user@threatcheck.sh ~ threat-analysis
bash
$ analyze-threat PUAAdvertising:Win32/Imali
PUAAdvertising:Win32/Imali - Windows Defender threat signature analysis

PUAAdvertising:Win32/Imali - Windows Defender Threat Analysis

$ cat analysis.txt
=== THREAT ANALYSIS REPORT ===
Threat Name: PUAAdvertising:Win32/Imali
Classification:
Type:PUAAdvertising
Platform:Win32
Family:Imali
Detection Type:Concrete
Known malware family with identified signatures
Confidence:Very High
False-Positive Risk:Low

Concrete signature match: PUAAdvertising for 32-bit Windows platform, family Imali

Summary:

PUAAdvertising:Win32/Imali is a Potentially Unwanted Application with advanced capabilities that extend beyond typical advertising. It leverages system utilities like mshta, regsvr32, rundll32, PowerShell, and BITS for execution, persistence via scheduled tasks, and communication. The threat exhibits extensive API hooking, remote file operations, data encoding, and network manipulation, indicating a significant potential for system compromise, data exfiltration, or further payload delivery.

Severity:
Critical
VDM Static Detection:
Relevant strings associated with this threat:
 - /?qK9 (SNID)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForMshta.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.C!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.D!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.L!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.O!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForRegsvr32.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForRundll32.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - rundll32 (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForBITSJobs.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForPowerShell.G!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForScheduledTask.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForDataEncoding.D!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.J!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.K!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForRemoteFileCopy.B!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:ExecutionGuardrails (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForFileDeletion.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.M!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForNetshHelperDLL.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForRemoteServices.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
Known malware which is associated with this threat:
9686658f8a93c5d4aa8f7c7db1b276a1ede4e8462b1ea49bd53ef422e3ca011d
26/01/2026
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Remediation Steps:
Immediately isolate the affected system to prevent further spread. Perform a full system scan with updated antivirus software to remove all detected components. Manually investigate and remove any persistence mechanisms (e.g., scheduled tasks, startup entries, modified services). Given the hooking capabilities suggesting deep system compromise, a system reimage should be strongly considered if full eradication cannot be definitively confirmed.
=== END REPORT ===
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