SUSPICIOUS — f498803d273a8f47e854cc0acf95e789b6acc39b0bd038185a976842efc14c9f.exe

SUSPICIOUS — f498803d273a8f47e854cc0acf95e789b6acc39b0bd038185a976842efc14c9f.exe is a pe sample analyzed by MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble with a suspicious verdict (35/100). 4 of 55 detection engines flagged it.

Identification

• SHA-256: f498803d273a8f47e854cc0acf95e789b6acc39b0bd038185a976842efc14c9f
• SHA-1: b48096e5942a3a5ccd868983d3ecd65a0d0b2992
• MD5: 514f66db7f2473334f79aa19e2ce9b9a
• imphash: 42492c8bc2aad1800e134cedaf5754c9
• ssdeep: 98304:gfgtt7ICDtPfeE/jowqK5LN1KQ0oTh2M9QrABlolllWH2Mxwh61Fd:Tt7ICteErownP0oTcMsABqloOc1L
• TLSH: T13665331642027392EEF3E8A0DC809D4D8463B2A96873E19C6947CD5E70F5D33E8F0A56
• Submitted as: f498803d273a8f47e854cc0acf95e789b6acc39b0bd038185a976842efc14c9f.exe
• File type: pe · Size: 5631582 bytes
• Verdict: suspicious (35/100)

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

Detections (4 of 55 engines)

• MalwareAnalyser heuristics (entropy/packer): Microsoft Linker
• Detect It Easy (packer/type): DIE:Microsoft Linker
• Emsisoft (Emergency Kit): Trojan.GenericKDZ.119335
• Kaspersky (KVRT): Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Sysn.dpen

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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