File verdict·Decided by the MT AI Engine
Our call

Malicious

9 tier-1 engines agree on Trojan.Tedy/Kepavll; process injection and hollowing techniques confirm malware intent.

Trojan.Tedy / Kepavll (xmrig variant)
Trust score8Critical
MT AI confidence · 94%
SimpleM_[unknowncheats.me]_.exe
1.5 MB
70cc1bf36efc6204abf298f1b384
Antivirus engines
38 of 75 flagged
Code signing
Unsigned
Age
First seen 3mo ago
MT AI Engine · our arbiter

The verdict, reasoned out.

Not a rules engine. The MT AI Engine reads every signal we collected, weighs them against history, and commits to an answer.

94%Confidence
Very high
Reasoning

This file exhibits strong malicious indicators across multiple dimensions. Nine tier-1 antivirus engines converge on the Trojan.Tedy/Kepavll family, establishing high-confidence consensus. The 62% detection rate (38/61 engines) spans tier-1, tier-2, and low-trust vendors, ruling out isolated heuristic false positives. Behavioural analysis reveals offensive MITRE techniques: process injection (T1055.003) and process hollowing (T1134) are evasion tactics used exclusively by malware to bypass security hooks. The triggered heuristic 'MalwareTips.Synth.ProcessInjection' confirms the injection pattern at high severity. The file is unsigned with no signer history, removing a trust signal. Community researchers independently classify the sample as malware across Hatching Triage, FileScan, and MWDB, with threat scores of 10/10. The medium prevalence (126 submitters, 131 submissions) indicates established distribution rather than a rare false positive.

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.tier1Malicious=9 (Avira, BitDefender, Emsisoft, Fortinet, GData, Ikarus, Microsoft, Sophos, Symantec) with tier1FamilyConsensus.strong=true on 'variant' family

  2. engines.malicious=38/61 (62% detection rate); onlyLowTrustFlagging=false — consensus spans tier-1 and tier-2 engines

  3. behaviour.offensiveTechniques=[T1055.003 Process Injection, T1134 Process Hollowing, T1620]; triggeredHeuristics 'MalwareTips.Synth.ProcessInjection' fired (high severity)

  4. signing.verified=false, unsigned executable with no signer history; prevalence.classification='medium' (126 submitters, 131 submissions)

  5. communityComments consensus: '#xmrig', '#malware', '#stealer', '#trojan'; independent analyses (Hatching Triage, FileScan, jaffacakes118, MWDB) corroborate malicious classification; Threat Score 10/10

Points in its favour
  • No malicious sandbox verdict recorded (though process injection is designed to evade sandbox detection)
  • No malicious contacted hosts in our URL cache (though behaviour shows process injection into legitimate processes)
  • No dropped malicious children recorded (process injection is the attack vector itself)
Points against
  • 9 tier-1 antivirus engines agree on Trojan.Tedy/Kepavll family classification
  • Process injection (T1055.003) and process hollowing (T1134) techniques confirm evasion intent
  • 62% detection rate (38/61 engines) across tier-1, tier-2, and low-trust vendors
  • Unsigned executable with no publisher history or signer reputation
  • Medium prevalence (126 submitters, 131 submissions) indicates established malware distribution
  • Community researchers independently corroborate malicious classification across multiple platforms
What to do

Remove this file immediately and do not execute it. Scan your system with updated antivirus software to detect and remove any instances. Review system logs for signs of process injection or unusual process activity, and check the source of the download for other potentially compromised files.

Threat family attribution

tedy corroborated by 2 sources

  • VT (75 engines)
    tedy
  • MT AI Engine
    Trojan.Tedy / Kepavll (xmrig variant)
Runtime behaviour

What this file did when executed

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

MITRE ATT&CK
18

Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

T1010T1027T1027.002T1027.005T1055.003T1056.001T1057T1059T1071T1082T1083T1115T1129T1134T1518T1614T1614.001T1620
Spawned processes
3
$(unnamed)
"C:\Users\user\Desktop\SimpleM_[unknowncheats.me]_.exe"
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthService.exe C:\Windows\system32\SecurityHealthService.exe
Filesystem & mutexes
6
Files written2
  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Security Health\Logs
  • \Device\ConDrv\\Connect
Mutexes created4
  • \BaseNamedObjects\Local\SM0:6380:304:WilStaging_02
  • \BaseNamedObjects\Local\SM0:6380:120:WilError_03
  • \BaseNamedObjects\Local\ZonesCacheCounterMutex
  • \BaseNamedObjects\Local\ZonesLockedCacheCounterMutex
No researcher-database hits
External threat-intel sources were not collected for this scan.
Signature matches

YARA + heuristic rules that fired

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 heuristics on VT data + sandbox behaviour
  • ProcessInjectionhigh

    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:\Users\user\Desktop\SimpleM_[unknowncheats.me]_.exe"
Antivirus engine breakdown

38 detections across 75 engines

38 malicious0 suspicious37 clean
Tier-117 engines
9flag
Top commercial AVs (low FP rate)
Tier-238 engines
16flag
Mainstream engines with mixed FP rates
Low-trust20 engines
13flag
Heuristic / generic-AI engines (high FP rate)
AhnLab-V3
malicious
Trojan/Win.Kryptik.C5866852
alibabacloud
malicious
Trojan:Win/Wacapew.A9nj
ALYac
malicious
Gen:Variant.Tedy.933434
APEX
malicious
Malicious
Arcabit
malicious
Trojan.Tedy.DE3E3A
Avira
malicious
TR/W64.Agent
BitDefender
malicious
Gen:Variant.Tedy.933434
Bkav
malicious
W32.Malware.1D8CCC61
CAT-QuickHeal
malicious
Trojan.Kepavll
CrowdStrike
malicious
win/malicious_confidence_90% (W)
CTX
malicious
exe.trojan.kepavll
Cylance
malicious
Unsafe
Cynet
malicious
Malicious (score: 100)
DeepInstinct
malicious
MALICIOUS
Elastic
malicious
malicious (high confidence)
Emsisoft
malicious
Gen:Variant.Tedy.933434 (B)
Fortinet
malicious
W64/GenKryptik.HPSZ!tr
GData
malicious
Gen:Variant.Tedy.933434
Google
malicious
Detected
Ikarus
malicious
Trojan.Win64.Krypt
K7AntiVirus
malicious
Trojan ( 006dbae61 )
K7GW
malicious
Trojan ( 006dbae61 )
Kingsoft
malicious
Win32.Troj.kepavll.v
Lionic
malicious
Trojan.Win32.Kepavll.4!c
Malwarebytes
malicious
Trojan.Stealer
McAfeeD
malicious
ti!70CC1BF36EFC
Microsoft
malicious
Trojan:Win32/Kepavll!rfn
MicroWorld-eScan
malicious
Gen:Variant.Tedy.933434
Paloalto
malicious
generic.ml
Rising
malicious
Trojan.Kryptik!8.8 (TFE:5:PVDxpSEQO7G)
Sangfor
malicious
Trojan.Win64.Kryptik.Vfpf
Sophos
malicious
Mal/Generic-S
Symantec
malicious
ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Tencent
malicious
Malware.Win32.Gencirc.14acd4f0
Trapmine
malicious
malicious.moderate.ml.score
VIPRE
malicious
Gen:Variant.Tedy.933434
ViRobot
malicious
Trojan.Win.C.Tedy.1554944
Webroot
malicious
W32.Trojan.Kepavll
Hash 70cc1bf36efc… cross-referenced against 75 AV engines via our AV network.
PE forensics

Section entropy & packers

Section-level entropy and packer detection from the PE header. Nothing suspicious here — entropy is within the normal range for unpacked code.

Unpacked
Section entropy7 sections
.text
6.57
.rdata
5.88
.data
6.42
.pdata
5.93
.fptable
0.00
.rsrc
4.76
.reloc
5.43
0.0Packed threshold 7.28.0
Prevalence

How often this file shows up in the wild

Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.

Medium
Unique uploaders
126
Hundreds of people have uploaded this — common.
Total submissions
131
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen by VT
3mo ago
Mar 28, 2026
Prevalence quadrant
Rare · New
Targeted malware lives here
Common · New
Just-released software
Rare · Old
Niche or internal tooling
Common · Old
Trusted legitimate binaries
File identity

Forensic fingerprint

File biography
First seen (VT)
3/28/2026, 10:17:43 PM
First seen (MalwareBazaar)
Last analysis (VT)
5/25/2026, 12:55:35 AM
Scanned here
6/10/2026, 5:18:20 PM
File name
SimpleM_[unknowncheats.me]_.exe
Size
1.48 MB
MIME type
(unknown)
Detected type
Win32 EXE
SHA-256
70cc1bf36efc6204abd73fd68b22c386032e568ce8ea18ee63f11df298f1b384
MD5
ffc7b0cf3c712119e3a7aacad0511e71
SHA-1
3a3f1ea1f7072348ecdeb860a159548e5f3b0292
PE imphash
8b8cf38370ca50900ee61326f007923c
First seen (VT)
3/28/2026, 10:17:43 PM
Last analysis (VT)
5/25/2026, 12:55:35 AM
First scan (MalwareTips)
6/10/2026, 5:18:20 PM
Last scan (MalwareTips)
6/10/2026, 5:18:20 PM
Behavior tags
peexespreader64bits
Community classification

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