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DC3.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malware Dropper
File Behavior
DC3.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Modifies the Windows Host File which could be used to stop you visiting specific web sites by redirecting you to alternative addresses without you knowing
- This Process Contains User Mode Rootkit Functionality and can hide itself from the running process list
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
DC3.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Terminated as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Executed from Temporary Folders
Country Of Origin
The filename DC3.EXE was first seen on Jun 13 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- on Jun 13 2007
- France on May 11 2012
- Germany on May 11 2012
File Name Aliases
DC3.EXE can also use the following file names:
- COPY OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (2) OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (3) OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (4) OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY OF COPY OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (5) OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (6) OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (7) OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (8) OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (9) OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (10) OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (2) OF COPY OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (11) OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (3) OF COPY OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (4) OF COPY OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (5) OF COPY OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- COPY (12) OF HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE.OLD
- HOSTFILEEDITOR.EXE
- DD11.EXE
- DC28.OLD
- DC29.OLD
- DC464.EXE
- DC569.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 3,629,056 bytes
- 2,270,720 bytes
File Type
The filename DC3.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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