Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    22s
  • max time network
    21s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/10/2026, 17:32

General

  • Target
    https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qbhju390fxm1tohd02o6x/ALauncher-Setup.exe?rlkey=u1t3a7in3xn3y3q9o2mqx6ry0&st=wi6k51iw&dl=1
  • Sample261018-v4fdlsft7m

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    When files are downloaded from the Internet, they are tagged with a hidden NTFS Alternate Data Stream (ADS) named Zone.Identifier with a specific value known as the MOTW.

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 18 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 38 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -osint -url "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qbhju390fxm1tohd02o6x/ALauncher-Setup.exe?rlkey=u1t3a7in3xn3y3q9o2mqx6ry0&st=wi6k51iw&dl=1"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4752
    • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -osint -url https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qbhju390fxm1tohd02o6x/ALauncher-Setup.exe?rlkey=u1t3a7in3xn3y3q9o2mqx6ry0&st=wi6k51iw&dl=1
      2⤵
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Modifies registry class
      • NTFS ADS
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5300
      • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 1744 -prefsLen 27099 -prefMapHandle 2020 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 2096 -initialChannelId {88a7882b-06b4-4ce0-bd4e-778119d821e3} -parentPid 5300 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5300" -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 1 gpu
        3⤵
          PID:3180
        • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
          "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 2480 -prefsLen 27135 -prefMapHandle 2484 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 2492 -initialChannelId {8e7a78ce-71a8-4c61-8646-c399240d0ab3} -parentPid 5300 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5300" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 2 socket
          3⤵
            PID:3888
          • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 3620 -prefsLen 25213 -prefMapHandle 3624 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 3628 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 3636 -initialChannelId {ab1afb22-2bb5-4689-8ddd-eb4f6dc55803} -parentPid 5300 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5300" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 3 tab
            3⤵
            • Checks processor information in registry
            PID:6096
          • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 3812 -prefsLen 27325 -prefMapHandle 3816 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 3624 -initialChannelId {3b8c3fd9-9028-422f-84a4-81a7dff55501} -parentPid 5300 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5300" -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 4 rdd
            3⤵
              PID:392
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 3564 -prefsLen 34824 -prefMapHandle 3188 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 4344 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 4352 -initialChannelId {88e70fc1-ce29-45a1-b345-b301886ac0f2} -parentPid 5300 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5300" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 5 tab
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:5696
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -sandboxingKind 0 -prefsHandle 4896 -prefsLen 35012 -prefMapHandle 4892 -prefMapSize 270279 -ipcHandle 4872 -initialChannelId {2c41759c-bda6-4ede-823e-4f4aa1c0c46a} -parentPid 5300 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5300" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 6 utility
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:2332
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5048 -prefsLen 32900 -prefMapHandle 5052 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 5056 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 5064 -initialChannelId {240baa4e-4174-444f-80f2-085b63c1a7af} -parentPid 5300 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5300" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 7 tab
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:3992
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5104 -prefsLen 32900 -prefMapHandle 5108 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 5112 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 5124 -initialChannelId {790f624b-87e9-4a2c-b4eb-27fcb67149f9} -parentPid 5300 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5300" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 8 tab
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:4528
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5520 -prefsLen 32952 -prefMapHandle 5524 -prefMapSize 270279 -jsInitHandle 5528 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 5532 -initialChannelId {9229c4e6-9272-4ee8-9e03-63eed0dfaa35} -parentPid 5300 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.5300" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 9 tab
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:4600
            • C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ALauncher Setup.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ALauncher Setup.exe"
              3⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
              PID:4248
            • C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ALauncher Setup.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ALauncher Setup.exe"
              3⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
              PID:1172

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              activity-stream.contile.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\activity-stream.contile.json
              • Size 4KB
              • SHA256 7e8b8eca2bc5fd50157e453ffc3be96eb9764c4580e50bc13c9344ad17688679
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              activity-stream.discovery_stream.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\activity-stream.discovery_stream.json
              • Size 75KB
              • SHA256 12f7605b90f12b828e251fa4d5c6c4021bf28c38f07c8d65e4057baffb0441ea
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              webext.sc.lz4

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\startupCache\webext.sc.lz4
              • Size 105KB
              • SHA256 98dccf83bd73cf90f2a557c8350d62f35fe20fb6a41d3b209bf75178a11c4186
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              alauncher-setup-1.8.0-1172-1792344767536.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\alauncher-setup-1.8.0-1172-1792344767536.exe
              • Size 207KB
              • SHA256 6877bfe19b3aa965731d57a6b609435b2ddb305ffc58e9989bfeb89bdbca1774
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              alauncher-setup-1.8.0-4248-1792344755201.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\alauncher-setup-1.8.0-4248-1792344755201.exe
              • Size 207KB
              • SHA256 986e48e41cf5455990217db0ae860628b81232623d58b026bb4fe488ca1b7b0a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              alauncher-setup-1.8.0-4248-1792344757768.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\alauncher-setup-1.8.0-4248-1792344757768.exe
              • Size 207KB
              • SHA256 84e8035aadd708186616d6ea8fde252fcddd642a50f5cd674063e4f7745aa32a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              alauncher-setup-1.8.0-4248-1792344759517.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\alauncher-setup-1.8.0-4248-1792344759517.exe
              • Size 207KB
              • SHA256 0cd2492ceef468b9def03e9755a9164a019110c6a603cc97813ac02851502409
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              alauncher-setup-1.8.0-4248-1792344761757.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\alauncher-setup-1.8.0-4248-1792344761757.exe
              • Size 207KB
              • SHA256 cf58684109d21b9f7c412b61979bd2773cd3e56032808bbdcb2214b83b288ba3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 9233ac6e070f8eeeb8b343b58a922d47e83b236a73a5b74f690c08a88da41651
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 3KB
              • SHA256 ed5a83a40c42281f0832d39d6fc6e8e9a736e6fccbe046716725c314278a82c5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 7KB
              • SHA256 3babb2445417719a92dac3d5803a4d402470ce7ed6b017a1a2246c513272ec16
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              events

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\datareporting\glean\events\events
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 7eaec4adab46a0b691923306cd318e5c63d8a4b182eea8258598baccab67aa39
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              5d0f7d06-a975-467a-8ec5-df54b265336c

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\5d0f7d06-a975-467a-8ec5-df54b265336c
              • Size 15KB
              • SHA256 b8f9bce3f8f8f1abcbb6e3c43741cd9192c0c13012ba67852e6ab9f6a87f0f55
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              62d73140-2692-4815-adea-f0ac4678f2d5

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\62d73140-2692-4815-adea-f0ac4678f2d5
              • Size 235B
              • SHA256 74916f60bf112a386ab215af5387b5312853db8564b63cd0c9c0514d3e4e3fb3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              6472764a-2e07-40e1-b7f5-d7c77c84d0c2

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\6472764a-2e07-40e1-b7f5-d7c77c84d0c2
              • Size 2KB
              • SHA256 268412da0668d2335c21d0172b69007b820846e74e3e344186e6b6d2ca85a777
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              70fdc2d4-5d5c-4ec6-bdfc-53244783b3f1

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\70fdc2d4-5d5c-4ec6-bdfc-53244783b3f1
              • Size 886B
              • SHA256 dfbc690fc758e0f3639d717f2ba42a097a95d09a87731d486fafe1b883893bb5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              d6bab3ea-da88-4e51-a2a7-0cd63921f9c3

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\d6bab3ea-da88-4e51-a2a7-0cd63921f9c3
              • Size 235B
              • SHA256 66dad0460e68fe0c508fd5953345d0afc2c397a49ba328ef4f17914d0f78dcc4
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              fb9fd6f4-42ea-4e1a-85d2-35944e4debd5

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\fb9fd6f4-42ea-4e1a-85d2-35944e4debd5
              • Size 883B
              • SHA256 1021ba8114e32ddd66b4b69407a1d0b05714626d9812570d28a8fba59b9a0248
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              prefs-1.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\prefs-1.js
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 360b743a0ac5b11d90d27448bb67e16ba709fd9e1d49abe78a07e3dec9b22848
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              prefs.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\prefs.js
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 c5ec1a0bc806a41e2e5696cd37d42e16bb4bd00d09dd66a8565534e5a1b975f0
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              prefs.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\prefs.js
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 413503c78f8ee6d8cf305632828cd317954c577c2671229b0456b692b663f61a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              sessionCheckpoints.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\sessionCheckpoints.json
              • Size 53B
              • SHA256 792955295ae9c382986222c6731c5870bd0e921e7f7e34cc4615f5cd67f225da
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              sessionCheckpoints.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\sessionCheckpoints.json
              • Size 90B
              • SHA256 00ad9799527c3fd21f3a85012565eae817490f3e0d417413bf9567bb5909f6a2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              recovery.jsonlz4

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\sessionstore-backups\recovery.jsonlz4
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 4c346169dd3caeefcc796000af5618beb55a88a74ae08e5b2df65a79f16b73f4
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.sqlite

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\storage\permanent\chrome\idb\3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.sqlite
              • Size 5.1MB
              • SHA256 d7ea91da37d23262a75792692be6e22d99d1d70abcec555c46cd44dd9fb71d6a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              targeting.snapshot.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0inymrgq.default-release\targeting.snapshot.json
              • Size 3KB
              • SHA256 93a1b02d5d62f9d9ece676aa0b19b2ab7b3d344d4c54a1227196ec8948e124bd
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              ALauncher Setup.exe:Zone.Identifier

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ALauncher Setup.exe:Zone.Identifier
              • Size 271B
              • SHA256 d77b673854a5eb3393df634c82887d4b08aedaf1b41cc331441b189e5b9a8d79
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              ALauncher Setup.ytRQzC3D.exe.part

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ALauncher Setup.ytRQzC3D.exe.part
              • Size 1.8MB
              • SHA256 d778bcfaf1f5a4bd262ac265a5aea74f1bdfc4144c30a833477a7415fc3cb5f7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH