Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    156s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/10/2026, 10:43

General

  • Target
    188.exe
  • Size 74.7MB
  • Sample261024-msa1raeg72
  • SHA256 04bbe128a66a82c8297114fbbc807d7c281b3a6eeff9569ed9e41fd883aaee95
  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 64 IoCs
  • Detects Pyinstaller 1 IoCs
  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 26 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\188.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\188.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3056
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\188.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\188.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4128
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5920
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /query
        3⤵
          PID:1152
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /tn TelemetrySync /tr \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming/SystemInformer\InformerUpdate.exe\" /sc onlogon /rl highest
          3⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2488
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SystemInformer\InformerUpdate.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming/SystemInformer\InformerUpdate.exe
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3688
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SystemInformer\InformerUpdate.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming/SystemInformer\InformerUpdate.exe
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4916
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ConfigService\SysSettingSvc.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/ConfigService\SysSettingSvc.exe
              5⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2092
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ConfigService\SysSettingSvc.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ConfigService\SysSettingSvc.exe
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Loads dropped DLL
                • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
                • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:2684
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SystemInformer\InformerUpdate.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming/SystemInformer\InformerUpdate.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1120
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SystemInformer\InformerUpdate.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming/SystemInformer\InformerUpdate.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3464
    • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
      C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x00000000000004D0 0x00000000000004D4
      1⤵
        PID:4532

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            base_library.zip

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11202\base_library.zip
            • Size 1.3MB
            • SHA256 ab049c6daeb458ebf8e536a8060570da3c82685a0e1618546b9e492d1aed98ec
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ucrtbase.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11202\ucrtbase.dll
            • Size 992KB
            • SHA256 8a91052ef261b5fbf3223ae9ce789af73dfe1e9b0ba5bdbc4d564870a24f2bae
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            InformerUpdate.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30562\InformerUpdate.exe
            • Size 7.8MB
            • SHA256 4f849ee7c5b313499bf7284c7f44c7ab5f675f89fe9a50aefd25aacdc16c8e0f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            VCRUNTIME140.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30562\VCRUNTIME140.dll
            • Size 117KB
            • SHA256 36585912e5eaf83ba9fea0631534f690ccdc2d7ba91537166fe53e56c221e153
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _bz2.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30562\_bz2.pyd
            • Size 82KB
            • SHA256 160b5218c2035cccbaab9dc4ca26d099f433dcb86dbbd96425c933dc796090df
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _ctypes.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30562\_ctypes.pyd
            • Size 122KB
            • SHA256 8250b4c102abd1dba49fc5b52030caa93ca34e00b86cee6547cc0a7f22326807
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _hashlib.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30562\_hashlib.pyd
            • Size 64KB
            • SHA256 b4cec162b985d34ab768f66e8fa41ed28dc2f273fde6670eeace1d695789b137
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _lzma.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30562\_lzma.pyd
            • Size 154KB
            • SHA256 b095fa2eac97496b515031fbea5737988b18deee86a11f2784f5a551732ddc0c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _socket.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30562\_socket.pyd
            • Size 81KB
            • SHA256 ce3090fff8575b21287df5fc69ae98806646fc302eefadf85e369ad3debad92b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            base_library.zip

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30562\base_library.zip
            • Size 1.3MB
            • SHA256 33f0fe996ec9de32e98ceab34d257a53892d0da19d6c2a0a214e45663f794303
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            libcrypto-3.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30562\libcrypto-3.dll
            • Size 5.0MB
            • SHA256 4e5d5d20d6d31e72ab341c81e97b89e514326c4c861b48638243bdf0918cfa43
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            libffi-8.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30562\libffi-8.dll
            • Size 38KB
            • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _psutil_windows.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30562\psutil\_psutil_windows.pyd
            • Size 69KB
            • SHA256 0035450801bd7d938e9e146c5ec28e619cb5a5f4a18cdc53ac7e9734c7f94f78
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            python3.DLL

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30562\python3.DLL
            • Size 66KB
            • SHA256 d52baca085f88b40f30c855e6c55791e5375c80f60f94057061e77e33f4cad7a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            python312.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30562\python312.dll
            • Size 6.6MB
            • SHA256 93488fa7e631cc0a2bd808b9eee8617280ee9b6ff499ab424a1a1cbf24d77dc7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            select.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30562\select.pyd
            • Size 30KB
            • SHA256 dca5e6d39c5094ce599143cb82f6d8470f0c2a4ce4443499e73f32ed13333fd0
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            VCRUNTIME140.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\VCRUNTIME140.dll
            • Size 116KB
            • SHA256 4d292623516f65c80482081e62d5dadb759dc16e851de5db24c3cbb57b87db83
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _bz2.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\_bz2.pyd
            • Size 83KB
            • SHA256 cb15d6cc7268d3a0bd17d9d9cec330a7c1768b1c911553045c73bc6920de987f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _ctypes.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\_ctypes.pyd
            • Size 122KB
            • SHA256 6c5f31bef3fdbff31beac0b1a477be880dda61346d859cf34ca93b9291594d93
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _lzma.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\_lzma.pyd
            • Size 156KB
            • SHA256 a46189c5bd0302029847fed934f481835cb8d06470ea3d6b97ada7d325218a9f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            python3.DLL

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\python3.DLL
            • Size 66KB
            • SHA256 25a39e721c26e53bec292395d093211bba70465280acfa2059fa52957ec975b2
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            python312.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\python312.dll
            • Size 6.6MB
            • SHA256 c045b57348c21f5f810bae60654ae39490846b487378e917595f1f95438f9546
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            __PSScriptPolicyTest_obqa2ak4.oqd.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_obqa2ak4.oqd.ps1
            • Size 60B
            • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            memory/2092-327-0x00007FF6F3E30000-0x00007FF6F7A76000-memory.dmp

            memory/2684-362-0x00007FFC9A870000-0x00007FFC9F722000-memory.dmp

            memory/2684-359-0x00007FFC9A870000-0x00007FFC9F722000-memory.dmp

            memory/2684-356-0x00007FFC9A870000-0x00007FFC9F722000-memory.dmp

            memory/2684-353-0x00007FFC9A870000-0x00007FFC9F722000-memory.dmp

            memory/2684-350-0x00007FFC9A870000-0x00007FFC9F722000-memory.dmp

            memory/2684-347-0x00007FFC9A870000-0x00007FFC9F722000-memory.dmp

            memory/2684-344-0x00007FFC9A870000-0x00007FFC9F722000-memory.dmp

            memory/2684-341-0x00007FFC9A870000-0x00007FFC9F722000-memory.dmp

            memory/2684-338-0x00007FFC9A870000-0x00007FFC9F722000-memory.dmp

            memory/2684-335-0x00007FFC9A870000-0x00007FFC9F722000-memory.dmp

            memory/2684-332-0x00007FFC9A870000-0x00007FFC9F722000-memory.dmp

            memory/2684-329-0x00007FFC9A870000-0x00007FFC9F722000-memory.dmp

            memory/2684-328-0x00007FF6F3E30000-0x00007FF6F7A76000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-66-0x00000239490F0000-0x00000239490FA000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-65-0x0000023949120000-0x00000239491D2000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-46-0x00007FFCB24CF000-0x00007FFCB24D0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-326-0x00007FFCB2340000-0x00007FFCB2CE4000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-53-0x0000023948D40000-0x0000023948D62000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-55-0x00007FFCB2340000-0x00007FFCB2CE4000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-56-0x00007FFCB2340000-0x00007FFCB2CE4000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-57-0x00007FFCB2340000-0x00007FFCB2CE4000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-64-0x0000023949100000-0x000002394911E000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-54-0x00007FFCB2340000-0x00007FFCB2CE4000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-67-0x00007FFCB2340000-0x00007FFCB2CE4000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-75-0x0000023948D99000-0x0000023948D9F000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-74-0x00007FFCB2340000-0x00007FFCB2CE4000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-72-0x00007FFCB2340000-0x00007FFCB2CE4000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-71-0x00007FFCB2340000-0x00007FFCB2CE4000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-70-0x00007FFCB2340000-0x00007FFCB2CE4000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-69-0x00007FFCB2340000-0x00007FFCB2CE4000-memory.dmp

            memory/5920-68-0x00007FFCB2340000-0x00007FFCB2CE4000-memory.dmp