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Database Entry

ConnectWise

Vendor detections: 11

Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	54ac29cacfb5ecd1a452565cc6de977f68e3bc4e1928182ca1b0b82ccf192fba
SHA3-384 hash:	1004c02582fc328952f5028ee7b72bf21606ec31be24654c2b0241506b358a02d31332cfe8f4f1063343cf9af873045f
SHA1 hash:	92003f6a3b62e91542bfc62a502ef1b0e1f97eab
MD5 hash:	7fa4d552ac5b3ae865c5af809f6e6712
humanhash:	helium-aspen-london-single
File name:	ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
Download:	download sample
Signature	ConnectWise Create hunting rule
File size:	13'455'360 bytes
First seen:	2026-03-26 12:26:53 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	msi
MIME type:	application/x-msi
ssdeep	196608:GHxcp9ym3nltDUJVfHxcp9ym37Hxcp9ym3+Hxcp9ym3CHxcp9ym3fHxcp9ym3AHW:UGplpkGpFGpMGpQGppGpuGp1
Threatray	1'957 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH	T1DDD623116BF89678F0F22A35E876A0B1A5377D125E22D12E2324791E2C75EC0C9B3777
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

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/522b51d5-bbb1-4248-801e-5857ea605b13/

Gathering data

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

90.2%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=69c5263caacb4c376b14375a

Tags:

connectwise shellcode virus

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-debug anti-vm base64 CAB evasive expand expired-cert explorer fingerprint installer installer lolbin lolbin overlay packed packed privilege reconnaissance remoteadmin rundll32 stealer virus

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/69c5262b2346b9da57a8629a/reports/e391d803-7a29-482b-9756-8a7af3710f38/overview

Verdict:

Unknown

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/54ac29cacfb5ecd1a452565cc6de977f68e3bc4e1928182ca1b0b82ccf192fba

Result

Verdict:

MALICIOUS

Link:

https://labs.inquest.net/dfi/sha256/54ac29cacfb5ecd1a452565cc6de977f68e3bc4e1928182ca1b0b82ccf192fba

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:

2026-03-25T23:29:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-03-25T23:47:00Z UTC

Hits:

~10

Detections:

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

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/54ac29cacfb5ecd1a452565cc6de977f68e3bc4e1928182ca1b0b82ccf192fba/results?tab=lookup

Gathering data

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/54ac29cacfb5ecd1a452565cc6de977f68e3bc4e1928182ca1b0b82ccf192fba/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.SCREENCONNECT

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/54ac29cacfb5ecd1a452565cc6de977f68e3bc4e1928182ca1b0b82ccf192fba

Threat name:

ByteCode-MSIL.PUA.RAdminConnectWise

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-03-25 23:12:58 UTC

File Type:

Binary (Archive)

Extracted files:

176

AV detection:

10 of 37 (27.03%)

Threat level:

1/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=kswctswpwxwndjcskzomnxuxp5uohpcodeubqlfbwc4cztyzf65a._file

Verdict:

suspicious

Label(s):

admintool_screenconnect

ConnectWise

9904267669ed90e0972a2e9409b4e83c43f19a70dec33a1cf4e1fc8b1119269e

ConnectWise

9bb8e7b466dd8e068dee78cb714c1061c198698442c259b02aaf94b07aeed714

ConnectWise

a57bcb1a4cf3ae2944f663ecc755b4fcbe70e24f2bbef42b3633b45be39234dd

ConnectWise

d2859d74989e1dcd447b3c9799b5507aef69e3f7b3a38751b0a2c88ca124432a

ConnectWise

ddaba68dfac28852d3936c8ca86b9061d754e02bd20c15ab36504805f634b0be

ConnectWise

error

ConnectWise

f71e8c66a51b05bb87941d2ab45dde1b83d97c32bd6443b80d04e8df6e419d11

ConnectWise

f7db0fb97ee95b9f4a6175c66496bad6bed4ed5b0c2ad73c2ce27013e17b9dad

ConnectWise

+ 1'947 additional samples on MalwareBazaar

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

7/10

Tags:

discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260326-pmzg9sh19w/

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

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/54ac29cacfb5ecd1a452565cc6de977f68e3bc4e1928182ca1b0b82ccf192fba

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