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SWFMGR.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Worm
File Behavior
SWFMGR.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Executes a Process
- Injects code into other processes
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
- Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
- Uses your PC to connect to Chat rooms
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
SWFMGR.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
Country Of Origin
The filename SWFMGR.EXE was first seen on Jan 11 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Poland on Jan 11 2009
- Romania on Nov 19 2010
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 43,185 bytes
- 121,009 bytes
- 104,625 bytes
File Type
The filename SWFMGR.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name SWFMGR.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\recycler\s-1-5-21-1482476501-1644491937-682003330-1013\Desktop.ini
- Deletes c:\recycler\s-1-5-21-1482476501-1644491937-682003330-1013\swfmgr.exe
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Deletes c:\recycler\s-1-5-21-0243336031-4052116379-881863308-0850\vsse32.exe
- Copies filec:\recycler\s-1-5-21-0243336031-4052116379-881863308-0850\ to c:\recycler\s-1-5-21-0243336031-4052116379-881863308-0850\vsse32.exe
- Creates c:\recycler\s-1-5-21-0243336031-4052116379-881863308-0850\Desktop.ini
Network Activity
One or more files with the name SWFMGR.EXE performs the following network events:
- DNS Lookup67.43.236.107 ing.channeltrb123trb.com
- DNS Lookup66.36.231.90 ports.alwaysproxy.info
Website Activity
One or more files with the name SWFMGR.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- zonetech .info / vs .exe
- TCP:67.43.236.107:3641 Port:27
- Port 80 IP:68.180.151.73
- Port 80 IP:72.10.166.195
- TCP:66.36.231.90:1199 Port:29
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