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Database Entry



HijackLoader


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ef56d1386af7c97a5cd0b70c261de7e87f6c00894e3f30856adfc750a7b73b3b
SHA3-384 hash: 7cc8c5b9b0194a25f6bd9af2f4a7a7b2ebc25b6b8bfc978c75ee8e3f98b7def10605c352cbab091d4ca5373baf8fec75
SHA1 hash: e0d61ce862f8bcfde7643cd1230bb14441516fb5
MD5 hash: 72990e94e0316066e2fc625b64fa0626
humanhash: low-alaska-hot-delta
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature HijackLoader
File size:11'746'006 bytes
First seen:2026-07-27 16:32:56 UTC
Last seen:2026-07-27 20:27:18 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 20dd26497880c05caed9305b3c8b9109 (31 x Adware.Auslogics, 31 x HijackLoader, 5 x Adware.IObit)
ssdeep 196608:b7q9w+gxmrUDCmTUH9UCwkuHxqWxzjpBgjzgmcK7gkmP2sZ9ZObwWa6zXUOd:y9wTmIjm1wkuRqWxxOzA6g52sgblzXUi
TLSH T126C6331BA79B8E75E16AA435556AC022DE1B3C652DF27045BDF5E9CF0A30388B03D3B1
TrID 72.8% (.EXE) Inno Setup installer (107240/4/30)
9.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Delphi generic (14182/79/4)
4.4% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
3.0% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon b298acbab2ca7a72 (2'335 x GCleaner, 1'826 x Socks5Systemz, 67 x RedLineStealer)
Reporter Bitsight
Tags:54e64e dropped-by-amadey exe HIjackLoader


Avatar
Bitsight
url: http://91.92.242.236/files-129312398/files/file_73ed34a7752ecb3a.exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
5
# of downloads :
167
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Creating a window
Creating a process from a recently created file
Сreating synchronization primitives
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file
Deleting a recently created file
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug captcha embarcadero_delphi evasive expired-cert fingerprint inno installer installer installer-heuristic obfuscated packed reconnaissance
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-07-27T14:48:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-28T13:18:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-07-27 17:21:57 UTC
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery installer
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications.
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ef56d1386af7c97a5cd0b70c261de7e87f6c00894e3f30856adfc750a7b73b3b
MD5 hash:
72990e94e0316066e2fc625b64fa0626
SHA1 hash:
e0d61ce862f8bcfde7643cd1230bb14441516fb5
SH256 hash:
388a796580234efc95f3b1c70ad4cb44bfddc7ba0f9203bf4902b9929b136f95
MD5 hash:
e4211d6d009757c078a9fac7ff4f03d4
SHA1 hash:
019cd56ba687d39d12d4b13991c9a42ea6ba03da
SH256 hash:
44b8e6a310564338968158a1ed88c8535dece20acb06c5e22d87953c261dfed0
MD5 hash:
9c8886759e736d3f27674e0fff63d40a
SHA1 hash:
ceff6a7b106c3262d9e8496d2ab319821b100541
SH256 hash:
8f0beb5863d190b7b2cfe7f506f3b721ab6b9e892337a133364f2ba710931b25
MD5 hash:
be3cc5717f5951662adb399d613f20cc
SHA1 hash:
f776bc4344ad59fbd6950d24d3aa6dddb3df215a
SH256 hash:
2778ff19750b93f7980db2bf3fad95c72805e2ec326d39e939c745e791d3f34b
MD5 hash:
a8730cfc0478de4cad94e8e190bd40b5
SHA1 hash:
af52aa51b5df3fe765ad4d8e97027510a2cce011
Malware family:
HijackLoader
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Borland
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:shellcode
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

HijackLoader

Executable exe ef56d1386af7c97a5cd0b70c261de7e87f6c00894e3f30856adfc750a7b73b3b

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Amadey
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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