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ADS.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malware Downloader
File Behavior
ADS.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
ADS.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
Country Of Origin
The filename ADS.EXE was first seen on Jun 5 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Algeria on Jun 5 2007
- Poland on Jun 7 2007
- Europe on Jun 7 2007
- The United States on Oct 16 2007
- Iran, Islamic Republic of on Aug 26 2010
- The United Kingdom on Aug 26 2010
- Philippines on Sep 30 2011
- Turkey on May 23 2012
File Name Aliases
ADS.EXE can also use the following file names:
- SVCHOST.EXE
- ADS[1].EXE
- ADS[n].EXE
- 83898516.EXE
- 36483232.DAT
- 86390344.DAT
- 65257523.DAT
- 89709774.DAT
- 92650094.EXE
- 88845399.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 2,224,177 bytes
- 335,872 bytes
- 28,928 bytes
- 61,297 bytes
- 208,384 bytes
- 2,146,352 bytes
- 1,536,000 bytes
File Type
The filename ADS.EXE is used by multiple object types including objects,executable programs.
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