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ConnectWise


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 35e2c85aace30e80ac51e3aecc5a9652b2a514c6d6e90e96b9b9f3b6bea06835
SHA3-384 hash: b68911957488f89df164197c8c8baa0d473b1360accae01ec3459e53d768e3bf211d605ddd80f70319cfc7b9b14c9c71
SHA1 hash: caae05895852786943628fb347209a54ad9cfc07
MD5 hash: c85df27e16ae9b1817195082f2d2c5a7
humanhash: mars-twelve-illinois-apart
File name:Adobeclientsetup2026.msi
Download: download sample
Signature ConnectWise
File size:9'113'600 bytes
First seen:2026-01-16 12:53:05 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 196608:XQyiixtMjxZ1jhlrwUFQyiixtMjoQyiixtMjXQyiixtMjCQyiixtMj:gPnjxrr+Pnj5PnjgPnjbPnj
Threatray 1'460 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T15396232063E9CA28E1B61B75EE7A55F14D39BC45EF23C01E5768795E2A30E8095B3333
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 signed

Code Signing Certificate

Organisation:STEWART DIXON AQUATIC SERVICES LLC
Issuer:DigiCert Trusted G4 Code Signing RSA4096 SHA384 2021 CA1
Algorithm:sha256WithRSAEncryption
Valid from:2026-01-08T00:00:00Z
Valid to:2029-01-10T23:59:59Z
Serial number: 029c936b150b5c3588b661a870beb57b
Cert Graveyard Blocklist:This certificate is on the Cert Graveyard blocklist
Thumbprint Algorithm:SHA256
Thumbprint: 0c74e8c5ffcb1c7659972e74494e1a20253d158a16775f5a3c9ea704be775663
Source:This information was brought to you by ReversingLabs A1000 Malware Analysis Platform

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
43
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
MSI
Details
MSI
an embedded setup program or component
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
90.2%
Tags:
connectwise shellcode spawn
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm base64 evasive expand explorer fingerprint installer installer lolbin lolbin packed rundll32 signed
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
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
First seen:
2026-01-17T03:25:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-17T03:37:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
not-a-virus:HEUR:RemoteAdmin.Win32.ConnectWise.gen
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
backdoor discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware rat
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Checks processor information in registry
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
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
Drops file in System32 directory
Badlisted process makes network request
Enumerates connected drives
ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote access tool
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Sets service image path in registry
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:INDICATOR_RMM_ConnectWise_ScreenConnect
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects ConnectWise Control (formerly ScreenConnect). Review RMM Inventory
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar

File information


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Web download

ConnectWise

Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi 35e2c85aace30e80ac51e3aecc5a9652b2a514c6d6e90e96b9b9f3b6bea06835

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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