Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
R6R.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Loads and Executes a System Driver File
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Copies files
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Executes a Process
- Injects code into other processes
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
R6R.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename R6R.EXE was first seen on May 10 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- SPAIN on May 10 2008
- SOUTH AFRICA on May 11 2008
- TURKEY on May 12 2008
- The EUROPEAN UNION on May 14 2008
- The UNITED KINGDOM on May 14 2008
File Name Aliases
R6R.EXE can also use the following file names:
- AMVO.EXE
- XMG.EXE
- QA8SYWVA.CMD
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 143,360 bytes
- 104,537 bytes
- 104,638 bytes
- 194,750 bytes
- 104,253 bytes
- 103,919 bytes
File Type
The filename R6R.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name R6R.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\n2.dll
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\dllcache\vga.sys to c:\windows\system32\drivers\vga.sys
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\amvo.exe
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\amvo0.dll
- Creates c:\windows\system32\amvo0.dll
- Deletes c:\r6r.ex
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\amvo.exe to c:\r6r.ex
- Deletes c:\autorun.in
- Creates c:\autorun.in
- Deletes d:\r6r.ex
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\amvo.exe to d:\r6r.ex
- Deletes d:\autorun.in
- Creates d:\autorun.in
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\help.rar
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
Website Activity
One or more files with the name R6R.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- TCP:127.0.0.1:1092 Port:19
- Port 80 IP:60.169.1.92
- TCP:127.0.0.1:1094 Port:18
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