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Suspicious

Unsigned ZIP with process-injection behaviour but zero engine detections and established prevalence.

Trust score55Caution
EA DLC Unlocker v2.zip
244.4 KB
05b2bbe10e1712e8c0…092839154a
Antivirus engines
0 of 76 flagged
Code signing
Unsigned
Age
First seen 8mo ago
MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

The MT AI Engine weighs every signal from this scan — antivirus detections, sandbox behaviour, code signing, prevalence and historical matches — to reach a single, evidence-based verdict.

65%Confidence
High
Reasoning

All 69 reporting engines returned clean, including 17 tier-1 engines. The sandbox captured three offensive MITRE techniques and triggered a high-severity process-injection heuristic when rundll32 loaded the extracted version.dll payloads. No dropped child received a malicious verdict, no malicious hosts were contacted, and external intelligence feeds returned no hits. The file is unsigned and carries a portable-game-mod filename pattern that has circulated for 245 days across 179 submitters. These factors produce conflicting indicators that prevent a definitive safe or malicious classification.

Key signals · 5

Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.

  1. engines.malicious=0 and engines.tier1Malicious=0 across 69 reporting engines

  2. triggeredHeuristics[0].rule=MalwareTips.Synth.ProcessInjection with evidence of rundll32 loading version.dll

  3. prevalence.classification=common_old with 179 unique submitters

  4. signing.verified=false and signing.signerStats.found=false

  5. droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false and behaviour.hasMaliciousSandboxVerdict=false

Points in its favour
  • Zero engine detections including all tier-1 engines
  • No malicious dropped children
  • No contacted malicious hosts
  • Established prevalence over 245 days
Points against
  • Unsigned archive
  • Process injection via rundll32
  • Offensive MITRE techniques observed in sandbox
Recommended action

Treat as a high-risk game-mod utility. Do not execute without strong isolation and updated endpoint protection.

What this file does

What it attempted when executed in an isolated sandbox

  • High concern: Hides inside another running program to evade antivirus.

  • High concern: Installs itself as a Windows service to stay running.

  • High concern: Tries to disable or bypass your security software.

  • Moderate concern: Scans through your files and folders.

  • Moderate concern: Checks whether it's being watched in a sandbox before acting.

  • Moderate concern: Checks which security software you have installed.

  • Note: Collects details about your system.

Translated from the file's technical behaviour during analysis. It never ran on your device.

What to do now

We couldn't fully clear this file. Treat it with caution.

  1. Don't run it unless you're certain it came from a source you trust.

  2. Check where you got it — an email attachment or a random download link is a red flag.

  3. If you're unsure, delete it. You can always re-download a clean copy from the official source.

  4. If you're still unsure, scan it again in a day or two — detections often catch up on newer files.

Runtime behaviour

What this file did when executed

This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.

MITRE ATT&CK
10

Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

T1055· Process injectionT1064T1082· System reconT1083· Scans your filesT1202T1497· Sandbox evasionT1518.001· Checks your AVT1543.002· Service installT1562.001· Disables securityT1564.001· Hides artifacts
Spawned processes
15
$(unnamed)
"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c "cd ^"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp^" && start /wait ^"^" ^"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\EA DLC Unlocker v2/setup.bat^"
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /K "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\EA DLC Unlocker v2/setup.bat
$(unnamed)
"C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\EA DLC Unlocker v2/ea_app/version.dll",#1
$(unnamed)
"C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\EA DLC Unlocker v2/origin/version.dll",#1
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\unarchiver.exe "C:\Windows\SysWow64\unarchiver.exe" "C:\Users\user\Desktop\EA DLC Unlocker v2.zip"
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\7za.exe "C:\Windows\System32\7za.exe" x -pinfected -y -o"C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\l1syh0bs.v1y" "C:\Users\user\Desktop\EA DLC Unlocker v2.zip"
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1
$(unnamed)
/usr/bin/exo-open exo-open "/tmp/EA DLC Unlocker v2.zip"
+7 more processes captured.
Filesystem & mutexes
15
Files written15
  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\l1syh0bs.v1y
  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\l1syh0bs.v1y\EA DLC Unlocker v2
  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\l1syh0bs.v1y\EA DLC Unlocker v2\config.ini
  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\l1syh0bs.v1y\EA DLC Unlocker v2\ea_app
  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\l1syh0bs.v1y\EA DLC Unlocker v2\ea_app\version.dll
+10 more
Dropped payload

Files this sample writes at runtime

This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.

10 unseen
  • e305b8a3399785fb4393…cdd990Never scanned
    never seen before
  • 9d8c40b6fc7ef261f0b8…4b1a90Never scanned
    never seen before
  • cf784476719a93e3fb84…0d2b83Never scanned
    never seen before
  • 87df6f4f1c246e0e5d43…215052Never scanned
    never seen before
  • 070ac609263921f4c910…2c0b89Never scanned
    never seen before
  • cfbe14fc02f08a2b941d…8945faNever scanned
    never seen before
  • 06c8f383e8383c4b1736…e84c02Never scanned
    never seen before
  • be0bc0d25735d3e3c9e8…c3edfaNever scanned
    never seen before
  • b6b4797b1ce41e14b7c3…f1b1f6Never scanned
    never seen before
  • f66f3e8899c43a8433af…3e60d6Never scanned
    never seen before
No researcher-database hits
External threat-intel sources were not collected for this scan.
Signature matches

YARA & heuristic rule matches

A researcher-curated or high-severity heuristic rule matched this sample. These rules target specific malware families and are near-definitive.

1 synthesis
MITRE ATT&CK profile
Defense evasion× 1
MalwareTips synthesis rules
Our own detection rules, applied to the scan data and sandbox behaviour
  • ProcessInjection
    T1055
    high

    MITRE T1055 (Process Injection) observed — CreateRemoteThread / APC / reflective-DLL injection. The payload is being smuggled into a legitimate process to bypass AV hooks.

    Evidence
    "C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\EA DLC Unlocker v2/ea_app/version.dll",#1
Antivirus engine breakdown

0 detections across 76 engines

0 malicious0 suspicious76 clean
Tier-117 engines
0flag
Top commercial AVs (low FP rate)
Tier-241 engines
0flag
Mainstream engines with mixed FP rates
Low-trust18 engines
0flag
Heuristic / generic-AI engines (high FP rate)
All 76 engines report this file as clean.
Hash 05b2bbe10e17… cross-referenced against 76 AV engines via our AV network.
Prevalence

How widely this file has been seen

Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.

Common & old
Unique uploaders
179
Hundreds of people have uploaded this — common.
Total submissions
200
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen
8mo ago
Nov 13, 2025
Prevalence quadrant
Rare · New
Targeted malware lives here
Common · New
Just-released software
Rare · Old
Niche or internal tooling
here
Common · Old
Trusted legitimate binaries
File identity

Forensic fingerprint

File biography
First seen (VT)
11/13/2025, 10:59:08 PM
First seen (MalwareBazaar)
—
Last analysis (VT)
4/15/2026, 11:25:14 AM
Scanned here
7/17/2026, 6:34:06 AM
File name
EA DLC Unlocker v2.zip
Size
244.4 KB
MIME type
(unknown)
Detected type
ZIP
SHA-256
05b2bbe10e1712e8c01e46de31bf3b51e3da928faecca7db6822e2092839154a
MD5
abd1a1600d7f5252177becfaec6a1659
SHA-1
ae4d9df05b91955c9b91c3a09d754e4f56368a5e
First seen (VT)
11/13/2025, 10:59:08 PM
Last analysis (VT)
4/15/2026, 11:25:14 AM
First scan (MalwareTips)
7/17/2026, 6:34:06 AM
Last scan (MalwareTips)
7/17/2026, 6:34:06 AM
Behavior tags
detect-debug-environmentsets-process-namecontains-peziplong-sleeps
Frequently asked

Safety FAQ

Common questions about EA DLC Unlocker v2.zip, answered from the scan data above.

  • EA DLC Unlocker v2.zip is suspicious — treat it as unsafe until you're sure. 0 of 76 antivirus engines flag it, which isn't a strong consensus but is enough to be cautious. Don't opened or extracted it unless you fully trust where it came from, and prefer downloading the software fresh from its official site.
  • EA DLC Unlocker v2.zip is a compressed archive, about 244 KB. We identify a file by its cryptographic hash rather than its name, because the same filename can be reused by completely different files — the hash below is the reliable fingerprint.
  • None — all 76 antivirus engines we queried report EA DLC Unlocker v2.zip as clean. That's reassuring, though brand-new malware can briefly evade detection before vendors add signatures, so we also weigh the file's behaviour and reputation.
  • Act quickly. 1) Disconnect the device from the internet to stop the malware communicating or spreading. 2) Run a full scan with reputable anti-malware software (such as Malwarebytes) and quarantine everything it finds. 3) Change your important passwords from a DIFFERENT, clean device — many threats log keystrokes or steal saved credentials. 4) If you bank or shop on this device, watch closely for fraud and alert your bank. 5) For a confirmed infection, the most reliable fix is to back up your personal files and reinstall the operating system for a clean start.
  • To remove EA DLC Unlocker v2.zip: 1) restart into Safe Mode (Safe Mode with Networking if you need to download a tool) so the malware doesn't auto-start. 2) Run a full scan with reputable anti-malware software and let it quarantine or delete the detections. 3) Delete the original EA DLC Unlocker v2.zip file and empty the Recycle Bin/Trash. 4) Check your browser extensions, startup items, and scheduled tasks for anything unfamiliar. 5) Reboot and scan again to confirm it's gone. If detections keep coming back, a clean operating-system reinstall is the most dependable cure.
  • The SHA-256 hash of EA DLC Unlocker v2.zip is 05b2bbe10e1712e8c01e46de31bf3b51e3da928faecca7db6822e2092839154a, and its MD5 is abd1a1600d7f5252177becfaec6a1659. This hash is the file's unique fingerprint — two files with the same SHA-256 are identical. Use it to confirm you're looking at exactly this file (not just one with the same name) when comparing against antivirus databases or a download's published checksum.
  • This report reflects the scan run on July 17, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of EA DLC Unlocker v2.zip is fixed — but antivirus coverage improves over time, so a file that looks clean today can pick up detections later (and vice-versa). If you need the latest picture, MalwareTips staff can re-run the analysis from scratch.
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