Suspicious RunDLL32 Spawning Explorer (via process_creation)

This rule detects RunDLL32.exe spawning explorer.exe as child, which is very uncommon, frequently observes Gamarue spawning the explorer.exe process in an unusual way

SigmahighWindowsv1
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Known false positives

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