000000002311000-memory.dmp

            memory/4140-42-0x0000000002310000-0x0000000002311000-memory.dmp

            memory/4920-49-0x0000000002340000-0x0000000002341000-memory.dmp

            memory/4920-6-0x0000000002340000-0x0000000002341000-memory.dmp