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Database Entry

ConnectWise

Vendor detections: 9

Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	a44596d3be667dea9150d40d5ba4de6eb05f9624b39f8fcddacec6c9b1412004
SHA3-384 hash:	7a7c6fcc601349f481b1e779dfd7efa489867a91e1a3808a5ed619ec5d09ec32bca4750fe365c595b769b628359f0369
SHA1 hash:	e09f41f7a59e382714798b6c246aec5f5fe549d6
MD5 hash:	f277a3aa0d394e65a2b5a4c49c6e52d5
humanhash:	venus-grey-diet-south
File name:	ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
Download:	download sample
Signature	ConnectWise Create hunting rule
File size:	13'438'976 bytes
First seen:	2026-02-22 14:03:05 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	msi
MIME type:	application/x-msi
ssdeep	196608:yHxcp9ym3nltDUJVFHxcp9ym3oHxcp9ym3RHxcp9ym3XHxcp9ym3HHxcp9ym3aHH:AGplpmGp2GpDGpBGpxGpoGp4
Threatray	2'074 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH	T15CD623116BF89678F0F22A35E876A0B1A5377D125E22D12E2324791E2C75EC0C9B3777
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/6745c62e-5160-4b0f-ae6e-41b389a17326/

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/54061/

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

90.2%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=699b0cce8fffa866e3b088a2

Tags:

connectwise shellcode virus msil

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/699b0ccb91ad9169e5333828/reports/cc5f1df6-ab05-4dcc-847f-61106394cc97/overview

Verdict:

Unknown

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/a44596d3be667dea9150d40d5ba4de6eb05f9624b39f8fcddacec6c9b1412004

Result

Verdict:

MALICIOUS

Link:

https://labs.inquest.net/dfi/sha256/a44596d3be667dea9150d40d5ba4de6eb05f9624b39f8fcddacec6c9b1412004

Details

Windows PE Executable

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

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

4 match(es)

Tags:

.Net CAB:COMPRESSION:LZX CAB:COMPRESSION:NONE Executable Managed .NET Office Document PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.21 SOS: 0.24 SOS: 0.25 SOS: 0.26 SOS: 0.27 SOS: 0.31 SOS: 0.32 SOS: 0.36 SOS: 0.39

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/f277a3aa0d394e65a2b5a4c49c6e52d5

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/a44596d3be667dea9150d40d5ba4de6eb05f9624b39f8fcddacec6c9b1412004/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.CONNECTWISE

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/a44596d3be667dea9150d40d5ba4de6eb05f9624b39f8fcddacec6c9b1412004

Threat name:

ByteCode-MSIL.PUA.RAdminConnectWise

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-02-20 04:58:27 UTC

AV detection:

8 of 38 (21.05%)

Threat level:

1/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=urcznu56mz66vekq2qgvxjg6n2yf7frewopy7to2z3dmtmkbeaca._file

Verdict:

suspicious

Label(s):

admintool_screenconnect

ConnectWise

38ca5502ef30e39e5fe5ba65869f742f62991264ab92f70d3fcefc7a13635bdc

ConnectWise

4990164c8296288b93e66901737c1840b43a71adc06ad0ab8ab2bb50aaad22a8

ConnectWise

64adb568ceb1d4abb36113bde0ca9bffa423be366262f8a4ec75b1e23aef50ad

ConnectWise

64ca91a2446a8e567b24deea926bbdb34fd2dda221577787bbb62d07cbf0272d

ConnectWise

d19dbc6b0c0792df8f420c14ef25130052a81d481d38340a40194862ff0095cd

ConnectWise

error

ConnectWise

f28a060cd841574451960ddc5f2a706526597e361b1a7eb86245488aaa431014

ConnectWise

+ 2'064 additional samples on MalwareBazaar

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

7/10

Tags:

discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260222-rc2wrafv5a/

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