SUSPICIOUS — a42a4c94b8f2fd13fa15f514ba78aa42ca29884324623d44a7a20535c422242b.exe

SUSPICIOUS — a42a4c94b8f2fd13fa15f514ba78aa42ca29884324623d44a7a20535c422242b.exe is a pe sample analyzed by MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble with a suspicious verdict (35/100). 4 of 52 detection engines flagged it.

Identification

• SHA-256: a42a4c94b8f2fd13fa15f514ba78aa42ca29884324623d44a7a20535c422242b
• SHA-1: 15ba3ad26be691563a99754ccfcff9243452bd43
• MD5: ba9b3506705df90bb3c9b522a758c8bc
• imphash: 42492c8bc2aad1800e134cedaf5754c9
• ssdeep: 98304:jhgtsTICDtPfeE/jowqK5LN1KQ0oTh2M9QrABlolllXHNAMZr6ul:AsTICteErownP0oTcMsABqljkg
• TLSH: T1D465331542123792EEF3E860EC809C4D8473B699A873D19C5987CD5E70E9D33A8F0B96
• Submitted as: a42a4c94b8f2fd13fa15f514ba78aa42ca29884324623d44a7a20535c422242b.exe
• File type: pe · Size: 5633241 bytes
• Verdict: suspicious (35/100)

Source: MalwareBazaar · first seen 2026-08-01T00:00:00.000Z · SHA-256 verified

Detections (4 of 52 engines)

• MalwareAnalyser heuristics (entropy/packer): Microsoft Linker
• Detect It Easy (packer/type): DIE:Microsoft Linker
• Emsisoft (Emergency Kit): Gen:Variant.Adware.Yogi.1551
• Kaspersky (KVRT): Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Sysn.dnoq

Why this verdict

The suspicious score of 35/100 is the fusion of 2 weighted signals:

• Detect It Easy (packer/type) flagged DIE:Microsoft Linker (rule DIE:Microsoft Linker) - engine signal, weight 0.35, confidence 0.70
• Packing/obfuscation: 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.

Embedded URLs

• http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings

Embedded domains

• schemas.microsoft.com
• 8.gq

File paths

• G:\($
• Y:\bG
• m:\0HCp

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