DC5.EXE

File Behavior

DC5.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

• Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
• This process creates other processes on disk
• Executes a Process
• Terminates Processes
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
• Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
• The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
• Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
• Adds a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up
• Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
• Creates new folders on the system
• Copies files
• Creates or uses a background service to access the Internet using HTTP protocols
• Injects code into other processes
• Drops known malicious software during execution
• Creates new file extentions so that Internet Explorer will automatically open and potentially execute additional file types
• Adds new menu items in the Internet Explorer Right Click menu
• Changes the Internet Explorer Search Page
• Creates a Toolbar Extension for Internet Explorer
• Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products

DC5.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:

• Created as a process on disk
• Executed as a Process
• Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
• Added as a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up
• Terminated as a Process
• Deleted as a process from disk
• Copied to multiple locations on the system
• Executed from Temporary Folders