DAP-OLD.EXE

File Behavior

DAP-OLD.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
• Communicates with other computers using FTP connections
• This Process can access Web Mail Servers
• Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
• Adds new menu items in the Internet Explorer Right Click menu
• Creation and Registers a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer
• Adds a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up
• Changes to the file command map within the registry
• Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
• This process creates other processes on disk
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• Executes a Process
• Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
• Creates a TCP port which listens and is available for communication initiated by other computers
• Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
• Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
• Adds products to the system registry
• Makes outbound connections to other computers using NETBIOSOUT protocols
• Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
• Creates new file extentions so that Internet Explorer will automatically open and potentially execute additional file types
• Modifies the User Shell objects used to run code from other processes
• Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders

DAP-OLD.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:

• Executed as a Process
• Executed by Internet Explorer
• Deleted as a process from disk
• Created as a process on disk
• Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
• Changes to the file command map within the registry
• Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
• Terminated as a Process
• Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File