Malicious
Strong tier-1 consensus and offensive MITRE techniques confirm this is a Blamon-family trojan.
f45dae4d83bf38a950…d3a659afb0The 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.
Tier-1 engines from Kaspersky, Microsoft, and others converge on Blamon and related trojan labels with a strong family consensus. The sample exhibits four offensive MITRE techniques and triggered high-severity heuristics for process injection and direct-IP command-and-control. Although the file is signed, the signer has no trusted-publisher match or historical safe-rate data, and prevalence is rare_new. Dropped children and sandbox verdicts are inconclusive but do not outweigh the engine and behavioural evidence.
Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.
tier1FamilyConsensus strong with 10 tier1Malicious engines (Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.Blamon.akhy, Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Sabsik)
offensiveTechniques T1055 T1485 T1548 T1562.001 plus direct contactedIps without domains
triggeredHeuristics MalwareTips.Synth.ProcessInjection and MalwareTips.Synth.DirectIpC2 both fired
popularThreatLabel trojan.blamon/filerepmalware with 22 malicious engines total
- No malicious dropped children detected
- No external YARA or CIRCL hits
- Process injection into svchost.exe
- Direct IP C2 without DNS resolution
- LSASS credential-store access
- Invalid signature on Bandisoft certificate
Treat as malicious and remove the file. Re-scan the host with updated definitions and monitor network traffic for the observed IPs.
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: Talks to a remote server to take commands or send out your data.
High concern: Downloads more malware onto your PC.
High concern: Tries to disable or bypass your security software.
High concern: Hijacks how Windows loads programs so it runs automatically.
Moderate concern: Obfuscates or packs its code to avoid detection.
Moderate concern: Lists running programs — often to find security tools.
Translated from the file's technical behaviour during analysis. It never ran on your device.
Threat context
How trojans work
A trojan disguises itself as something useful or harmless to trick you into running it. Once open, it does its real job in the background — anything from stealing data to opening a back door or downloading more malware.
Bottom line:The disguise is the whole trick, so a trustworthy-looking name or icon means nothing.
What to do now
This file is dangerous. Treat it as harmful and remove it.
Don't open or run this file. Delete it from your Downloads (or wherever you saved it), then empty the Recycle Bin.
If you already opened it, disconnect from the internet and run a full scan with your antivirus — Windows Security, built into Windows, is sufficient.
If you typed any passwords while it was open, change them from a device you trust.
In future, only download software from the official website or an official app store.
blamon corroborated by 2 sources
- VT (75 engines)blamon
- MT AI Engineblamon
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- 202.79.171.202
- 162.159.36.2
- C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\resources.pri.back
- C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\App.xbf.back
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\instagram\icon instagram text 1.0.0\install\holder0.aiph
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\instagram\icon instagram text 1.0.0\install\20AA6B5\icon instagram text.msi
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\shiF906.tmp
- C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\resources.pri
- C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\App.xbf
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\instagram\icon instagram text 1.0.0\install\holder0.aiph
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\instagram\icon instagram text 1.0.0\install\20AA6B5\FILES.7z
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\instagram\icon instagram text 1.0.0\install\20AA6B5
- Global\OneSettingQueryMutex+compat+encapsulation
- Local\SessionImmersiveColorMutex
- Global\_MSIExecute
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Advinst_248B46A4911A4894937E84237EB6084C
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\3392_mdl_evt
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- afaaeb53ed2546030832…718402Never scannednever seen before
- bbeeaf2c7d9073ee09d3…a03c46Never scannednever seen before
- d38a927739fb3efa03e0…ee0f48Never scannednever seen before
- 13026df002b3575564f3…fef67cNever scannednever seen before
- b413f47d13ee2fe6c845…5bc8d2Never scannednever seen before
- 9f14255c71f9f59d6903…1a7178Never scannednever seen before
- 3835bd02c8f252236b41…eca7fdNever scannednever seen before
- 047e2df9ccf0ce298508…9d064bNever scannednever seen before
- e245c42ec59a1c5daca2…4b8473Never scannednever seen before
- 573c7a8c4c9c6f1b79df…8e9461Never scannednever seen before
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.
MITRE T1055 (Process Injection) observed — CreateRemoteThread / APC / reflective-DLL injection. The payload is being smuggled into a legitimate process to bypass AV hooks.
EvidenceC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s WdiSystemHostSandbox observed process activity targeting LSASS (Windows credential store). Legitimate software has no business reading LSASS memory — this is Mimikatz-shape behaviour.
EvidenceC:\Windows\system32\lsass.exeSample contacted 2 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.
Evidence202.79.171.202 · 162.159.36.2
22 detections across 75 engines
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.
How widely this file has been seen
Barely seen in the wild and first surfaced recently. This is the footprint of targeted malware the AV industry hasn't signatured yet — extra scrutiny is warranted.
Forensic fingerprint
- File name
- icon instagram text.exe
- Size
- 10.99 MB
- MIME type
- (unknown)
- Detected type
- Win32 EXE
- SHA-256
- f45dae4d83bf38a9505999e3c049d5623d3b27137a15dd493b675dd3a659afb0
- MD5
- c75781d6ba7d05efe8a5f7c827275114
- SHA-1
- 19969b6fab9a77622e0bcc6486a82f41ad154bf5
- PE imphash
- 4b200e917ee33d8e56206c360a98a2d3
- First seen (VT)
- 5/8/2026, 12:10:55 AM
- Last analysis (VT)
- 5/10/2026, 12:39:23 PM
- First scan (MalwareTips)
- 5/18/2026, 2:29:07 PM
- Last scan (MalwareTips)
- 5/18/2026, 2:29:07 PM
- Code signer
- Bandisoft International Inc.invalid
Safety FAQ
Common questions about icon instagram text.exe, answered from the scan data above.
- Yes — icon instagram text.exe is malicious, so do not run it, and delete it. 22 of 75 antivirus engines flag it (family: blamon). It behaves as a trojan — malware disguised as something harmless to trick you into running it. If you've already run it, see the removal and recovery steps below.
- icon instagram text.exe is a Windows executable program, about 11 MB. Our analysis identifies it as malicious (family: blamon) — a trojan — malware disguised as something harmless to trick you into running it. Because a file's name and icon can be faked, the safest way to identify it is by its cryptographic hash (below), not its filename.
- 22 of 75 antivirus engines flagged icon instagram text.exe, 22 of them as outright malicious. A detection rate at this level is a reliable signal that the file is dangerous.
- 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 icon instagram text.exe: 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 icon instagram text.exe 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.
- icon instagram text.exe is classified as a trojan — malware disguised as something harmless to trick you into running it. Engines attribute it to the blamon family. Knowing the family matters because it tells you the likely impact — data theft, remote control, file encryption, or unwanted ads — and guides the cleanup.
- icon instagram text.exe claims a signer of Bandisoft International Inc., but the signature is not verified — an unverified or broken signature can be forged, so it should not be trusted as proof of who made the file.
- The SHA-256 hash of icon instagram text.exe is f45dae4d83bf38a9505999e3c049d5623d3b27137a15dd493b675dd3a659afb0, and its MD5 is c75781d6ba7d05efe8a5f7c827275114. 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 May 18, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of icon instagram text.exe 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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