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SMAX4PNP.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
SMAX4PNP.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Creates new folders on the system
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Injects code into other processes
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Associated with, or similar to the ZEUS Internet and Online Banking Trojan
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
SMAX4PNP.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
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Victim of a Heap Based Buffer Overflow Exploit
- Terminated as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename SMAX4PNP.EXE was first seen on Jul 5 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Germany on Jul 5 2007
- Netherlands on Mar 14 2008
- Italy on May 26 2008
- Spain on Mar 28 2009
- The United States on May 3 2010
- The United Kingdom on Sep 17 2010
- India on Sep 17 2010
- Turkey on May 23 2012
File Name Aliases
SMAX4PNP.EXE can also use the following file names:
- MSWINSCK.EXE
- OPE10.EXE
- OPE33.EXE
- QTTASK (1).EXE
- QTTASK.EXE
- WINVNC.EXE
- OPE14.EXE
- OPE15.EXE
- OPEB.EXE
- QUSEX.EXE
- NAPSTATXT.EXE
- SCHEDHLP.EXE
- DATPROT.EXE
- GOTNEWUPDATE000.EXE
- MSCDEXNT.EXE
- OXOVD.EXE
- TMPF1D1.TMP
- VAXOH.EXE
- GOTNEWUPDATE000 (1).EXE
- COREL PHOTO DOWNLOADER .EXE
- COREL PHOTO DOWNLOADER .EXE
- GOOGLETOOLBARNOTIFIER.EXE
- HPHUPD08.EXE
- RS32NET.EXE
- COREL PHOTO DOWNLOADER.EXE
- FOIENUM.EXE
- COREL PHOTO DOWNLOADER .EXE
- WINUPGRO.EXE
- HPWUSCHD2.EXE
- NEROCHECK.EXE
- 3F6FF521.EXE
- CTFMON.EXE3623753887
- RS32NET.EXE1156158454
- RS32NET.EXE748195591
- 01CAEF7F1B7CD4B2_1[1]_EXE.PE
- UQ2.EXE
- 38745317.EXE
- 34605277.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 1,490,944 bytes
- 1,396,736 bytes
- 1,269,768 bytes
- 14,348 bytes
- 32,784 bytes
- 23,052 bytes
- 1,417,216 bytes
- 268,574 bytes
File Type
The filename SMAX4PNP.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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