SUSPICIOUS — afb438dcfe77389717ea6a4261217c193613d8e3406e02b16e016da67ad2f36e.exe

SUSPICIOUS — afb438dcfe77389717ea6a4261217c193613d8e3406e02b16e016da67ad2f36e.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: afb438dcfe77389717ea6a4261217c193613d8e3406e02b16e016da67ad2f36e
• SHA-1: 9c72b1e53fc70ab4ddc269b0661fc51eee877ed2
• MD5: 50a202cb2ea025327161095267609ab4
• imphash: 42492c8bc2aad1800e134cedaf5754c9
• ssdeep: 98304:6CgtvzICDtPfeE/jowqK5LN1KQ0oTh2M9QrABlolllXHhM3wh6zr7:k7ICteErownP0oTcMsABqlkgcz3
• TLSH: T13165331646023791EEF3E9A0DC809D4D8463B69DA872D25C6987CD5E30F9D33A8F0A46
• Submitted as: afb438dcfe77389717ea6a4261217c193613d8e3406e02b16e016da67ad2f36e.exe
• File type: pe · Size: 5632702 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.dqem

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

Latest analyzed threats · ATT&CK coverage

Analyzed on MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble · Open interactive report