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"IMPLAYOK.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
IMPLAYOK.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Executes a Process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Injects code into other processes
IMPLAYOK.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
- Terminated as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
Country Of Origin
The filename IMPLAYOK.EXE was first seen on Dec 25 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on Dec 25 2009
- Egypt on Jan 11 2010
- Algeria on Jan 11 2010
- The United Kingdom on Jan 17 2010
- Pakistan on Jan 17 2010
- Bulgaria on Jan 27 2010
- India on Jan 27 2010
- Mexico on Jan 30 2010
- Korea, Republic of on Feb 10 2010
- Finland on Feb 10 2010
- Thailand on Feb 10 2010
- Vietnam on Mar 1 2010
- Botswana on Jul 27 2011
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 145,920 bytes
- 27,739 bytes
- 40,996 bytes
- 43,974 bytes
- 56,320 bytes
- 43,746 bytes
- 133,884 bytes
- 27,734 bytes
- 44,635 bytes
File Type
The filename IMPLAYOK.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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