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DnsSwitch.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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DnsSwitch.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/11/2026, 16:50

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General

  • Target
    DnsSwitch.exe
  • Size 372KB
  • Sample261107-vb8jpafd68
  • SHA256 43c5d084f2eacb80239ea7168d2d0b6ef869569266de1157584a4f5d3be453c7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10
discoveryexecutionpersistence

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Unexpected DNS network traffic destination 19 IoCs

    Network traffic to other servers than the configured DNS servers was detected on the DNS port.

  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

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

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

    persistenceexecution
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 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.

    persistence

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DnsSwitch.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DnsSwitch.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4560
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks" /Create /TN DnsSwitch /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DnsSwitch-task.xml" /F
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2952
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\DnsSwitch\DnsSwitch.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\DnsSwitch\DnsSwitch.exe"
      2⤵
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3540
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks" /Query /TN DnsSwitch
        3⤵
          PID:4552
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\DnsSwitch\DnsSwitch.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\DnsSwitch\DnsSwitch.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:1620

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          DnsSwitch.exe.log
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\DnsSwitch.exe.log
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ed53b53478ed9b38c251960ad1c30cd3aac3eb823c9b5c48c74743c5c1774f1b
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          DnsSwitch.exe
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\DnsSwitch\DnsSwitch.exe
          • Size 372KB
          • SHA256 43c5d084f2eacb80239ea7168d2d0b6ef869569266de1157584a4f5d3be453c7
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          DnsSwitch-task.xml
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DnsSwitch-task.xml
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 bcf6df3137d3ce338ce3e23e29fab3407f13861cd5c1c7370c2c9c012132cc36
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          DnsSwitch-3.0.0.exe
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\DnsSwitch\update\DnsSwitch-3.0.0.exe
          • Size 1.3MB
          • SHA256 72474b85f29b1148f2c86dab058cb7093a951d47f5cd0ba84f075e57e3ca24e0
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          memory/3540-26-0x000000001FF00000-0x00000000200C2000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3540-22-0x000000001B830000-0x000000001B840000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3540-24-0x000000001B830000-0x000000001B840000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3540-27-0x0000000020830000-0x0000000020D58000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3540-33-0x000000001EEC0000-0x000000001EFC2000-memory.dmp
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          memory/4560-4-0x0000000002970000-0x000000000298E000-memory.dmp
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          memory/4560-3-0x000000001B590000-0x000000001B5A0000-memory.dmp
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          memory/4560-0-0x0000000000820000-0x0000000000882000-memory.dmp
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          memory/4560-1-0x000000001B410000-0x000000001B486000-memory.dmp
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