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BAT.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Worm
- Email Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
BAT.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Associated with, or similar to the ZEUS Internet and Online Banking Trojan
- Injects code into other processes
BAT.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Added as a Registry Key (DXCOM) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Country Of Origin
The filename BAT.EXE was first seen on Jun 10 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Germany on Jun 10 2007
- on Oct 23 2007
- South Africa on Oct 8 2009
- The United States on Jul 16 2010
- The United Kingdom on Dec 22 2011
File Name Aliases
BAT.EXE can also use the following file names:
- RECYCLE.EXE
- PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.EXE
- X_BAT.EXE
- PREVX2 1.0.1 BUILD 1 KEYGEN.EXE
- MY PICTURES.EXE
- $RECYCLE.BIN.EXE
- .TRASHES.EXE
- DOCUMENTS AND SETTIN
- 634148828800701250__BAT.EXE
- _EX-08.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 1,474,502 bytes
- 4,056,540 bytes
- 178,419 bytes
- 1,797,120 bytes
- 1,321,984 bytes
- 257,024 bytes
- 250,368 bytes
File Type
The filename BAT.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name BAT.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
Website Activity
One or more files with the name BAT.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- ezcoolpages .com / software / 3D46D445-565E-4F8C-B341-B27241516E8D / updates / Bat .info
- Port 80 IP:66.6.57.38
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