- First seen
- Last seen
THREAT SIGNALMedium-high
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Indicator overview
INDICATOR PROFILEEngine detections are elevated in this report. Review the reported confidence, classification and relationships alongside them.
- SHA256
ca52bcbcb7b63c288ec61a3af20b01f56caeb3eb26bd67674d2cdea6707bffc5- SHA1
10e6618f81b5516d18bc6a14da8b441ce5cdcca1- MD5
56cc1f5ed1bedd4e32d27c5c3ca1a4a3- Filename
- 434822739
- File type
- peexe
- MIME
- application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
- File size
- 2985984
- Compile time
- 2022-01-30T09:08:09Z
- PE platform
- x64 64-bit
- PE sections
- 6
Connected context
Key findings
OBSERVED EVIDENCEAnalysis takeaway
Elevated engine detections. Related indicators in this report: 8. Review the supporting evidence before taking action.
Detection signal
Malicious. Engine detections are elevated at 33%.
Confidence signal
VirusSign reports 100% confidence. Review this alongside engine detections and relationship evidence.
Analysis signals
OBSERVEDEngine detections33%
VirusSign confidence100%
Relationship context8 visible
Threat classificationexeheaderl
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Commonalities
RELATIONSHIP CONSTELLATION
No observations in this view
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FILEDOMAINIPURL
Visible connections
Related intelligence
Pivot across connected files and infrastructure with analysis signals and supporting context.
Parent files
Files that may have delivered, loaded, or executed this indicator.
1shown
33%
high
peexe
2985984 bytes
drops
Filename
434822739
Family
exeheaderl
Type
trojan
File type
peexe
MIME
application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
Dropped / child files
Files dropped, bundled, or created by the queried file.
2shown
33%
high
peexe
2985984 bytes
drops
Filename
434822739
Family
exeheaderl
Type
trojan
File type
peexe
MIME
application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
0%
ini
26 bytes
drops
Filename
turbotax 2025 installer.exe:Zone.Identifier
File type
ini
MIME
text/plain
Size
26
SHA1
6693ba299ec1881249d59262276a0d2cb21f8e64
Related IPs
Network IPs associated with this indicator.
3shown
0%
US
communicates
CIDR
172.67.128.0/17
Network
172.64.0.0-172.71.255.255
First seen
2023-09-30T01:59:27Z
Last seen
2026-11-11T05:03:00Z
0%
US
communicates
CIDR
104.21.0.0/17
Network
104.16.0.0-104.31.255.255
First seen
2023-09-30T12:15:56Z
Last seen
2026-11-11T05:03:00Z
0%
US
communicates
CIDR
162.159.0.0/18
Network
162.158.0.0-162.159.255.255
First seen
2023-09-30T16:06:22Z
Last seen
2026-11-11T11:21:54Z
Related domains
Domains associated with this indicator.
2shown
35%
high
.club
communicates
Root
grovewest89.club
TLD
club
Subdomain
queue
First seen
2026-09-24T02:53:23Z
Last seen
2026-11-11T05:03:00Z
26%
high
.club
communicates
Root
grovewest89.club
TLD
club
First seen
2026-09-22T04:43:22Z
Last seen
2026-11-09T15:00:40Z
Analysis details
Severity: hightrojan64bitexeself-deleteobfuscated
Freshness: Aging · Last seen 34 days ago.
- Detection rate
- 33%
- Threat type
- trojan
- Family
- exeheaderl
- Confidence
- 100%
- detection
- 33 · Engine detection rate; color may also reflect VirusSign confidence.
Overview
- SHA256
ca52bcbcb7b63c288ec61a3af20b01f56caeb3eb26bd67674d2cdea6707bffc5- SHA1
10e6618f81b5516d18bc6a14da8b441ce5cdcca1- MD5
56cc1f5ed1bedd4e32d27c5c3ca1a4a3- Filename
- 434822739
- File type
- peexe
- MIME
- application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
- File size
- 2985984
- Compile time
- 2022-01-30T09:08:09Z
- PE platform
- x64 64-bit
- PE sections
- 6
- Import libraries
- 5
- TLSH
T139D52399BEB30975C436C3728FA2E46EB1297B8187340E53B7CDAA008D53954AC7677C- SSDEEP
49152:NXZjaQVXdmccKGR7kLwNeIEM8rbxBI/biW35fpE9BzBn5x2ySV9TzsYgAeE8lmLK:5VaatmcjGRALTIzGfIDT35fwzBnPSV92- Imphash
a6696f6a922ae4f043762842d701e341- First seen
- 2026-10-05T21:14:41Z
- Last seen
- 2026-10-07T16:51:06Z
- Filename variants
- 3 reported
Key findings
A focused interpretation of the evidence, relationships and observation history that matter most.
Analysis takeaway
Elevated engine detections. Related indicators in this report: 8. Review the supporting evidence before taking action.
Detection signal
Malicious. Engine detections are elevated at 33%.
Confidence signal
VirusSign reports 100% confidence. Review this alongside engine detections and relationship evidence.
Threat context
Classification includes type trojan and family exeheaderl.
Relationship context
8 related indicators are shown across 4 relationship group(s).
Observation timeline
7 timestamped observations are arranged from 2020-03-09 to 2026-09-24. These are observation or metadata times, not execution order.
Why this verdict
Review the reported detections, analysis confidence and supporting context.
Engine detections are elevated in this report. Review the reported confidence, classification and relationships alongside them.
Reported engine detection rate, not the probability that this indicator is malicious.
VirusSign analysis confidence; separate from detection rate and actor-association confidence.
4 relationship group(s) provide pivot and infrastructure context.
Classification context: type trojan, family exeheaderl.
Last seen 34 days ago.
Signals reflect the intelligence returned in this report. Missing values mean not reported, not zero. Related indicators are investigation leads, not proof of shared malicious activity.
File profile
summarySelected file intelligence summary.
- Filename
- 434822739
- File type
- peexe
- MIME
- application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
- Size
- 2985984
- Compile time
- 2022-01-30T09:08:09Z
- PE platform
- x64 64-bit
- Entry point
- 4452650
- Sections
- 6
Observed behavior
selected detailsSelected behavioral observations and reported framework mappings.
View details · 5 shown
- A process created a hidden window
- Authenticode signature is invalid
- Checks system language via registry key (possible geofencing)
- Classification label
- Creates / moves files in alternative data streams (ADS)
5 shown
View MITRE ATT&CK details · 5 shown
- T1564.003 — A process created a hidden windowTactics: TA0005
- T1036 · T1553.002 — Authenticode signature is invalidTactics: TA0005 · TA0112
- T1547.001 — Creates an undocumented autostart registry keyTactics: TA0003 · TA0004
- T1564.004 — Creates files in alternative data streams (ADS)Tactics: TA0005
- T1036 — Creates files inside the user directoryTactics: TA0005
5 shown
View MBC details · 5 shown
- Anti-Behavioral AnalysisObjectives: OB0001
- Anti-Static AnalysisObjectives: OB0002
- CommunicationObjectives: OC0006
- B0002 — Debugger EvasionObjectives: OB0001
- Defense EvasionObjectives: OB0006
5 shown
Network activity
selected detailsSelected observations and details. Additional structured data are available through API and data access.
Network activity2
TCP, UDPports 443, 53
- 2 outbound connections observed
- 0 domains, 2 IPs, 0 URLs
- Common ports: 443, 53
- Protocols: TCP, UDP
View details · 2 shown
- IP
- 162.159.36.2
- Port
- 53
- Protocol
- UDP
- IP
- 104.21.41.59
- Port
- 443
- Protocol
- TCP
DNS request activity1
A2 response IPs
- 1 DNS requests observed
- 1 unique queries
- 2 response IPs
- Query types: A
- Response codes: NOERROR
View details · 1 shown
- Query
- queue.grovewest89.club
- Type
- A
- Answers
- 104.21.41.59, 172.67.189.119
- Response
- NOERROR
C2 candidates1
DNSports 53
- 1 C2 candidate communications
- 1 domains, 1 IPs
- Common ports: 53
- Protocols: DNS
View details · 1 shown
- IP
- 104.21.41.59
- Domain
- queue.grovewest89.club
- Port
- 53
- Protocol
- DNS
File structure
selected detailsSelected observations and details. Additional structured data are available through API and data access.
PE header1
platform x64 64-bit5+ sections
- Platform: x64 64-bit
- Sections: 5+
- Entry point: present
- Compile time: 2022-01-30T09:08:09Z
View details · 1 shown
- Platform
- x64 64-bit
- Entry point
- 4452650
- Sections
- 6
- Compile time
- 2022-01-30T09:08:09Z
PE sections5+
5+ sections
- 5+ PE sections
- Common permissions: rx, rw, r
- 5+ unique section names
View details · 5 shown
- Name
- .text
- Virtual address
- 4096
- Virtual size
- 46416
- Raw size
- 0
- Permissions
- rx
- Entropy
- 0.0
- Name
- .rdata
- Virtual address
- 53248
- Virtual size
- 4218
- Raw size
- 0
- Permissions
- r
- Entropy
- 0.0
- Name
- .data
- Virtual address
- 61440
- Virtual size
- 6432
- Raw size
- 0
- Permissions
- rw
- Entropy
- 0.0
- Name
- .~4\
- Virtual address
- 69632
- Virtual size
- 1795326
- Raw size
- 0
- Permissions
- rx
- Entropy
- 0.0
- Name
- .kov
- Virtual address
- 1867776
- Virtual size
- 136
- Raw size
- 512
- Permissions
- rw
- Entropy
- 0.37
5 shown
Imports5
5 DLL groups
- 5 import DLL groups
- 5 imported functions summarized
View details · 5 shown
- Library
- KERNEL32.dll
- Functions
- CompareStringW
- Library
- USER32.dll
- Functions
- IsWindowEnabled
- Library
- SHELL32.dll
- Functions
- ExtractIconExW
- Library
- GDI32.dll
- Functions
- GetObjectW
- Library
- ole32.dll
- Functions
- CoCreateGuid