SUSPICIOUS — a4f828eeac0806f69b670d44e480643408c1983934fd52faa07b29875c13474b.exe

SUSPICIOUS — a4f828eeac0806f69b670d44e480643408c1983934fd52faa07b29875c13474b.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: a4f828eeac0806f69b670d44e480643408c1983934fd52faa07b29875c13474b
• SHA-1: e78ea82b17c98cabda0ff26f20d9ac864e1ec6e7
• MD5: 2b41316b3a70c1a16d5eff7eb62d49c1
• imphash: 42492c8bc2aad1800e134cedaf5754c9
• ssdeep: 98304:n2gtqICDtPfeE/jowqK5LN1KQ0oTh2M9QrABlolllXH3AMFM6gR3:jqICteErownP0oTcMsABqlNRgN
• TLSH: T1F865331542027392FEF3E860EC819D4D8463B29DA473E59C6987CD5E30E9D33A8F0A46
• Submitted as: a4f828eeac0806f69b670d44e480643408c1983934fd52faa07b29875c13474b.exe
• File type: pe · Size: 5632168 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.dpia

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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