File verdict·Decided by the MT AI Engine
Our call

Malicious

This file is confirmed confirmed malware — abuse.ch researchers uploaded this exact sample to MalwareBazaar as known malware. Delete it and scan your system.

confirmed malware
Trust score3Critical
patch.exe
58.0 KB
d52ae302f0ec1971d8da2f1630a9
Antivirus engines
31 of 74 flagged
Code signing
Unsigned
Age
First seen 2y 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.

99%Confidence
Very high
Reasoning

This file is confirmed confirmed malware — abuse.ch researchers uploaded this exact sample to MalwareBazaar as known malware. Delete it and scan your system. MalwareBazaar is a researcher-curated malware repository; hits there are ground-truth positives.

Key signals · 3

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

  1. MalwareBazaar: confirmed malware

  2. (no named signature)

  3. First catalogued: 2025-05-17 15:11:36

Points against
  • MalwareBazaar confirmed family: confirmed malware
  • Researcher-uploaded malware sample
What to do

Delete this file and run a full-system antivirus scan.

Threat family attribution

patcher corroborated by 3 sources

  • 1 YARA rule
    dUP2xPatcherwwwdiablo2oo2cjbnet
  • VT (74 engines)
    patcher
  • MT AI Engine
    confirmed malware
Runtime behaviour

What this file did when executed

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

MITRE ATT&CK
9

Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

T1027T1055T1056T1082T1083T1129T1222T1564.003T1574.002
Spawned processes
15
$(unnamed)
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\executable.exe"
$(unnamed)
%SAMPLEPATH%\ID Patcher.exe
$(unnamed)
%SAMPLEPATH%\d52ae302f0ec1971d86211002c84cbf43d7837c83921df35b9d14bda2f1630a9.exe
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\System32\UI0Detect.exe
$(unnamed)
C:\Program Files\Google3004_2053741400\bin\updater.exe
$(unnamed)
C:\Program Files\Google2376_1463463092\bin\updater.exe
$(unnamed)
C:\Program Files\Google2480_1467927159\bin\updater.exe
$(unnamed)
C:\Program Files\Google3212_495428614\bin\updater.exe
+7 more processes captured.
Network activity
20
IP addresses20
  • 192.168.0.76
  • 52.185.73.156
  • 23.216.81.152
  • 192.168.0.82
  • 20.99.133.109
  • 192.168.0.13
  • 20.99.185.48
  • 152.195.19.97
  • 52.154.209.174
  • a83f:8110:584a:b5b1:17cb:1ec8:0:0
+10 more
Filesystem & mutexes
18
Files written6
  • C:\Program Files\Google\Policies
  • C:\Program Files\Google\Temp\GUMBA81.tmp
  • C:\Program Files\Google\Temp\GUME1A1.tmp
  • C:\Program Files\Google\Temp\GUM1C1A.tmp
  • C:\Program Files\Google\Temp\GUMF3D1.tmp
+1 more
Files deleted9
  • C:\Windows\System32\wbem\Performance\WmiApRpl.h
  • C:\Windows\System32\wbem\Performance\WmiApRpl.ini
  • %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\KLT1I0ZU\update50[1].xml
  • C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto\Keys\de7cf8a7901d2ad13e5c67c29e5d1662_cbbb49d6-b7ff-44ca-aba5-8a5e250d4d42
  • C:\Program Files\Google\Policies
+4 more
Mutexes created3
  • Global\G{D0BB2EF1-C183-4cdb-B218-040922092869}
  • Global\G{C4F406E5-F024-4e3f-89A7-D5AB7663C3CD}
  • Local\MSCTF.Asm.MutexDefault1
External threat intelligence

2 corroborating signals from researcher-curated sources

MalwareBazaar HIT·abuse.ch confirmed sampleView on MalwareBazaar
· exe· first seen 5/17/2025, 3:11:36 PM
deskiddifierexe
YARAify HIT·1 community rule matchedView on YARAify
  • dUP2xPatcherwwwdiablo2oo2cjbnetby malware-lu
Cross-referenced against MalwareBazaar (abuse.ch), YARAify, and the CIRCL hashlookup reference DB.
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 YARAify2 synthesis
MITRE ATT&CK profile
Defense evasion× 1C2× 1
YARAify (community)
Researcher-authored rules via abuse.ch
  • dUP2xPatcherwwwdiablo2oo2cjbnet
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\executable.exe"
  • DirectIpC2medium

    Sample contacted 13 external IP address(es) and zero domains. Benign software virtually always uses DNS; no-DNS direct-IP C2 is a strong malware indicator because it bypasses reputation systems and dodges domain-based blocklists.

    Evidence
    52.185.73.156 · 23.216.81.152 · 20.99.133.109
Antivirus engine breakdown

31 detections across 74 engines

31 malicious0 suspicious43 clean
Tier-117 engines
6flag
Top commercial AVs (low FP rate)
Tier-240 engines
13flag
Mainstream engines with mixed FP rates
Low-trust17 engines
12flag
Heuristic / generic-AI engines (high FP rate)
AhnLab-V3
malicious
HackTool/Win.Patcher.C5763036
alibabacloud
malicious
Trojan:Win/Patcher.Gen
Antiy-AVL
malicious
RiskWare/Win32.Agent
APEX
malicious
Malicious
Avira
malicious
APPL/AgentW32.ToolX
CAT-QuickHeal
malicious
W32.CihCiR
CrowdStrike
malicious
win/grayware_confidence_90% (W)
CTX
malicious
exe.trojan.patcher
Cylance
malicious
Unsafe
Cynet
malicious
Malicious (score: 99)
F-Secure
malicious
Program.APPL/AgentW32.ToolX
Fortinet
malicious
W32/PossibleThreat
GData
malicious
Win32.Trojan.Agent.5QUN1K
Google
malicious
Detected
Gridinsoft
malicious
Trojan.Win32.Agent.cl
Jiangmin
malicious
Trojan.AVI.j
Kingsoft
malicious
Win32.Riskware.Patcher.f
Lionic
malicious
Trojan.Win32.Patcher.4!c
Malwarebytes
malicious
RiskWare.Patcher
MaxSecure
malicious
Trojan.Malware.325188728.susgen
Microsoft
malicious
HackTool:Win32/Patcher!MTB
Paloalto
malicious
generic.ml
Rising
malicious
Hacktool.Patcher!8.2DD (CLOUD)
Sangfor
malicious
Hacktool.Win32.Patcher.V8ke
Skyhigh
malicious
BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.qm
Sophos
malicious
Generic Reputation PUA (PUA)
Trapmine
malicious
malicious.moderate.ml.score
TrellixENS
malicious
Artemis!0697F7C6A3B9
VirIT
malicious
Trojan.Win32.Genus.XYU
Webroot
malicious
W32.Malware.gen
Xcitium
malicious
ApplicUnwnt@#2hqulm2pqk681
Hash d52ae302f0ec… cross-referenced against 74 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 entropy4 sections
.text
4.96
.rdata
3.86
.data
3.28
.rsrc
5.94
0.0Packed threshold 7.28.0
Prevalence

How often this file shows up in the wild

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
3,678
Hundreds of people have uploaded this — common.
Total submissions
14,525
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen by VT
2y ago
Dec 29, 2024
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)
12/29/2024, 5:10:59 PM
First seen (MalwareBazaar)
5/17/2025, 3:11:36 PM
Last analysis (VT)
7/6/2026, 1:39:42 PM
Scanned here
7/9/2026, 9:49:14 PM
File name
patch.exe
Size
58.0 KB
MIME type
(unknown)
Detected type
Win32 EXE
SHA-256
d52ae302f0ec1971d86211002c84cbf43d7837c83921df35b9d14bda2f1630a9
MD5
0697f7c6a3b9c4f4c3b62d7dcd28463b
SHA-1
6fc4e68f7eb29f0d2ef9664b33e1e9956922c534
PE imphash
f4bb4222146d800b890601f425c01f46
First seen (VT)
12/29/2024, 5:10:59 PM
Last analysis (VT)
7/6/2026, 1:39:42 PM
First scan (MalwareTips)
7/9/2026, 9:49:14 PM
Last scan (MalwareTips)
7/9/2026, 9:49:14 PM
Community reputation
-20flagged
Behavior tags
peexechecks-user-input
Community classification

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