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COCO.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
COCO.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Disables the Windows Security Center Service
- Enables Access to the Remote Registry Service Within Windows
- Disables Anonymous Access to the Windows Network Shares
- Disables the Default Windows Network Shares
- Prevents Installation Of Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Disables the DCOM Ability within Windows
- Creates a TCP port which listens and is available for communication initiated by other computers
- Checks for the use of debuggers
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
- Uses reverse DNS to retrieve the host names on IP addresses
- Uses your PC to connect to Chat rooms
COCO.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Added as a Service in the System Registry Current Control Set
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename COCO.EXE was first seen on Aug 11 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Aug 11 2007
- Hong Kong on Jun 20 2008
- Lithuania on Jul 11 2008
- Europe on Oct 17 2008
- Russian Federation on Oct 17 2008
- Taiwan on Jan 3 2013
File Name Aliases
COCO.EXE can also use the following file names:
- 30246262.SVD
- 34441478.EXE
- 75072242.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 846,948 bytes
- 418,304 bytes
- 1,253,376 bytes
- 79,488 bytes
- 147,456 bytes
File Type
The filename COCO.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects.
File Activity
One or more files with the name COCO.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
Network Activity
One or more files with the name COCO.EXE performs the following network events:
- DNS Lookup192.168.0.10 ANYA-B58EC4F5
- DNS Lookup69.64.40.83 69.64.40.83
- DNS get hostANYA-B58EC4F5 192.168.0.10
Website Activity
One or more files with the name COCO.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- Port 80 IP:207.46.18.94
- TCP:69.64.40.83:6867 Port:19
- Port 80 IP:202.248.237.181
- Port 80 IP:203.140.25.48
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