SETUP[n].EXE

File Behavior

SETUP[n].EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

• The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
• Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
• Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
• This process creates other processes on disk
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
• Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
• Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
• Executes a Process
• Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
• Reads email address and phone book details
• Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
• Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
• Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
• Adds products to the system registry
• Injects code into other processes
• Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
• Enables a COM Object/Server on the Local Machine

SETUP[n].EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:

• Created as a process on disk
• Executed as a Process
• Deleted as a process from disk
• Executed by Internet Explorer
• Terminated as a Process
• Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
• Downloaded from covert web sites without the user knowing
• Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
• Enabled as a COM Object/Server on the Local Machine