Prevx Research Division
"B9V.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
- Virus
- Malware Dropper
File Behavior
B9V.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Copies files
- Injects code into other processes
- Creates, modifies or schedules batch jobs
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Violates Windows/Vista Physical Memory Protection allowing it to look inside the data areas of other programs
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
B9V.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename B9V.EXE was first seen on Oct 28 2010 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Venezuela on Oct 28 2010
- Iran, Islamic Republic of on Nov 2 2010
- The United Kingdom on Nov 2 2010
- Brazil on Nov 19 2010
- Turkey on May 21 2012
File Name Aliases
B9V.EXE can also use the following file names:
- APIQQ.EXE
- 97EBF5~1.EXE
- 21A2D5~1.EXE
- 96230373.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 175,616 bytes
- 387,455 bytes
- 175,104 bytes
- 263,680 bytes
- 270,307 bytes
File Type
The filename B9V.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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