File Investigation Report
DAD.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
DAD.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
DAD.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename DAD.EXE was first seen on Jan 19 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- Canada on Jan 19 2008
- Vietnam on Jan 19 2008
- India on Sep 15 2009
- Argentina on Sep 17 2009
- Europe on Oct 13 2009
File Name Aliases
DAD.EXE can also use the following file names:
- GAME_Y.EXE
- VS000720.WIN32.EXE
- VS000726.WIN32.EXE
- SHGHOST.EXE
- AAD.EXE
- PVPTOOL.EXE
- PVPTOOL[1].EXE
- SVCHOST.EXE.EXE
- BPK.EXE
- 25966818.EXE
- 26312383.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 128,000 bytes
- 509,952 bytes
- 1,439,226 bytes
- 10,368 bytes
- 122,482 bytes
- 6,628,414 bytes
File Type
The filename DAD.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects.
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