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Ostap is a commodity JScript downloader first seen in campaigns in 2016. It has been observed being delivered in ACE archives and VBA macro-enabled Microsoft Office documents. Recent versions of Ostap query WMI to check for a blacklist of running processes: AgentSimulator.exe anti-virus.EXE BehaviorDumper BennyDB.exe ctfmon.exe fakepos_bin FrzState2k gemu-ga.exe (Possible misspelling of Qemu hypervisor’s guest agent, qemu-ga.exe) ImmunityDebugger.exe KMS Server Service.exe ProcessHacker procexp Proxifier.exe python tcpdump VBoxService VBoxTray.exe VmRemoteGuest vmtoolsd VMware2B.exe VzService.exe winace Wireshark If a blacklisted process is found, the malware terminates. Ostap has been observed delivering other malware families, including Nymaim, Backswap and TrickBot.