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917.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- System Back Door
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
917.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes a Process
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Injects code into other processes
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Terminates Processes
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
917.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename 917.EXE was first seen on Sep 17 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Sep 17 2008
- Morocco on Jun 15 2010
- The United Kingdom on Jun 15 2010
- Algeria on Jul 27 2010
- Europe on Aug 26 2010
- South Africa on Jun 2 2011
- Thailand on May 15 2012
- Philippines on May 15 2012
File Name Aliases
917.EXE can also use the following file names:
- XITUPV66M.EXE
- RP020832[1].EXE
- 50.EXE
- 33757.EXE
- DC175.EXE
- 91D.TMP
- 268.EXE
- 372.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 16,384 bytes
- 66,560 bytes
- 98,304 bytes
- 155,648 bytes
- 50,176 bytes
- 96,768 bytes
- 23,552 bytes
File Type
The filename 917.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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