Prevx Research Division
SOUL.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Malicious Software
- Worm
File Behavior
SOUL.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Adds products to the system registry
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- This process creates other processes on disk
- The process hooks code into all running processes which could allow it to take control of the system or record keyboard input, mouse activity and screen contents
- Communicates with other computers using FTP connections
- Creates a TCP port which listens and is available for communication initiated by other computers
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
SOUL.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
Country Of Origin
The filename SOUL.EXE was first seen on Sep 22 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Sep 22 2007
- Bulgaria on Dec 16 2007
- The United States on Dec 23 2007
- Belgium on Jun 21 2008
- Malaysia on May 16 2012
File Name Aliases
SOUL.EXE can also use the following file names:
- EOBAKESAN.EXE
- WINDCOM.EXE
- ALIEN NEW.EXE
- TROJAN.WIN32.SOUL.I
- 12980282.DAT
- 50112741.EXE
- 05536518.EXE
- 91672545.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 5,500,928 bytes
- 2,842,624 bytes
- 2,041,114 bytes
- 22,788 bytes
- 4,108,288 bytes
- 82,564 bytes
- 364,544 bytes
File Type
The filename SOUL.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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