Prevx Research Division
AKV.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Information Stealer
- Cloaked Malware
- Malware Dropper
- Worm
File Behavior
AKV.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Drops known malicious software during execution
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
- Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Reads your outlook address book
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
AKV.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Changes to the file command map within the registry
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename AKV.EXE was first seen on May 18 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on May 18 2007
- Romania on May 18 2007
- Singapore on Jun 4 2007
- Poland on Jun 4 2007
- Spain on Aug 11 2007
- Europe on Aug 21 2007
- on Aug 21 2007
- Uruguay on Dec 6 2008
- Italy on Apr 30 2010
- The United Kingdom on Apr 30 2010
- Bolivia on May 5 2012
File Name Aliases
AKV.EXE can also use the following file names:
- SYSTEM32AKV.EXE
- $ROMO7OC.EXE
- 69136425.EXE
- 12366982.EXE
- 27728802.SVD
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 403,456 bytes
- 424,960 bytes
- 402,944 bytes
- 398,848 bytes
- 404,480 bytes
- 135,168 bytes
- 244,224 bytes
- 525,312 bytes
File Type
The filename AKV.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name AKV.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\windows\system32\vcmgcd32.dl_
- Creates c:\KUKU300a
- Deletes c:\KUKU300a
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Deletes c:\mbr\scan.exe
- Deletes c:\program files\windows nt\dialer.exe
Network Activity
One or more files with the name AKV.EXE performs the following network events:
- DNS Lookup65.55.12.249 www.microsoft.com
Website Activity
One or more files with the name AKV.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- www .he3ns1k .info / mrow_pin / ?id120687pryy41560&rnd=12112
- www .g1ikdcvns3sdsal .info / mrow_pin / ?id120687pryy41560&rnd=12367
- www .informat1onupd .info / mrow_pin / ?id120687pryy41560&rnd=12721
- www .f5ds1jkkk4d .info / mrow_pin / ?id120687pryy41560&rnd=12728
- Port 80 IP:127.0.0.1
- Port 80 IP:208.73.210.121
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