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Database Entry

ConnectWise

Vendor detections: 8

Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	79809c5b10fb6ceedea815b6b28516c5a439037617c2f975322244928a731d72
SHA3-384 hash:	ee3661193c3ecffe8709f817859acecd3435b0fe63b515afde87c55a3eb68af9eb22377969bd0cc3643c0647da9baa03
SHA1 hash:	c74e9947cc76985bece4af0956515a87a9ed11d2
MD5 hash:	80a72d2484744c6e8fe83b66e0d304e3
humanhash:	grey-delaware-pluto-friend
File name:	ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
Download:	download sample
Signature	ConnectWise Create hunting rule
File size:	13'524'992 bytes
First seen:	2026-03-26 12:26:19 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	msi
MIME type:	application/x-msi
ssdeep	196608:6Hxcp9ym3nltDUJV9Hxcp9ym3QHxcp9ym30Hxcp9ym3UHxcp9ym39DHxcp9ym39A:IGplpWGp+GpSGpyGp9tGp9/Gp9r
TLSH	T108D623116BF89678F0F22A35E876A0B1A5377C525E22D12E2324791E2C75EC0C9B3777
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/4f905d99-4e49-454d-bb48-05bf982c08f9/

Gathering data

Verdict:

Clean

Score:

89.3%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=69c52631aacb4c376b143680

Tags:

n/a

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-debug base64 expand expired-cert installer installer lolbin packed rundll32

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/69c5262fe2df9aa488b8ecf4/reports/2e7a0ddb-1c29-45f5-afef-10d93ed2ab23/overview

Verdict:

Unknown

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/79809c5b10fb6ceedea815b6b28516c5a439037617c2f975322244928a731d72

Result

Verdict:

MALICIOUS

Link:

https://labs.inquest.net/dfi/sha256/79809c5b10fb6ceedea815b6b28516c5a439037617c2f975322244928a731d72

Details

Windows PE Executable

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

Gathering data

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/79809c5b10fb6ceedea815b6b28516c5a439037617c2f975322244928a731d72/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.CONNECTWISE

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/79809c5b10fb6ceedea815b6b28516c5a439037617c2f975322244928a731d72

Threat name:

ByteCode-MSIL.PUA.RAdminConnectWise

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-02-03 08:17:04 UTC

File Type:

Binary (Archive)

Extracted files:

175

AV detection:

10 of 36 (27.78%)

Threat level:

1/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=pgajywyq7nwo5xvicw3lfbiwywsdsa3wc7bps5jsejcjfcttdvza._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

7/10

Tags:

discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260326-pmywqsh19t/

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/79809c5b10fb6ceedea815b6b28516c5a439037617c2f975322244928a731d72

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