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Database Entry



GCleaner


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ef8434880831d47bb37b066eadecd6f702eeea9ebabf05cd12df94024397dc1f
SHA3-384 hash: ecd53d80a2c32cd2d5a21ccb58eaf1859d956ecf9c3f5de2b61b02430020bd27e402c85f26be6a3e608a31c0162b5041
SHA1 hash: 0bbd1e0431be11360db29d1bd4c82cd4668dbe4e
MD5 hash: 3363371af3e5f5960c924990bac5a118
humanhash: failed-saturn-golf-four
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature GCleaner
File size:811'520 bytes
First seen:2026-01-28 17:52:07 UTC
Last seen:2026-02-05 15:55:09 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 421f57ebeade5946b16f0c3c541d2697 (21 x GCleaner)
ssdeep 12288:a9eONBtJzhKJd6EPXNQyxbLSoGZ87ig6zIQN5uG:wnzz04EGOzs8mrIQz
Threatray 2'322 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1F9058E22F171903BD2279B785C6F866F54267D152938986A37E93DCCCF367C2242728B
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 :
11
# of downloads :
129
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
_ef8434880831d47bb37b066eadecd6f702eeea9ebabf05cd12df94024397dc1f.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-01-28 17:52:30 UTC
Tags:
gcleaner loader autoit auto-startup stealc stealer vidar delphi reverseloader ta558 apt payload stegocampaign stego auto-reg api-base64 xor-url generic upx

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
cobalt delphi
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a window
Launching a process
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug base64 borland_delphi fingerprint installer-heuristic keylogger packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-01-28T14:57:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-30T06:22:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb HEUR:Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Dapato.gen Trojan.Win32.Qshell.sb Trojan.Win32.Injector.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan.Win32.Delf.sb
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.GCleaner
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-28 17:52:22 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
52
AV detection:
26 of 38 (68.42%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
gcleaner
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gcleaner discovery loader
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:
021b2757c6b5b7461bea15a721110567fcd26e839d794046ca32ac64068ec54a
MD5 hash:
f03158c197bdd5ceb5595ccdbf381906
SHA1 hash:
70a8416757469994651d633830c83e205bf2fd82
SH256 hash:
ef8434880831d47bb37b066eadecd6f702eeea9ebabf05cd12df94024397dc1f
MD5 hash:
3363371af3e5f5960c924990bac5a118
SHA1 hash:
0bbd1e0431be11360db29d1bd4c82cd4668dbe4e
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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

File information


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

Web download

GCleaner

Executable exe ef8434880831d47bb37b066eadecd6f702eeea9ebabf05cd12df94024397dc1f

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Amadey
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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