Prevx Research Division
42.TMP
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Fraudulent Security Program
- System Back Door
- Malware Dropper
File Behavior
42.TMP has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Creates a TCP port which listens and is available for communication initiated by other computers
- Executes a Process
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Adds products to the system registry
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- Creation and Registers a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer
42.TMP has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Executed from Temporary Folders
Country Of Origin
The filename 42.TMP was first seen on Jun 7 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Italy on Jun 7 2007
- Germany on Apr 15 2008
- Spain on May 23 2008
- on May 23 2008
- Europe on Sep 7 2009
- New Zealand on May 5 2010
- The United Kingdom on Jun 8 2010
- The United States on Jun 8 2010
File Name Aliases
42.TMP can also use the following file names:
- DE3C.TMP
- AEA0.TMP
- 5.TMP
- 7.TMP
- C.TMP
- A.TMP
- 76.TMP
- 23.TMP
- 46.TMP
- 37.TMP
- 22.TMP
- 14.TMP
- 1A.TMP.MWT
- 7DFA.TMP
- 655.TMP
- 11E.TMP
- 04517519.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 329,048 bytes
- 479,232 bytes
- 42,496 bytes
- 102,400 bytes
- 72,863 bytes
- 18,944 bytes
- 321,166 bytes
File Type
The filename 42.TMP is used by multiple object types including Dynamic Link LIbraries,executable programs.
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