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Database Entry


GCleaner


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 4e8157b371ab0a9cd7eaba33a329ea684b22527a4a4e83e57c81e54847b837d9
SHA3-384 hash: 0f1d0242689fa89b5afc38fbabaee1d254a018aa209bd0733a0f7e01b7e44cc5cb30a06e80e3f6fe87479b219430dfdd
SHA1 hash: 0c259aa037a686f9698262242f0508947e41df26
MD5 hash: a8663c181a5d19364bfdb6385ea8cb4e
humanhash: island-romeo-cat-failed
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature GCleaner
Create hunting rule
File size:837'120 bytes
First seen:2026-01-26 21:55:54 UTC
Last seen:2026-02-02 09:03:55 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 7d927f7b3a815d523d32714880218326 (24 x GCleaner)
ssdeep 12288:nWxa7+IlSRsrHxyG5HaBtW6N3jU4auCRccGG:WwvlPt3AHBDoRc
Threatray 2'309 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T172057D22F29142F7D0335ABD8C2BE5EC542EBE602B25984B66E53EC95FB5741341A3C3
TrID 96.1% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Borland Delphi 7 (664796/42/58)
2.0% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Delphi generic (14182/79/4)
0.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
0.2% (.EXE) Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (2072/23)
0.2% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter Bitsight
Tags:dropped-by-amadey exe fbf543 gcleaner


Avatar
Bitsight
url: http://130.12.180.43/files/unique2/random.exe

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
18
# of downloads :
133
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
file
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-01-26 21:57:33 UTC
Tags:
gcleaner loader
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/37b81a47-c4fa-4abf-82a7-749b690c0f5c

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/50293/
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6977e3016fa3eed1652f4714
Tags:
cobalt delphi
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug borland_delphi fingerprint installer-heuristic keylogger packed
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6977e2f74156786ccbd8cc60/reports/b6bdcf31-24be-43f5-b3af-d78c3f0585df/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/malicious_confidence_90%
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/4e8157b371ab0a9cd7eaba33a329ea684b22527a4a4e83e57c81e54847b837d9
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-01-26T18:55:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-26T19:42:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Qshell.gen Trojan.Win32.Qshell.sb Trojan.Win32.Injector.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan.Win32.Delf.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/4e8157b371ab0a9cd7eaba33a329ea684b22527a4a4e83e57c81e54847b837d9/results?tab=lookup
Verdict:
Suspicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/927c40c3-cdcb-41b7-b0e0-46e1936490c6
Score:
85%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/4e8157b371ab0a9cd7eaba33a329ea684b22527a4a4e83e57c81e54847b837d9
Gathering data
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/4e8157b371ab0a9cd7eaba33a329ea684b22527a4a4e83e57c81e54847b837d9/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.GCLEANER
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/4e8157b371ab0a9cd7eaba33a329ea684b22527a4a4e83e57c81e54847b837d9
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.Androm
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-26 21:56:19 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
52
AV detection:
24 of 38 (63.16%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=j2avpm3rvmfjzv7kxiz2gkpknbfseut2jjhihzl4qhsuqr5yg7mq._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
gcleaner
Create hunting rule
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Result
Malware family:
gcleaner
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gcleaner discovery loader
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260126-1te8raby8d/
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
GCleaner
Gcleaner family
Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
185.156.73.98
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
4e8157b371ab0a9cd7eaba33a329ea684b22527a4a4e83e57c81e54847b837d9
MD5 hash:
a8663c181a5d19364bfdb6385ea8cb4e
SHA1 hash:
0c259aa037a686f9698262242f0508947e41df26
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/ddc70a65-15b0-42fe-9dfd-6527952a8092/
SH256 hash:
799aca6ac2ac3b15e6f3f44240e62cf6d4408fc61674955e0e6329212df6e73c
MD5 hash:
a070ff0aa90e6ae0a455571ccb7ccae2
SHA1 hash:
3d0be44d0fc1531580b6cb26f8adced6db085928
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/ddc70a65-15b0-42fe-9dfd-6527952a8092/
Malware family:
GCleaner
Create hunting rule
Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/4e8157b371ab/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Suspicious File
Score:
0.46
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/4e8157b371ab0a9cd7eaba33a329ea684b22527a4a4e83e57c81e54847b837d9

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:BobSoftMiniDelphiBoBBobSoft
Create hunting rule
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:Borland
Create hunting rule
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:cobalt_strike_tmp01925d3f
Create hunting rule
Author:The DFIR Report
Description:files - file ~tmp01925d3f.exe
Reference:https://thedfirreport.com
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Create hunting rule
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Create hunting rule
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Create hunting rule
Rule name:shellcode
Create hunting rule
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:Suspicious_Process
Create hunting rule
Author:Security Research Team
Description:Suspicious process creation

File information

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Web download

GCleaner

Executable exe 4e8157b371ab0a9cd7eaba33a329ea684b22527a4a4e83e57c81e54847b837d9

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Amadey
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/50293/

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