File Investigation Report
MSB.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
- Worm
File Behavior
MSB.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
- Uses rootkit techniques to conceal its presence, interrogation or removal
- 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
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Opens browser pop ups
- Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
- Adds products to the system registry
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes a Process
- Removes Scheduled Tasks from the Windows task queue
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Copies files
- Creates or uses a background service to access the Internet using HTTP protocols
- Injects code into other processes
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
MSB.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename MSB.EXE was first seen on Aug 23 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- Spain on Aug 23 2007
- Chile on Aug 23 2007
- The United States on Mar 25 2009
- The United Kingdom on Nov 21 2009
- Belgium on Nov 21 2009
- Vietnam on Feb 8 2010
- Austria on Mar 18 2010
File Name Aliases
MSB.EXE can also use the following file names:
- MSAA.EXE
- MSAB.EXE
- MSAC.EXE
- MSAD.EXE
- MSAE.EXE
- MSAF.EXE
- MSAG.EXE
- MSAH.EXE
- MSAI.EXE
- MSAJ.EXE
- MSAK.EXE
- MSAL.EXE
- MSAM.EXE
- MSAN.EXE
- MSAO.EXE
- MSAP.EXE
- MSAQ.EXE
- MSAR.EXE
- MSAS.EXE
- MSAT.EXE
- MSAU.EXE
- MSG.EXE
- MSH.EXE
- MSI.EXE
- MSJ.EXE
- MSK.EXE
- MSL.EXE
- MSM.EXE
- MSO.EXE
- MSP.EXE
- MSQ.EXE
- MSR.EXE
- MSS.EXE
- MST.EXE
- MSU.EXE
- MSV.EXE
- MSW.EXE
- MSX.EXE
- MSY.EXE
- MSZ.EXE
- MSB_1.2/MSB.EXE
- MSA.EXE
- MSD.EXE
- MSC.EXE
- MSE.EXE
- MSF.EXE
- BB[n].JPG
- MSN.EXE
- C.EXE
- F.EXE
- 5A.TMP
- 32.TMP
- 36.TMP.EXE
- 22B.TMP.EXE
- MS0.EXE
- MS1.EXE
- MS2.EXE
- MS3.EXE
- MS4.EXE
- MS5.EXE
- MS6.EXE
- MS7.EXE
- MS8.EXE
- MS9.EXE
- RH2.EXE
- 74.TMP.EXE
- 37477589.EXE
- 72655817.EXE
- 79876496.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 262,144 bytes
- 154,624 bytes
- 92,164 bytes
- 186,880 bytes
- 135,680 bytes
- 176,640 bytes
- 134,656 bytes
File Type
The filename MSB.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name MSB.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\windows\tasks\{5B57CF47-0BFA-43c6-ACF9-3B3653DCADBA}.job
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\a.da
- Deletes c:\windows\tasks\{5B57CF47-0BFA-43c6-ACF9-3B3653DCADBA}.job
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\b.da
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\c.da
Website Activity
One or more files with the name MSB.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- Remote server connection to searchzoeken .co
- Remote server connection to adserving .cpxinteractive .co
- TCP:127.0.0.1:1062 Port:22
- Port 80 IP:216.240.157.94
- Port 80 IP:217.163.21.31
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