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SKYNET.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Fraudulent Security Program
- Worm
File Behavior
SKYNET.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
SKYNET.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Added as a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename SKYNET.EXE was first seen on Jun 16 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Hungary on Jun 16 2007
- Belarus on Jun 16 2007
- Spain on Aug 31 2007
- Argentina on Aug 31 2007
- Algeria on Mar 14 2008
- Lithuania on Mar 19 2008
- The United States on Dec 1 2008
- Italy on May 17 2010
- Iran, Islamic Republic of on Jan 15 2012
File Name Aliases
SKYNET.EXE can also use the following file names:
- SALARY.EXE
- FIX_SVCHOST.EXE
- SALARY 2008.EXE
- SALARY 2007.EXE
- SALARY 2004.EXE
- SALARY 2006.EXE
- SALARY2005.EXE
- SALARY 2009.EXE
- SMALL.EXE
- SMALL SALARY 2009.EXE
- EXPLORER.EXE
- WINNT.COM
- SVCHOST.EXE
- NEW FOLDER.EXE
- SERVICE CHARGE.EXE
- GRIM.EXE
- À¹€À¸•À¸£À¸µÀ¸¢À¸¡PRINT.EXE
- RECYCLER.EXE
- FURNITURE.EXE
- À¹€À¸À¹‡À¸™À¹„À¸§À¸£À¸À¸™À¹€À¸¡À¹‰À¸™À¸—À¹Œ.EXE
- PICS FOR PRINT.EXE
- RENA PICTURES.EXE
- PRINT FOR GAN.EXE
- DMAILER.EXE
- PICTURES.EXE
- SECURE II.EXE
- FAVORITES.EXE
- GAN.EXE
- MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE.EXE
- MICROSOFT OFFICE.EXE
- MICROSOFT SDKS.EXE
- MICROSOFT SQL SERVER.EXE
- MICROSOFT SQL SERVER COMPACT EDITION.EXE
- MICROSOFT SYNCHRONIZATION SERVICES.EXE
- TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES.EXE
- MICROSOFT.EXE
- ANTIPHISHING.EXE
- U1TC3LAA.EXE
- CDN.STATIC.VIDDLER.COM.EXE
- FLASH.EXE
- CE REMOTE TOOLS.EXE
- SIMPLE_PLAYER_217.SWF.EXE
- FLASH PLAYER.EXE
- ALIASES.EXE
- APPLICATION DATA.EXE
- CLR SECURITY CONFIG.EXE
- COOKIES.EXE
- HISTORY.EXE
- METADATA.EXE
- MSDN.EXE
- MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO 9.0.EXE
- MICROSOFT WEB DESIGNER TOOLS.EXE
- DESKTOP.EXE
- CONTENT.IE5.EXE
- S.YTIMG.COM.EXE
- INTERNET EXPLORER.EXE
- RTSIGS.EXE
- DRIVERS.EXE
- MICROSOFT.NET.EXE
- MOVIE MAKER.EXE
- WINDOWS NT.EXE
- WINDOWSUPDATE.EXE
- MSBUILD.EXE
- AUTORECOVERDAT.EXE
- FEEDS.EXE
- IECOMPATCACHE.EXE
- REFLECTEDSCHEMAS.EXE
- ASSETCACHE.EXE
- MACROMEDIA.COM.EXE
- MSOCACHE.EXE
- VS HELP DATA.EXE
- IDENTITIES.EXE
- DE-CH.EXE
- DE-DE.EXE
- PROTECT.EXE
- REPORTS.EXE
- MICROSOFT FEEDS~.EXE
- PROGRAM FILES.EXE
- SUPPORT.EXE
- QUICK LAUNCH.EXE
- WEBSLICES~.EXE
- WINDOWS.EXE
- VSA.EXE
- MACROMEDIA.EXE
- PROGRAMS.EXE
- CREDENTIALS.EXE
- MEDIA PLAYER.EXE
- GL.EXE
- GR.EXE
- S-1-5-21-1004336348-562591055-1417001333-500.EXE
- #S.YTIMG.COM.EXE
- V2.0.50727.42.EXE
- 76437671.EXE
- 07396639.EXE
- 77327905.EXE
- 37612317.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 40,960 bytes
- 95,801 bytes
- 85,578 bytes
- 2,998,272 bytes
- 179,801 bytes
- 2,093,056 bytes
- 319,488 bytes
File Type
The filename SKYNET.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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