ADS.EXE

What you should do about ADS.EXE:

The most common objects with the name of ADS.EXE have yet to be classified as safe by our research department.

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What we know about ADS.EXE:

The filename ADS.EXE was first seen on Oct 16 2007 in The UNITED STATES. It has also been seen in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:

  • MALAYSIA on Dec 12 2007
  • The EUROPEAN UNION on Jan 19 2008
  • SINGAPORE on Aug 17 2008
  • KOREA, REPUBLIC OF on Dec 7 2007
The filename ADS.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects.

The most common file size is 1,536,000 bytes. But the following file sizes have also been seen:

  • 1,560,576 bytes
  • 1,662,976 bytes
  • 2,146,352 bytes
  • 744,976 bytes
  • 1,094,656 bytes

These files may have the following Vendor, Product, Version Information in the file header

  • The following Vendor, Product, Version Information has also been reported:
 ; INTEST MFC Application; 1, 0, 0, 1 Extended Systems, Inc.; Advantage Database Server; 7, 10, 0, 20 Extended Systems, Inc.; Advantage Database Server; 8, 10, 0, 18 Extended Systems, Inc.; Advantage Database Server; 6, 20, 0, 12

ADS.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior(s):

  • Executes a Process
  • Creates a TCP port which listens and is available for communication initiated by other computers
  • The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process

ADS.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior(s):

  • Created as a process on disk
  • Executed as a Process
  • Deleted as a process from disk
  • Created as a new Background Service on the machine
  • Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up

ADS.EXE can also use the following file names:

  • AGLMPREF.EXE
  • AGLMTOOL.EXE
  • AWC.EXE
  • DFILTER.EXE

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