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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 23 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ffcee98683cf69d52232ceb890a778ec958b861509bdc55561ffe6b0a421afa8
SHA3-384 hash: 3ff9f759ae6b6a50a896fd01b52147e6eb94fd90827bdc15b1960327280788f764a153587c7e995eee5d913552fd5a43
SHA1 hash: 0287ea8f7d92ba0d90b99a54063377f6c6fbdd0b
MD5 hash: cc20cd1d42b382cc1642be185509416b
humanhash: pennsylvania-sierra-oven-florida
File name:7_Day_Healthy_Meal_Plan.scr
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:32'096'768 bytes
First seen:2026-05-20 11:13:00 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f68c1f0fa796f987aa05cf8743ba5f46 (1 x QuasarRAT)
ssdeep 393216:DlxEPELVyb06SODfCEdSV0vdLpUi70+7v/YqGRWY06UlyK1GyAhrQthiKsdqeO:RxQ9jJv/Ytj06+W/hNKs
TLSH T17967AE49A3B500E8E477D078C55A5507E3723C1E0370A7EB0AE4BA661F37BD65A3AF21
TrID 48.4% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
19.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
14.7% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.9% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
5.8% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 68d8d8c8d9a9c1d9 (96 x SnakeKeylogger, 75 x RemcosRAT, 69 x Formbook)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe QuasarRAT upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 437461c3abc56cf90c1d460bb18e8420e077d0a36d16e3fa9ab7d22c324183df
File size (compressed) :11'129'856 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :32'096'768 bytes
Format:win64/pe
Packed file: 437461c3abc56cf90c1d460bb18e8420e077d0a36d16e3fa9ab7d22c324183df

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
132
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Suspicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-05-20 11:15:24 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Tags:
shellcode vmdetect virus
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Creating a file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a window
Sending a custom TCP request
Searching for synchronization primitives
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm crypto fingerprint installer-heuristic masquerade microsoft_visual_cc overlay packed packed reconnaissance
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-05-13T23:58:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-20T18:44:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Pdfer.sba Trojan.Win32.Dedok.sb Trojan.Win64.DLLhijack.eei Trojan.Win64.DllHijack.sb
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Creates files in the system32 config directory
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Icon mismatch, binary includes an icon from a different legit application in order to fool users
Installs a global keyboard hook
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Modifies the windows firewall
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries memory information (via WMI often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive disk information (via WMI, Win32_DiskDrive, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive physical memory information (via WMI, Win32_PhysicalMemory, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive sound device information (via WMI, Win32_SoundDevice, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sample is not signed and drops a device driver
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses ipconfig to lookup or modify the Windows network settings
Uses netsh to modify the Windows network and firewall settings
Yara detected Quasar RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1916282 Sample: 7_Day_Healthy_Meal_Plan.scr.exe Startdate: 20/05/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 74 ws.asklink.com 2->74 76 ipwho.is 2->76 78 api.asklink.com 2->78 92 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->92 94 Found malware configuration 2->94 96 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->96 98 6 other signatures 2->98 9 7_Day_Healthy_Meal_Plan.scr.exe 3 86 2->9         started        13 AskLink.exe 2->13         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 60 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\devcon.exe, PE32+ 9->60 dropped 62 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\AskLinkHidKmdf.sys, PE32+ 9->62 dropped 64 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\AskLinkHid.sys, PE32+ 9->64 dropped 66 11 other files (10 malicious) 9->66 dropped 100 Sample is not signed and drops a device driver 9->100 16 AskLink.exe 15 32 9->16         started        20 Acrobat.exe 20 59 9->20         started        82 172.66.175.107 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 13->82 102 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 13->102 104 Installs a global keyboard hook 13->104 22 cmd.exe 13->22         started        24 cmd.exe 13->24         started        26 cmd.exe 13->26         started        28 5 other processes 13->28 file6 signatures7 process8 dnsIp9 68 103.45.66.52, 1082, 49704 CTGSERVERLIMITED-AS-APCTGServerLimitedHK Hong Kong SAR China 16->68 70 8.8.4.4 GOOGLE-GoogleLLCUS United States 16->70 72 4 other IPs or domains 16->72 84 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 16->84 86 Queries sensitive sound device information (via WMI, Win32_SoundDevice, often done to detect virtual machines) 16->86 88 Queries sensitive physical memory information (via WMI, Win32_PhysicalMemory, often done to detect virtual machines) 16->88 90 6 other signatures 16->90 30 cmd.exe 16->30         started        33 AcroCEF.exe 85 20->33         started        35 netsh.exe 22->35         started        37 conhost.exe 22->37         started        39 conhost.exe 24->39         started        41 netsh.exe 24->41         started        43 conhost.exe 26->43         started        45 netsh.exe 26->45         started        47 8 other processes 28->47 signatures10 process11 signatures12 106 Uses netsh to modify the Windows network and firewall settings 30->106 108 Uses ipconfig to lookup or modify the Windows network settings 30->108 49 conhost.exe 30->49         started        51 chcp.com 30->51         started        53 ipconfig.exe 30->53         started        58 2 other processes 30->58 55 AcroCEF.exe 33->55         started        110 Creates files in the system32 config directory 35->110 process13 dnsIp14 80 23.62.10.182, 443, 49702 AKAMAI-AS-AkamaiTechnologiesIncUS United States 55->80
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-05-14 03:44:04 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
57
AV detection:
22 of 36 (61.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar defense_evasion discovery persistence privilege_escalation spyware trojan
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Gathers network information
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System policy modification
Browser Information Discovery
Enumerates physical storage devices
Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
System Time Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Modifies Windows Firewall
Family: Quasar RAT
Quasar payload
Malware family:
QuasarRAT
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__ConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:dgaaga
Author:Harshit
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell or registry activity
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:Indicator_MiniDumpWriteDump
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects PE files and PowerShell scripts that use MiniDumpWriteDump either through direct imports or string references
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:skip20_sqllang_hook
Author:Mathieu Tartare <mathieu.tartare@eset.com>
Description:YARA rule to detect if a sqllang.dll version is targeted by skip-2.0. Each byte pattern corresponds to a function hooked by skip-2.0. If $1_0 or $1_1 match, it is probably targeted as it corresponds to the hook responsible for bypassing the authentication.
Reference:https://www.welivesecurity.com/
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques
Rule name:WHIRLPOOL_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for WhirlPool constants

File information


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QuasarRAT

Executable exe ffcee98683cf69d52232ceb890a778ec958b861509bdc55561ffe6b0a421afa8

(this sample)

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