According to X-Force, this is a loader module written in .NET languages for which ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation is used.
rule win_quirkyloader_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.quirkyloader." info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator" tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0" signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.quirkyloader" malpedia_rule_date = "20260916" malpedia_hash = "53a643781c18e08f4a50949af60172d837a0b6f6" malpedia_version = "20260917" malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" /* DISCLAIMER * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator. * The code and documentation is published here: * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given * number of families, only single samples are documented. * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer. * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels. */ strings: $sequence_0 = { eb08 498bd0 e8???????? 488bcb 4c8d1569b60300 41ff12 85c0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // eb08 | dec eax // 498bd0 | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x88] // e8???????? | // 488bcb | dec eax // 4c8d1569b60300 | sub edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x48] // 41ff12 | dec eax // 85c0 | cmp edx, 0x12 $sequence_1 = { e8???????? 488d0dc59c0e00 488b09 48398d80000000 7405 e8???????? 90 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 488d0dc59c0e00 | dec eax // 488b09 | lea ecx, [0x738ec] // 48398d80000000 | dec eax // 7405 | mov ebx, eax // e8???????? | // 90 | mov ecx, esi $sequence_2 = { c744243041000000 4533c9 4c894c2420 4c8d4c2428 488d542430 4533c0 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // c744243041000000 | lea edx, [ebp + 0x80] // 4533c9 | dec ecx // 4c894c2420 | mov ecx, esp // 4c8d4c2428 | inc ecx // 488d542430 | mov eax, 1 // 4533c0 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x20], 1 // e8???????? | $sequence_3 = { e8???????? 448bc8 897c2420 33d2 89542428 8bd5 4c8bc6 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // 448bc8 | and edx, eax // 897c2420 | shl edx, cl // 33d2 | inc esp // 89542428 | mov eax, dword ptr [ecx + eax*4] // 8bd5 | inc esp // 4c8bc6 | test edx, eax $sequence_4 = { eb1c e8???????? 40383f 488bcf e8???????? 488bc8 488b00 } // n = 7, score = 100 // eb1c | dec esp // e8???????? | // 40383f | lea ebx, [esp + 0x1a0] // 488bcf | dec ecx // e8???????? | // 488bc8 | mov ebx, dword ptr [ebx + 0x10] // 488b00 | jmp 0x10a4 $sequence_5 = { b9e8030000 f390 4883e901 75f8 81c7e8030000 e8???????? 482bc6 } // n = 7, score = 100 // b9e8030000 | mov edx, esi // f390 | nop // 4883e901 | dec eax // 75f8 | add esp, 0x38 // 81c7e8030000 | pop ebx // e8???????? | // 482bc6 | pop ebp $sequence_6 = { 741f 488d5607 4883e2f8 488d8dff000000 4803d5 48c1e908 48c1ea08 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 741f | pop esi // 488d5607 | je 0x513 // 4883e2f8 | dec eax // 488d8dff000000 | mov ecx, ebx // 4803d5 | dec eax // 48c1e908 | mov edx, esi // 48c1ea08 | inc ecx $sequence_7 = { e8???????? ebb5 488d0d53370800 e8???????? 488bd8 e8???????? 488bd0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // ebb5 | pop ebx // 488d0d53370800 | pop esi // e8???????? | // 488bd8 | ret // e8???????? | // 488bd0 | dec eax $sequence_8 = { eb11 488d4c2428 488d159f8d0200 e8???????? 8b5608 488d4c2428 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // eb11 | cmp edi, 1 // 488d4c2428 | jne 0xc10 // 488d159f8d0200 | movzx ebx, word ptr [esi] // e8???????? | // 8b5608 | lea ecx, [ebx - 1] // 488d4c2428 | cmp ecx, 0xfe // e8???????? | $sequence_9 = { e8???????? e8???????? e8???????? 48a5 498d4e10 488bd5 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // e8???????? | // e8???????? | // 48a5 | lea eax, [0x8251c] // 498d4e10 | dec eax // 488bd5 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x40] // e8???????? | condition: 7 of them and filesize < 4722688 }
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