MAGENTSETUP.EXE

File Behavior

MAGENTSETUP.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

• The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
• Creates new file extentions so that Internet Explorer will automatically open and potentially execute additional file types
• 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
• Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
• This process creates other processes on disk
• Adds products to the system registry
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
• Executes a Process
• Adds a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up
• Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
• Uses rootkit techniques to conceal its presence, interrogation or removal
• Changes the Internet Explorer Home Page Settings
• Changes the Internet Explorer Search Page
• Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
• Terminates Processes

MAGENTSETUP.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:

• Deleted as a process from disk
• Created as a process on disk
• Executed by Internet Explorer
• Executed as a Process
• Executed from Temporary Folders
• Created as a new Background Service on the machine
• Terminated as a Process
• Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
• Added as a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up
• Deleted as an ActiveX component
• Added as an ActiveX component