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Database Entry

ConnectWise

Vendor detections: 8

Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	17d3da1d20564a5dfbe7c59eb6b0d3ba992c7acea3e5ae8887e53cb3408525da
SHA3-384 hash:	5565153ae053cb69413a077ac84774782b14b4bed7d76abf1b638d3128626fce31cf088c10517bb6f563e69d9fd814b7
SHA1 hash:	08cc4fb6ee487691345d76fe559c2aab5b674021
MD5 hash:	bd54f1818c5ec9ec7cc9bbad19d671ee
humanhash:	illinois-cola-idaho-sweet
File name:	ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
Download:	download sample
Signature	ConnectWise Create hunting rule
File size:	13'504'512 bytes
First seen:	2026-03-06 07:25:24 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	msi
MIME type:	application/x-msi
ssdeep	196608:nHxcp9ym3nltDUJVtHxcp9ym3EHxcp9ym3VHxcp9ym3THxcp9ym3UHxcp9ym30Hz:RGplp2GpiGpHGp9GpyGpSGp8
Threatray	1'878 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH	T16ED623116BF89678F0F26A35E876A0B1A53B7D115E23D12E2224791E2C75EC0C9B3773
TrID	80.0% (.MSI) Microsoft Windows Installer (454500/1/170) 10.7% (.MST) Windows SDK Setup Transform script (61000/1/5) 7.8% (.MSP) Windows Installer Patch (44509/10/5) 1.4% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Magika	msi
Reporter	juroots
Tags:	ConnectWise msi rmm screenconnect

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware configuration found for:

MSI

Details

MSI

an embedded setup program or component

Link:

https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/84f56533-d62c-43b8-9c6e-57b4c15cd9f0/

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/55764/

Verdict:

Clean

Score:

89.3%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=69aa81a9e1f958bf6684365f

Tags:

n/a

Verdict:

Unknown

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/17d3da1d20564a5dfbe7c59eb6b0d3ba992c7acea3e5ae8887e53cb3408525da

Result

Verdict:

MALICIOUS

Link:

https://labs.inquest.net/dfi/sha256/17d3da1d20564a5dfbe7c59eb6b0d3ba992c7acea3e5ae8887e53cb3408525da

Details

Windows PE Executable

Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.

Verdict:

Adware

File Type:

msi

Detections:

BSS:Trojan.Win32.Generic BSS:Trojan.Win32.Generic.nblk not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.d not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.c not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.b not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.a not-a-virus:HEUR:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.gen

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/17d3da1d20564a5dfbe7c59eb6b0d3ba992c7acea3e5ae8887e53cb3408525da/results?tab=lookup

Gathering data

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/17d3da1d20564a5dfbe7c59eb6b0d3ba992c7acea3e5ae8887e53cb3408525da/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.SCREENCONNECT

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/17d3da1d20564a5dfbe7c59eb6b0d3ba992c7acea3e5ae8887e53cb3408525da

Threat name:

ByteCode-MSIL.PUA.RAdminConnectWise

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-03-06 07:26:21 UTC

File Type:

Binary (Archive)

Extracted files:

176

AV detection:

9 of 24 (37.50%)

Threat level:

1/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=c7j5uhjakzff367hywplnmgtxkmsy6woups25ceh4u6lgqefexna._file

Verdict:

suspicious

Label(s):

admintool_screenconnect

ConnectWise

9904267669ed90e0972a2e9409b4e83c43f19a70dec33a1cf4e1fc8b1119269e

ConnectWise

ddaba68dfac28852d3936c8ca86b9061d754e02bd20c15ab36504805f634b0be

ConnectWise

de4389a26b3a562cf9aabfe150ad4fbf1f3f577fae8528bdf84b4fc860cfaabe

ConnectWise

error

ConnectWise

f71e8c66a51b05bb87941d2ab45dde1b83d97c32bd6443b80d04e8df6e419d11

ConnectWise

+ 1'868 additional samples on MalwareBazaar

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

7/10

Tags:

discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260306-h9bldsb13v/

Behaviour

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS

Modifies registry class

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Drops file in Program Files directory

Drops file in Windows directory

Enumerates connected drives

Loads dropped DLL

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YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__API Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	INDICATOR_RMM_ConnectWise_ScreenConnect Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects ConnectWise Control (formerly ScreenConnect). Review RMM Inventory

Rule name:	NET Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	win_evilconwi_w0 Create hunting rule
Author:	Karsten Hahn @ G DATA CyberDefense
Description:	Settings from app.config that hide the connection of the client. These settings are potentially unwanted