MALICIOUS — virussign.com_b16aaaf74690984e2ebf752c443c1bf0.vir

MALICIOUS — virussign.com_b16aaaf74690984e2ebf752c443c1bf0.vir is a pe sample analyzed by MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble with a malicious verdict (93/100), attributed to the Socks family. 7 of 52 detection engines flagged it.

Identification

• SHA-256: 9ce8b1efd573a8d231f6279e22e23511994220bb2cd203a3401046b4398cf523
• SHA-1: af17944623542cc9e97e91995b0d28b347411ba3
• MD5: b16aaaf74690984e2ebf752c443c1bf0
• imphash: 178689c38c1294cbf87aafcafb2357ed
• ssdeep: 12288:ACCs5xOKx2Nhgl7xfX1pfhPwmJ/VLidi1kCMJu7B6PqFRl973:AU5xOuigl7xflrPNJ/VLiOM1g3
• TLSH: T1F850239784B5A428ECC9BFF8514048ED8215DB64BE86BF522C1C82692FC18D3186777B
• Submitted as: virussign.com_b16aaaf74690984e2ebf752c443c1bf0.vir
• File type: pe · Size: 827495 bytes
• Verdict: malicious (93/100) · Family: Socks

Source: VirusSign · first seen 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z · SHA-256 verified

Detections (7 of 52 engines)

• MalwareAnalyser heuristics (entropy/packer): UPX
• ClamAV (daily): Win.Worm.Socks-10058896-0
• YARA: JPCERT/CC: JPCERT_HUILoader_PlugX_SideLoad
• Detect It Easy (packer/type): DIE:Microsoft Linker
• Microsoft Defender: flagged
• Emsisoft (Emergency Kit): Trojan.Stealer.557
• Kaspersky (KVRT): HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic

Why this verdict

The malicious score of 93/100 is the fusion of 4 weighted signals:

• ClamAV (daily) flagged Win.Worm.Socks-10058896-0 (rule Win.Worm.Socks-10058896-0) - engine signal, weight 0.90, confidence 0.95
• YARA: JPCERT/CC flagged JPCERT_HUILoader_PlugX_SideLoad (rule JPCERT_HUILoader_PlugX_SideLoad) - engine signal, weight 0.35, confidence 0.70
• Detect It Easy (packer/type) flagged DIE:Microsoft Linker (rule DIE:Microsoft Linker) - engine signal, weight 0.35, confidence 0.70
• Packing/obfuscation: UPX, Microsoft Linker - static signal, weight 0.25, confidence 0.55

Dynamic analysis

No runtime behaviour was captured for this sample, so the analysis above is static only. That is a limit of this run rather than evidence the sample does nothing.

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