Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/10/2026, 19:08

General

  • Target
    sims-4-updater-v2.6.6.exe
  • Size 25.2MB
  • Sample261024-xtg6kafe93
  • SHA256 59a6741c57b772f49721af8eb99a60aee6a9c5c79ede8f831f08711926b79c61
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Loads dropped DLL 35 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.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sims-4-updater-v2.6.6.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sims-4-updater-v2.6.6.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5028
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sims-4-updater-v2.6.6.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sims-4-updater-v2.6.6.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5096

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        81d243bd2c585b0f4821__mypyc.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\81d243bd2c585b0f4821__mypyc.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
        • Size 213KB
        • SHA256 ba7fc544994f126cb7485ce52d265d2f32e93c4f1ea1fcd6fcdee3918f271979
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\VCRUNTIME140.dll
        • Size 174KB
        • SHA256 d1f4225df2cd877dbf130d5668a021dce3f94118455ff5ec952061c30afc9ce7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _bz2.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\_bz2.pyd
        • Size 84KB
        • SHA256 1bf985b54f529a3cbb3e52532791cc4d4c64009142d37b54eb3521adec203d5c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ctypes.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\_ctypes.pyd
        • Size 131KB
        • SHA256 96b07339d52c74f2a1dd043df5eb931e4072eed90a3a8715ffec751d818e4117
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _lzma.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\_lzma.pyd
        • Size 155KB
        • SHA256 51815b6474d4216c6a2aeaffdae5d2ff4acb7a0236254f2cfe43247022f3d781
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 6b0c4b6372321d49d2e034108d32d6a98c6a14440585fcd177810510fa0f7d6a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 276db780115fcb521b5a8761d739f4b8cdcc8ecbfbb14eb6511147d09d79c630
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 11ef443d9135822786cd08df9d163a2490e0110f770fca808b65448c35239f0e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 371a57f185e4e777987201c05f405b1d8dfc67c330743306d3d75d982fd9b51a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 ab9facc89587f2fab21b0e2d85a486c4e63d3ea5fba34d68dfd3fa58d47e4e3f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 46dc258e09e89fb0380f79a3068aa4145d3d408673cf5f41c51e4547ca26d678
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 a1234096d224a6934926744af585b06e89894936241c94ca96b06e1f3298ff02
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 10e950ce9e9805bfec35b66b91f8127befeda2fcd6eb216942a84cbc7fbc731c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 998ea69ed12a6560bfb912168193ccab1765e98ac2dc9ab2ca172c14a599b70a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 613499df2b19316597f1e95750445948a428baaa00dffb670da63bce5dd6ced5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 ba0a561a63d7b551152d1ea89321ab14e658322fccff3c2cfb94251c93a2f2ca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 ba3ec15c07bb3a39866e582bf89a9ab9219c7fedcaa1b01a2c481c092cc624c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 e3ad26ad119d381a193a205e1b3895187a91f3c990d184089dce2a7e1aecea92
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 19c413b458b1b2a4269173e7515e2a901e604054a3f47e31536b7283bb4a35e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 2e8e5d0e95ea5d30ddead534e569a075f0e3264c85f05d363f87a0e114f1865f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 5687eb9fc4b24d907a7d623bd920307b0ee6eb224c286e322a838e6962148477
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 c58c5344362e34146f5fea2a74a672cd1f0849407dc038526b999285066b6402
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 cd94372e7130e95d0c69374535146bf03db6f3544008790bd7729cc9718cf923
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 29231f7fd824c891ae1764e5e7fcf7d6da308b9ae1be44158856ac975c9b4cb6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 85d6d36706f1f88cc2c0facc3044a6ecbefcc568ba365ea91e1924686513269e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 dfdb6f7af6f7366558f8b2aebb0819195d49f774518c11219fa015915f0f3c42
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 5645a329ba737496f4647be4edc53a0231deb3b401ffa5b84502b953d900e4f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 19fd829b16f1fae61f25938a54ea0e771f454b9a5a0cdb3f778a44df2adc926b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 cea14e6703df736e30b482c13fc3b6ff4a0d1b1c5691806b41f904a2eda62799
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 5370fdb166f1ba412b29fb0294b453771fb9bb47706117d17f8f1397db388b55
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 ea4d4b3ed34a8fc4a1e7383f3c88f852176efb59e1912f2305b80f17d9205c62
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 04bb5350f298df56698ebb7b64c47677de5c2294aa02af3a394a124b6a295d76
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 b71ebb3084cb0db116309dbb960024dcb7baefc412ee52a9b655f2775f9dff43
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 06dc604e1667f49466a7cac48cdde6518c5c76946f35b7816b8bc47204f8142c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 7169560bad818df44435c2d8c05300499da0782500f40a64da7405a08de9a8a0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 bf5211d7b6bceda2bfa532c161f8c522d6b85ef3fc490cc72f8f18bf6cfede47
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 ce8c4d2f5545767d7af4eb105b01c3bc60e486d778ac6d424bd5671047aa2bc6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 30KB
        • SHA256 dacdb72cbe1d835a4b309d5095a058502c829fa2ec5b19a712001ce7e2720585
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 4cf9218970ca534921bf90afb831df4e0552eaadc472fdbb8e02b6566a474004
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 d9c556f76da7c9d0b0c801895d9ef0a66380e445ca11d8403f9c84d97d0e6d84
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 6e285fb8e04c1a8e8c3fcba4633ad05ac898ec74ba85cf85b4b2e9cb30a7b094
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 1a5fea370e605360e321efb0b02069b92ea504dcf418e60e549fff573dfd20a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 7f5a449bebeb9bfa7a4f66c04eecf25fa3062f6791f1aa47a513c1b873d46b0d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 17ab3d88d7888e9c8f73edbf046c7d2a1d33aa7098e720284859ef59304ab3e1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        base_library.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\base_library.zip
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 603659b741abd7bffe5201d2b6f1f073ef0ffb0e3949067c53cb54c00b154afc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libcrypto-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\libcrypto-3.dll
        • Size 5.0MB
        • SHA256 eaf6d613b95b61a39558d84c50e72630a66c99914292df88e7b54ebd60c5bd34
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libffi-8.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\libffi-8.dll
        • Size 38KB
        • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libssl-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\libssl-3.dll
        • Size 776KB
        • SHA256 cf1a5fdcefa3daf69041f31f98ece1d7911ca4fcb8e9f1043b4d0f459ae4c936
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pyexpat.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\pyexpat.pyd
        • Size 212KB
        • SHA256 b5f57327418750229656c30a809308669797cf30d7da3705f8cd584c2b8a038b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\python3.dll
        • Size 70KB
        • SHA256 cbc4876275178244905ee45a9ee6ec9fa4bfb9aad6209a03b756d38a186f80d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python313.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\python313.dll
        • Size 5.8MB
        • SHA256 6964e590037c41d631fd1215f05af154f7fa68105993c6f573a20689b473f1ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        select.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\select.pyd
        • Size 32KB
        • SHA256 ddf1221851814943a82ed8a986d228463404da2ada969661bdd69223f14fc050
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tcl86t.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\tcl86t.dll
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 a308beae8555cff5ac2aff7eaf0aef40b5fe173f047e246dc49da9a4d3ef62f9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tk86t.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\tk86t.dll
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 20f4876506bce7f89e53570e64fd1dce30a64548326b45f372871c7019560df4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ucrtbase.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50282\ucrtbase.dll
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 27247c9dd53eac1939e830fdcfeec3749ee84a1c8fdbe685e1229b09663679c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/5096-1105-0x00007FFCB2270000-0x00007FFCB2299000-memory.dmp